What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Operations PVC Fittings - Middlefield, OH position at CRH?
Job ID: 506693
Exempt
National Pipe & Plastics, a CRH company, is one of North America’s largest PVC pipe producers, serving the water and energy markets from two east coast locations in Endicott, NY, and Greensboro, NC. But we’re more than just a manufacturer. Our long history of exceptional customer service and product quality enables us to be a trusted and strategic solutions partner to engineers, contractors, distributors, specifiers, and more. As part of the CRH Infrastructure Products business, we are leading the industry with innovative, sustainable solutions with a safety-first mindset.
Job Summary
Oldcastle Infrastructure is looking for a creative and proven leader with plastic injection molding experience to support a top-performing safety culture, drive continuous plant improvement activities, and to build and develop effective operations teams within the business to achieve superior financial performance and growth. Specifically, the individual will:
- Assemble and develop great teams within the business
- Instill a high-performance safety culture throughout the region
- Ensure customer demands are met or exceeded by establishing cost effective and operationally sound manufacturing of our products
- Manage all business operations, including third-party manufacturing and logistics, to ensure profitability, efficiency and operational excellence
- Develop strategy and long-term improvement plans for manufacturing to include automation and equipment improvements
Job Requirements
- 7 years of progressive management/executive experience in a manufacturing or related business
- Plastic injection molding manufacturing experience; with PVC pipe fitting experience preferred
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering or related field
- Proven track record of leading both labor intensive and/or large product operations and machine-based and automated manufacturing businesses to exceptionally high levels of safety, quality and customer service performance
- Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies: lean manufacturing, six SIGMA, etc.
- Experience with major capital expenditure projects, including evaluation, purchasing, installations, management, execution and payback tracking
- Excellent analytical, financial and communication skills
- Intermediate to advanced MS Office skills; knowledgeable in ERP and production management software platforms
Key Competencies
- Builds Effective Teams – Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals
- Instills Trust – Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity and authenticity
- Ensures Accountability – Holding staff and others accountable to meet commitments
- Drives Results – Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
- Plans & Aligns – Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals
- Demonstrates Self-Awareness – Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses
- Learning Agility – Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning opportunities
What CRH Offers You
- Highly competitive base pay
- Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
- Group retirement savings program
- Health and wellness programs
- A diverse and inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion
About CRH
CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization.
If you’re up for a rewarding challenge, we invite you to take the first step and apply today! Once you click apply now, you will be brought to our official employment application. Please complete your online profile and it will be sent to the hiring manager. Our system allows you to view and track your status 24 hours a day. Thank you for your interest!
Oldcastle Infrastructure, a CRH Company, is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.
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