Job Description:

Introduction

At GAF, we cover more than just buildings. We cover each other. Under this roof, you will have the tools and resources you need to grow and develop in your career. You will experience our incredible culture and will be empowered to support your teammates, your customers and especially your community. Under this roof, we define the future while leading the present through our deep well of experience and our responsibility to the future to drive improvements and innovation in our products. We are GAF. And under this roof, we protect what matters most.

Team or Function Overview

We are looking for a Production Manager who will be responsible for supervising the Production department through his/her direct reports to meet quality and productivity objectives in a safe and efficient manner. Duties include development of operating procedures, safe work practices, process problem-solving, operator training, and resolution of day to day production department issues. The Production Manager manages the daily operations, applying continuous improvement principles and methods and promoting participation related management techniques, 5S and Lean Principles.

Essential Duties

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Manage daily operations through supervisors and team to maximize efficiency, output, raw material utilization while maintaining a safe working environment and achieving quality standards. Ensure that standards and expectations are in place, routinely communicated, clearly understood and consistently met.

• Provide formal objectives and measurements for plant personnel

• Also involved in machine troubleshooting, efficiency studies and capital improvements.

• Ensure that production crews are well trained, involved and committed to meeting production, quality, and safety requirements.

• Ensure compliance with all EHS policies and external regulatory requirements and that employees are adequately protected against safety hazards.

• Meet daily production schedule and requirements. Work jointly with logistics and purchasing to ensure appropriate inventory mix is available, while balancing both production efficiency and raw material demands.

• Develop, implement and track compliance to production department expense budgets.

• Control key cost elements to ensure achievement to ensure achievement of budget spending goals. Guide production supervision to achieve a balance between production needs, machine reliability and overall repair cost.

• Provide leadership and direction to the production department. Responsible for maintaining an environment for good employee relations to prevent any union organizing attempts. Work closely with human resources and supervisors to ensure appropriate staffing is maintained. Participate in the hiring process to ensure we staff motivated team members. Ability to effectively communicate the Bonus Plan to all employees to maximize participation and impact on performance.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Under This Roof, We Require

• A Bachelor's Degree, coupled with 5+ years of manufacturing experience. Ten (10) years of manufacturing experience in lieu of a degree.

• Demonstrated experience in process and quality improvements, implementing strategy for production operations, hiring/training/coaching employees and performance

Management.

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% for the first 6 months

Under This Roof, We Also Value

• Experience in a high volume manufacturing operation

• Experience with SAP

• Google Suite platform knowledge is preferred

• Supervisory experience is preferred

Physical Demands

• Ability to read and concentrate via computer data entry typing and proofreading

• Must be able to climb ladders, platforms, and/or stairs and walk on open grating on elevated surfaces

• Required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, or crouch

• Frequent sitting, walking, and standing, climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and balancing

• Frequent use of eye, hand, and finger coordination enabling the use of office machinery

• Oral and auditory capacity enabling interpersonal communication as well as communication through automated devices such as the telephone

• Required to sit, stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

• Must continuously have the ability to differentiate colors precisely.

• Occasionally operate business machines

• Regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds

How We Protect What Matters Most

• We offer a wide range of health insurance options that include medical, dental and vision for you and your family.

• Our Family-Building benefits support the many different journeys to fertility and parenthood.

• Our robust 401K plan includes an employer match contribution with your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions.

• Other exciting programs and perks are available to help employees achieve work-life balance, including (but not limited to) a wellness program, free financial coaching, referral program, and product rebates when purchased for an employee’s primary residence.

• Professionalgrowthanddevelopmentareveryimportanttous!Weofferinternal training programs and courses, as well as a generous tuition reimbursement program.

• We put diversity and inclusion into action with our Employee Resource Groups, which unite employees based on common perspectives, identities, demographic factors, or out of a desire to be an ally.

GAF complies with federal, state, and local disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR Services at 833-HR-XPERT.

We believe our employees are our greatest resource. We offer competitive salary, benefits, 401k, and vacation packages for all full time permanent positions. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and GAF, Standard Logistics, SGI, and Siplast are proud to be affirmative action employers. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. If applying for positions in the U.S., must be eligible to work in the U.S. without need for employer sponsored visa (work permit).

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With 130+ years in the industry, GAF is the leading roofing manufacturer in North America. As a member of the Standard Industries family of companies, we are also part of the largest roofing and waterproofing business in the world.

Our communities help give our work meaning and the products we manufacture help protect what matters most. The shingles help to shelter the families living in the homes in our towns. The TPO helps protect what is under that hospital’s roof. In addition to quality products, we make sure they are installed by quality craftsmen and women. The full GAF portfolio of solutions is supported by an extensive national network of factory-certified contractors.

GAF continues to be the leader in quality and offers comprehensive warranty protection on its products and systems. Our success is driven by a commitment to empowering our people to deliver advanced quality and purposeful innovation and the desire to protect what matters most. ​