Operational Excellence Manager

Job ID: 527817

CRH Americas Building Products is reinventing what's possible in building solutions.

We are the leading provider of innovative outdoor living products and utility infrastructure solutions for the water, energy, and communications markets throughout North America.

We're a trusted and strategic partner to engineers, contractors, distributors, specifiers, retailers and homeowners alike as the manufacturer of precast concrete, polymer concrete, and plastic infrastructure products.

Our portfolio of brands includes Oldcastle APG, Oldcastle Infrastructure, Belgard® hardscape, Echelon® Masonry, RDI® railing, Catalyst™ Fence Solutions, Sakrete® packaged concrete, Amerimix® mortar, Pebble Technology International® pool finishes, and Techniseal® sands and sealant technologies.

Job Summary

This position will be a key resource in developing and completing manufacturing process improvement projects, including lean manufacturing implementation and capital improvement projects at locations in the Mid Atlantic Region.

These improvement projects will increase profitability, throughput, and quality; improving the Region's competitive position.

This person should be self-motivated and able to work effectively in a decentralized and matrixed team environment.

This position will work closely with Production, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Environmental Health and Safety.

This is a heavy travel role consisting of 75%-90% travel between North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and New York.

Job Location

This is position will be located near one of our plants in Concord, NC, Raleigh, NC, Fuquay, NC, Fayetteville, NC, Avon, CT, Telford, PA, or Croydon, PA.

Job Responsibilities



* Develop, evaluate and improve production methods utilizing lean tools, knowledge of product design, materials and parts, tooling and production equipment capabilities, process methods, and quality control standards


* Help identify opportunities for significant improvement at Regional locations by working with operations and/or sales teams to understand opportunities to apply lean process improvement initiatives and/or capital investment to improve profitability and competitive advantage


* Provide oversight and guidance, planning, training and mentoring to plant-level teams executing lean process improvement activities


* Drive manufacturing process change through active hands-on communication and coordination with plant-level teams


* Optimize plant layout and flow to reduce inefficiencies and reduce costs


* Oversee and lead plant improvement workshops to identify, diagnose and address bottlenecks and inefficiencies in production processes


* Provide training on kaizen, 5S and lean tools and techniques


* Provide follow-up and tracking to ensure identified improvement opportunities are completed as planned


* Translate operational needs into project requirements and specifications


* Force rank improvement opp...