Plant TPM Leader

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The TPM Leader will report directly to the Plant Leader and enable the deployment of the Plant TPM Methodology at the Site.  This role supports the organization’s TPM Strategy as the way we will run our operations in the pursuit of zero loss.

Working closely with the Regional TPM Leader, Regional Pillar Leaders, Plant NLT, and the Plant Team Members, the employee will be responsible for leading the development and execution of the Site TPM Masterplan, training/teaching the TPM methodology, coaching teams to drive loss elimination through the implementation of the TPM pillars and assessing the progress.

Join an organization that believes that every employee owns a piece of our bold growth goals and ultimate success. We are a market-leading innovator that has placed on the Fortune 500®. Owens Corning is devoted to delivering sustainable solutions across our three business segments while striving to ensure our people and products make the world a better place. We take pride in having an inclusive and diverse workplace with employees around the globe.  A holistic sense of community exists across our entire organization as our talent grows globally. We are a company that fully recognizes the importance of paving a path to a sustainable and safe enterprise through investing in our people. Our desire to make an impactful difference in the world flows from top down to all levels of the organization. By being a company that instills pride within each and every employee, we aspire to build market-leading businesses; global in scope - human in scale.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Promote Safety & Wellness Excellence

• Maintain focus on safety in all TPM initiatives
• Use TPM methodologies to continue the journey to zero incidents
• Adhere to and continuously improve all safety policies, procedures and standards
• Support and participate in wellness and community initiatives

Inspires and enables the plant leadership team to successfully drive to zero losses through the deployment of a Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) operating system

• Demonstrate strategic leadership by working with the Plant NLT to develop a TPM masterplan for the site that is linked to overall plant objectives of loss elimination.

• Engage and inspire teams at all levels and across functions to achieve results through TPM Pillars.

• Build support and shared accountability for successful deployment of TPM

• Partner with internal and external consultants to effectively support and implement TPM
• Member of the Plant NLT and TPM coach / mentor to the Plant Manager and Operations Manager

• Serve as mentor/coach to develop excellence in the use of TPM methodologies

• Build TPM capability in the Site through the Learn Do Teach model

• Develop and deliver training as needed to build TPM knowledge, awareness, and capability across the plant
• Anticipate and eliminate barriers to success
• Identify, track, and communicate the metrics that measure TPM progress
• Provide recognition for successes around sustained TPM systems and TPM capabilities built
• Leads the weekly TPM drumbeat in the Plant, Coaches the daily TPM drumbeat in the plant

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, Engineering or related field preferred and 2+ years of TPM/Lean experience
• Prior experience with TPM deployment and leadership of AM, PM, FI and T&D Pillars internal or external to Owens Corning
• Demonstrated ability to improve business results by working through others
• Demonstrated ability to lead change to deliver results

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• TPM (JIPM) certification
• Proven track record of successful TPM implementation in a plant environment
• Functional leadership in a complex environment
• Major programs deployment:
• Pillar Leader experience in AM, PM, FI
• Led an AM Team through AM Step 3
• Led a Daily Management Huddle
• Project Leader, Project Manager

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Ability to prove results-oriented leadership
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to motivate, inspire, and influence others at all levels of the organization
• Develops people
• Accessible, open-minded, and able to work well with others, handle resistance or conflict in a productive way
• Intellectually strong, able to combine analytical reasoning, creativity, and good judgment
• Customer oriented; understands that all business opportunities start with knowing how to create value for the customer
• Agent of change which can create momentum for new initiatives while understanding the many different perspectives in the plant; effectively gain support across the organization as needed
• Challenges the status quo
• Ability to translate strategy into actionable operating plans
• Actively Listens
• Models curiosity and growth mindset
• Organized, disciplined and process-oriented mindset
• Values Standards and standard work processes
• Strong self-awareness of one’s strengths and development opportunities; works to continuously improve
• Puts the needs of the business ahead of his/her own self-interest. Operate transparently without a personal agenda
• An overt simplifier who can effectively and appropriately distill and reduce complex situations, goals, tasks and opportunities to a workable set of fundamentals so that all team members can understand, align and take action
• Maintains poise under pressure and readily demonstrates an optimistic nature
• Ability to travel 5 – 10%

About Owens Corning  

Owens Corning is a branded building products leader with three complementary market-leading businesses providing roofing, insulation, and doors primarily for residential markets in North America and Europe. The company operates with an integrated go-to-market strategy and a unique set of OC Advantages™ – including its iconic brand, unparalleled commercial strength, leading technology, and winning cost position – to help customers win and grow in the market. Owens Corning is committed to helping build better and achieve more through winning partnerships, leading performance, and engaging people. Founded in 1938 and headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, Owens Corning is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: OC). For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com.

Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.