Leadership/Performance Coach - Kansas City

When people think of Owens Corning, they often picture the Pink Panther™, who appears predominantly in its advertising campaigns. Best known for its PINK FIBERGLAS® home insulation and other products that conserve energy, which helps protect the environment, Owens Corning is a world leader in building materials systems and composite solutions. Owens Corning’s people redefine what’s possible each day to deliver high-quality products and services ranging from insulation, roofing, siding and manufactured stone to glass composite materials used in high-performance applications.Owens Corning achieved sales of $6.3 billion in 2005 and employs more than 20,000 employees in 25 countries. The Company continues to grow rapidly, with sales increasing each year since 2001.A Fortune 500 company for more than 50 years, Owens Corning has cultivated a culture that emphasizes safety, performance and accountability, openness and stewardship. Newly hired employees report that a key reason they were attracted to the Company is that the people working for Owens Corning are confident in their abilities, yet open and approachable. Owens Corning’s emphasis on its people and its commitment to its corporate values - Integrity, Respect, Accountability, Fun, Sharing, Candor and Innovation - result in a unique employment experience.Additional information is available at http://www.owenscorning.com/career.The Extraordinary Performance Coach is critical to the performance and continued success of the Kansas City facility and the Insulation Systems Business (ISB). Reporting to the ISB Division Coaches Team Leader, this leadership position is accountable for functioning at high levels of effectiveness at both the “hands-on” and the strategic levels. This position is also a key member of the KC Leadership Team.As a leader within Owens Corning, an individual must demonstrate experience at being - and holding others - accountable for working safely while providing appropriate resources to ensure incident-free operations. In addition, the successful candidate must have experience at driving for a vision of zero injuries, zero defects and step-change productivity by ensuring alignment with and supporting the Company’s vision and values.Our Kansas City, KS Insulation plant employs 445 employees and is looking for an “Extraordinary Performance Coach”. If selected you would engage the teams across our plant, distribution and support areas to achieve our Critical Outcomes (core targets) for 2006 success. These include achieving an injury free workplace, significant productivity and volume gains through continuous improvement efforts and improvement in the engagement of our workforce to achieve these. Our Kansas City plant manufactures a variety of residential insulation products. Kansas City’s areas of focus include the safe production of high quality product to deliver value to our customers. Focus on achieving zero injuries and continued improvement in their employee and union relations is a key element for success in 2006. The Kansas City facility is best known for its wide array of products produced, the excellent stability in volume produced and the year over year improvements in safety.The Extraordinary Performance Coach is responsible for the strategic leadership and direction of projects directly designed to eliminate waste and improve engagement both at the Kansas City Plant as well as sharing these best practices across the Division. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to engage the workforce, create a culture that safely and efficiently optimizes equipment and focuses on producing high quality products at the lowest possible cost. Relationship building with plant leadership, employees and our labor unions is critical to the success of this position.JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:The successful candidate will also:Live the values and vision of the Company and facility
Be a model of change by changing themselves to change the environment and others
Set clear and measurable expectations of performance and establishes, communicates and regularly reviews commitments to ensure the employee milestones are achieved as planned
Increase the value of the enterprise by identifying and eliminating waste to improve productivity
Create an environment that attracts and retains both internal and external talent
Demonstrate commitment for building an exceptional workplace environment that nurtures and facilitates open communications, employee engagement and diversity
Facilitate a culture that develops and leverages customer relationships along with fully supports community partnerships and involvement for the facility and its employees
Team member that is accountable for support of the Insulation Systems Business and KC critical outcomes with focus on productivity and engagement
Business partner with the Plant Leader and Human Resources Leader, with shared outcomes to deliver business results
Professional coach to the plant leadership team to significantly raise the bar in terms of engagement, coaching for success and productivity improvements
Powerful voice in targeting gaps and opportunity for improvement in the way people interact with the machines
Provide targeted coaching to the front line leaders
Ensures the delivery of the core communication process in partnership with the KC Human Resources team
Focuses on developing the capability of the leadership team to deliver the critical outcomesCANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS:EDUCATION:3-4 Year College/University DegreeEXPERIENCES/COMPETENCIES/LANGUAGES:
Experience:Minimum of 5 years of leadership/coaching/development experience
Business knowledge and experience that has delivered exceptional results
Experience with Six Sigma methodologies and/or Lean Manufacturing skills is preferredLanguages:English requiredMust be eligible to work in the U.S. on a permanent basisOwens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. REQUIREMENTS
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