General Manager (Components/Truss Manufacturing

Builders FirstSource Job Opportunity

We are Builders FirstSource, America's largest supplier of building materials, value-added components and building services to the professional market. You'll feel proud of the work you do here every day to transform the future of home building and help make the dream of home ownership more achievable. At BFS, we believe building a successful career is not solely defined by a degree. Your experience, skills, and passion are just as important, if not more so. As such, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that welcomes candidates from all backgrounds and experience levels.

Purpose

Manages all aspects of a structural component manufacturing operation to achieve operational excellence, customer satisfaction, and profitable growth through effective leadership of production, sales support, inventory management, safety, quality, and financial performance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall sales, operations, production, delivery, purchasing, and inventory control of the location.
• Oversees all manufacturing operations, including truss production, loading, shipping, and maintenance, ensuring production schedules, labor productivity, quality standards, and operational performance goals are achieved.
• Oversees the daily operations of the location and utilizes operational reporting and key performance indicators to monitor performance, identify trends, and implement corrective actions as needed.
• Maintains full profit and loss accountability for the operation, including budgets, labor costs, inventory investments, capital expenditures, and margin improvement initiatives.
• Oversees inventory control and supply chain activities, ensuring appropriate inventory levels of lumber, connector plates, hardware, and other raw materials to support production demands and inventory turn objectives.
• Recommends capital improvements based on forecasted demand, production capacity, equipment performance, and operational requirements. Establishes cost-effective equipment and facility maintenance programs and recommends equipment replacements or upgrades as necessary.
• Promotes a strong safety culture by ensuring compliance with OSHA, DOT, company safety standards, and all applicable regulatory requirements through training, audits, and proactive risk management initiatives.
• Partners with truss designers, engineers, and production teams to ensure structural components meet engineering specifications, quality standards, and customer requirements while managing corrective actions and process improvements.
• Collaborates with sales teams and key customers to support growth initiatives, resolve escalated customer concerns, and ensure customer satisfaction through quality products and on-time delivery performance.
• Involved in the recruiting, hiring, training, and development of employees. Creates and enforces staffing strategies that support operational needs, reduce turnover, and strengthen organizational performance.
• Leads, develops, and evaluates production, maintenance, shipping, and administrative personnel through effective staffing, performance management, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives.
• Communicates and enforces company policies, procedures, and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements as they pertain to the daily functions of all departments and fosters a productive work environment.
• Responsible for budget accountability, customer satisfaction, operational excellence, and the overall financial performance of the location while performing other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Manages subordinate supervisors who supervise in various departments. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of these units. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Minimum Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; four years related managerial experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Must have prior experience in building materials industry.

Preferred Experience

• Truss manufacturing operations
• Structural component manufacturing
• Engineered wood products
• Building materials manufacturing
• Lumberyard operations
• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or 5S methodologies
• Blueprint reading and engineering-driven manufacturing environments
• P&L ownership and financial management

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate general competence in all of the Corporate Success Factors, as well as the following job-related competencies.

• Problem Solving
• Interpersonal Skills
• Oral Communication
• Credibility
• Visionary Influence
• Staff Management
• Cost Consciousness
• Judgment
• Operational Excellence
• Financial Acumen
• Safety Leadership
• Manufacturing & Technical Knowledge

Work Environment / Physical Activity

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Travel requirements range from 10-25%, depending on location.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Successful, innovative, and fulfilling careers are built here, and your professional development is a high priority. We invest in your future through the latest training, tools, and technologies. Highly collaborative, we work together to solve problems and find better ways to continually grow our business and careers every day. You'll be empowered to try new things, gain new experiences, and build a career with unlimited horizons. The scale and depth of resources that being the #1 building materials distributor in the nation provides a variety of opportunities for you to explore – all in a friendly, people-first environment. Join us to be more, do more, and build more, together at BFS.

At Builders FirstSource, we offer competitive, affordable benefits designed to make life better for you and the people you love. Our goal is simple — provide great plans that help you and your family to live happier, healthier and more secure lives. To view all our benefit offerings click here

Builders FirstSource is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability.

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