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As the #1 most preferred national window and door brand by homeowners across the country* Pella leads the industry in innovation and design. Founded in 1925, Pella Corporation is comprised of the Pella Family of Brands and remains a privately owned company with a robust product offering and national distribution.
With 19 manufacturing locations, 11,000 + team members and more than 250 showrooms in the U.S. and Canada, Pella was named a top employer by Forbes and Newsweek in 2023. We have also received numerous accolades for innovation and design, including Fast Company's Most Innovative Manufacturers for 2022 and 2023.
At Pella, we want you to do the work you're most proud of. That's why we offer individualized talent development plans, cross-functional experiences, and opportunities for career advancement through personal and professional development. Together, with talent just like you, we are building the future of windows and doors. Ready to join us?
SUMMARY
Manages the overall productivity process across the Enterprise. This includes developing methodologies, processes, and tools to track and measure productivity performance, helping enable business performance ensuring that cost efficiencies are being realized and maximized across the organization. Collaborates with and influences team members both across the enterprise and across functions including Plant Operations as well as Corporate Procurement, Logistics, Continuous Improvement, Engineering, and Marketing functions in building a pipeline, establishing goals, and working projects through completion. Develops, communicates, and trains team members across the enterprise about the purpose of productivity, how to identify opportunities, and how to track results.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Establishes and manages a continuous productivity improvement pipeline process to actively measure the health of the productivity pipeline as well as monitor actual productivity performance. This includes creating a pipeline tracking tool to identify active projects in the ideation, scoping, and implementation phases as well as to track actual results for projects completed. For completed projects, actual savings will be calculated and compared to original savings projections where applicable ensuring acceptable levels of return on investments and will also be compared and reconciled to the income statement to ensure productivity savings are truly being realized.
Drives discussions across the enterprise around enabling productivity ideation and thinking working with Plant Operations as well as Corporate Procurement, Logistics, Continuous Improvement, Engineering, and Marketing functions. Facilitates periodic productivity review meetings with teams as necessary to enable maximum performance.
Evaluates and analyzes costs across the enterprise helping identify areas for productivity opportunities, including estimating productivity opportunity valuations for achieving performance vs. benchmark levels of performance.
Drives forecasting and budgeting processes for productivity helping establish targets, building plans, and ensuring goals are achieving top-down profit objectives for the enterprise. Works closely with plants and Corporate teams throughout these processes.
Establishes and shares best practices for productivity identification and tracking across the enterprise. Trains individuals across the organization creating a train the trainer approach to cascade knowledge, process, and tools throughout functional areas.
Responsible for supporting total customer satisfaction, both internally and externally, where applicable in relation to this position. Ensures the appropriate level and quality of support are provided to the organization. Utilizes various feedback methods to monitor internal customer satisfaction and opportunities for improvement.
Supports other special projects as assigned.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
No direct supervisory responsibilities but this position will be involved in attracting, retaining, and building team members across the Finance function. This includes participating in interviewing, hiring, and training employees.
QUALIFICATIONS
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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Bachelor's degree (B. A./B. S.) from four-year college or university; preferred degree in Accounting. Five to seven years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations. Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Word, Excel, Access and Power Point.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
None required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is moderate fifty percent of the time, and loud when in the plant.
CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT
Pella Corporation is committed to workforce diversity. Pella is a Tobacco-Free Work Environment. Pella participates in E- Verify. Pella will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Pella Corporation provides a working environment free of discrimination and harassment. Pella Corporation treats all persons equally, regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age or disability, as each is protected under federal law. A number of states in which Pella operates have laws protecting classifications of Team Members not necessarily protected under federal law. Therefore, Pella also treats all persons equally, regardless of political affiliation and belief, pregnancy, national origin, age, creed, marital status, military status, sexual orientation, mental disorder, veteran status, ancestry or handicap as each category is protected under a municipal ordinance or state law.
