VP/General Manager, Components

Cornerstone Building Brands is North America's largest manufacturer of exterior building products. The Shelter Solutions Business Unit is comprised of four divisions operating manufacturing facilities across the United States and Mexico, with additional sales and distribution offices throughout the United States, Canada, and Costa Rica.  

KEY OBJECTIVES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting directly to the President, Shelter Solutions the VP/GM, Components is responsible for leading our $500M Components business with one brand offered in three business segments:  Componentized Buildings, Storage and Commercial Roof & Wall, including setting and operationalizing the growth strategy for the business. The successful candidate must be highly motivated, growth-oriented, able to think strategically while delivering tactically and highly collaborative with strong communication and influencing skills. This role will work in close collaboration with key functional leaders responsible for manufacturing, supply chain, sales excellence, marketing, and strategy to drive results. Key deliverables include:

• Establishing and operationalizing business strategy for the Components business
• Identifying and delivering on organic and inorganic opportunities that result in above-market growth
• Delivering on financial plan
• Cultivate a high performing and highly collaborative team culture grounded in Cornerstone Building Brands behaviors & mindsets

DETAILED ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy

• Identify and analyze commercial opportunities to increase profit through existing and potential customers. Partner with leaders to deliver on such commercial opportunities that result in profitable growth.
• Lead and support efforts to identify and drive inorganic growth opportunities through M&A.
• Maintain comprehensive working knowledge of competitor products/services and overall market landscape.
• Listen to, and follow-up on customer needs and feedback via a customer-centric approach.

Financial

• Accountable for financial performance, profitable growth, and market share expansion.
• Establish and administer the operating budget, taking action to improve cost efficiency as needed.
• Ensure that the key stakeholders are apprised of the commercial activity, market opportunities, status, trends, and business development opportunities and initiatives.
• Track, measure, and report key performance indicators that are indicative of overall business performance.

People Leadership

• Build strong teams via recruitment and talent upgrading. 
• Actively manage performance to ensure all team members are meeting performance expectations.
• Provide coaching, support and development opportunities to grow team capability.

Other

• Presents monthly performance reports, metrics and growth progress to various stakeholders.
• Ability to travel up to 60% for customer visits, business meetings, and team engagement.
• Perform other duties as required.

REQUIRED EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in a Business-related discipline from accredited university.
• MBA preferred.

ESSENTIAL WORK EXPERIENCES

• Minimum of twelve (12) years related industry related professional experience.
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience being accountable for Profit & Loss (P&L).
• Demonstrated track record of economic value-creation.
• Experience working in a matrix organization preferred.

ESSENTIAL CAPABILITIES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES)

• Communication and Interpersonal Skills – Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and maintain positive relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Critical-Thinking – Ability to analyze data and information and use inductive and deductive reasoning to draw appropriate conclusions.
• Economic-Thinking – Ability to think economically and commercialize business development ideas.
• Presentation – Adept and providing executive presentations to all levels of the organization from the C-Suite to the shop floor.
• Ethics & Integrity – High degree of personal integrity in all business dealings.
• Execution – Attentive to detail and demonstrated ability to deliver on accountabilities to help the business be successful.  Track record of high-performance.

• Judgment/Decision-Making – Smart, with the ability to think through issues and make wise decisions, often without all facts and information or high levels of direction.
• Resilient – Persistence to drive to solutions despite obstacles and/or competing priorities.
• Results Orientation – Resilient with demonstrated ability to consistently deliver on accountabilities, including overcoming setbacks and navigating obstacles.

• Teamwork/Collaboration – A great team player with a great attitude and great service orientation.

• Cornerstone Building Brands (CBB) Values and Behaviors & Mindsets – Act consistently with CBB’s Values (Safety, Integrity, & Inclusion) and Behaviors & Mindsets (Customer-Centricity, Interconnectedness, Continuous Improvement)

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Why work for Cornerstone Building Brands? 

Our teams are at the heart of our purpose to positively contribute to the communities where we live, work and play. Full-time* team members receive** medical, dental and vision benefits starting day 1. Other benefits include PTO, paid holidays, FSA, life insurance, LTD, STD, 401k, EAP, discount programs, tuition reimbursement, training, and professional development. 

*Full-time is defined as regularly working 30+ hours per week. **Union programs may vary depending on the collective bargaining agreement.

Cornerstone Building Brands is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, or status as a protected veteran. You can find the Equal Employment Opportunity Poster here. You can also view Your Right to Work Poster here along with This Organizations Participation in E-Verify Poster here. If you'd like to view a copy of the company's affirmative action plan for protected veterans or individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please contact Human Resources at 281-897-7788 or [email protected]. If you have a disability and you believe that you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please contact Human Resources at 281-897-7788 or [email protected]. This email is used exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only emails received for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues not related to a disability, will not receive a response.

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Must be at least 18 years of age to apply.

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