Louisiana Pacific

Mgr, Pre-Finish Plant (Pay Range $150,000 - $180,000)

Louisiana Pacific$150K — $180K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Manufacturing, Production, or related field
  • 5-7 years of management experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Strong understanding of quality standards and regulatory compliance
  • Proven track record in financial performance management
  • Excellent leadership and team-building skills

Responsibilities

  • Manage all operational aspects of the ExpertFinish facility
  • Drive continuous safety, quality, and environmental improvements
  • Lead a multi-function site business team
  • Develop and implement plant goals and operating plans
  • Oversee hiring, training, and performance management of staff
  • Ensure production plans align with orders and lead time expectations
  • Establish quality processes to meet product standards

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and growth
  • Supportive and values-driven work environment
  • Collaborative team culture focused on safety and quality
  • Engagement with upper management on resource needs
  • Exposure to a variety of operational challenges and responsibilities
Full Job Description
Mgr, Pre-Finish Plant (Pay Range $150,000 - $180,000)

Req Id: 12570

Job Location: North Branch

Posting Start Date: 6/25/26

Work Environment: Onsite

Job Description:

Job Purpose

This role will manage all operational aspects of an ExpertFinish facility, which pre-finishes LP SmartSide Siding products into several pre-finished colors. The Plant Manager leads a multi-function site business team with the primary objective to exceed customer expectations, maintain compliance with quality standards and regulatory requirements, ensure a safe and secure work environment for all employees, while reducing cost, and achieving operational excellence.

In this position you will have the opportunity to:

  • Drives continuous safety, quality and environmental improvements and culture based on current Best Practices
  • Interacts with upper level management to define resource needs of the plant such as raw materials and capital projects
  • Leads multi-function site business team
  • Communicates the corporate vision and goals to staff and employees
  • Develops, communicates and implements plant goals, business objectives, operating plans (including annual budget) and capital plans (3 - 5 years)
  • Manages and develops staff and employees, including hiring, orientating, training and performance management
  • Accountable for achieving forecasted financial performance results
  • Contribute to the process of managing the capital projects and cost reductions process
  • Manage production planning process to ensure production plan is aligned with order files and lead time expectations
  • Establishes and maintains quality processes to ensure products meets standards and employees are focused on order fulfillment and customer experience metrics


What do I need to be successful?

We'd love to meet you if...

... you're energized by big challenges and creating a plan to meet the challenge.

... you enjoy working with others to deliver great work.

... you're innovative and looking for a values-driven, positive culture and environment.

If this sounds like you, join our growing team! In this position, you will have the opportunity to work in each of the following areas:
  • Culture: Embraces our Louisiana Pacific values of responsible stewardship to our employees, and the communities in which we operate. Demonstrates company values and reinforces with plant leadership and personnel.
  • Safety: Responsible for employee safety and plant environmental compliance. Manages plant EH&S manager and works cross-functionally with central resources to create and maintain a safety-first culture ensuring that all employees within the facility are working safely and environmentally responsibly.
  • Quality: Establishes and maintains quality processes to ensure products meets standards and exceed customer expectations. Conducts daily audits and walk-throughs monitoring the day-to-day activities of the manufacturing, QC Lab, warehousing and shipping areas to ensuring quality standards are met.
  • Financial: Leads plant leadership team and works collaboratively with central financial resources to develop plant annual budgets. Accountable for achieving forecasted financial performance results, and regularly presents plant financial performance to upline leadership.
  • Customer Service: Work closely with the Production Superintendent and Mill Planner to review the production schedule and make certain that necessary raw materials are on site or have been ordered and that the proper staffing level exists in all areas of the plant.
  • People: Hire, train, and manage employees assuring that they possess an understanding of their core responsibilities, company policies and can operate their assigned work stations/machines/processes at acceptable levels of performance and in accordance with safety, quality and standard operating procedures
  • Facilities. Work with the maintenance manager to review preventative maintenance schedules and ensure that the facility and production equipment are properly operating. Act as a strategy partner with regards to long term capital planning and plant improvements.


Education

  • Bachelors' degree in Business, Manufacturing, Production or related field.


Work Environment

  • Plant & office environment. Exposure to machinery, electrical sources, dust, chemicals, & loud noise.
  • Some travel (10%)

Information at a Glance

About Louisiana Pacific

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, commonly known as LP, is an American building materials manufacturer. It was founded in 1973 and is currently headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The company primarily produces engineered wood products, such as oriented strand board, laminated veneer lumber, and other building materials. LP also produces siding, trim, and other outdoor building products. The company operates in the United States, Canada, Chile, and Brazil. LP is committed to sustainability and has implemented several initiatives to reduce its environmental impact, such as using recycled materials and reducing waste.
Learn more about Louisiana Pacific
Size
4,800 employees
Market Cap
$4.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$499 million
Founded
1972
5 Year Trend
+15.3%
Revenue
$2.7 billion
NASDAQ

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