Job Details
GIP Pipe is a leading manufacturer of precast concrete, polymer concrete, in the United States and Canada. Our products range from utility vaults, reinforced concrete pipe, catch basins, drainage and septic tanks, to retaining walls, storm shelters, wall panels, concrete barriers, a variety of concrete products and more. GIP Pipe is committed to upholding core values of safety, reliability, quality, and service.
GIP Pipe is looking for a creative and proven leader to develop and implement business strategies, support a top performing safety culture, lead commercial excellence and continuous plant improvement activities, drive the development of new products and markets, and to build and develop effective teams to achieve superior financial performance and growth.
Role Description
Operations
- Manage regional business to ensure profitability, efficiency and operational excellence
- Understand the financial levers required to maximize profitability
- Full P&L accountability for the business segment
Business Devleopment
- Utilize creative and strategic agility to recognize and size-up existing and emerging market and product opportunities
- Administer a customer experience to deepen relationships and build sales
- Develop a roadmap for business growth in Canada and the US
Leadership
- Hire, train, motivate and retain a high performing team
- Instill a high-performance safety culture throughout the region
- Ability to manage in a unionized environment
Qualifications:
- Bachelor s Degree in Engineering
- An MBA/EMBA or related business education from a highly regarded institution
- 7-10 years of progressive management/executive experience in a manufacturing or related business
- Proven track record of leading both labor intensive and/or large product operations and machine-based and automated manufacturing businesses to exceptionally high levels of safety, quality and customer service performance
- Sales or marketing management experience or a track record of growing market share, introducing new products.
- Familiarity with the Canadian and US markets
- Excellent analytical, financial and communication skills
- US Citizen with ability to travel as required to Canada and throughout USA
- Intermediate to advanced MS Office skills; knowledgeable in ERP (Titan) and production management software platforms
- Results-driven with an ability to deliver success in a fast-paced environment.
- Outcome focused, critical thinker with the ability to analyse and visualize to ensure continuous improvement across our business.
- Ability to connect and interact with people to seek different perspectives.
- Superb communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple competing priorities.
- Demonstrate versatility and resourcefulness in overcoming business challenges.
About Green Infrastructure Partners
At Green Infrastructure Partners (GIP), our people are second to none. The work we do impacts lives. It impacts our schools and neighborhoods and shapes our communities and cities.
We are one of Canada s largest and fastest-growing construction companies. Every day our people are designing, delivering, and maintaining infrastructure for Canada s rapidly growing cities. From demolition, shoring and foundations, excavation, and remediation, to structures, paving and the production of materials, we have the unique ability to self-perform all project scopes without reliance on sub-contractors.
The most valuable asset at GIP is people our employees, our customers, and the public. Nothing is more important than our people coming to work happy and leaving safe.
We are committed to fostering a work environment that embraces Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging for all so our people benefit from the creative solutions that come from embracing differences.
Sustainability is part of our DNA. We focus on recycling and reusing materials by taking old roads and reengineering them into new roads, keeping tons of used materials out of our landfills.
The work we do today at GIP will carry us into a better, greener, and safer tomorrow.