Vice President, Engineering & Ops Excellence

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Professional Plumbing Group
( PPG ) manufactures and distributes high quality plumbing products
and expert solutions to create best-in-class customer experiences. The PPG
umbrella has three national brands – Speakman, Wolverine Brass and PlumbMaster
– with a history stretching back 150 years in the plumbing industry. While
distinct in customer base and value proposition, the three brands share a
passion for innovation and customer service excellence. The company is
headquartered in Conway, SC and operates a corporate location in Glen Mills,
PA. PPG is transforming into an agile, solution-oriented organization with
best-in-class sales capabilities. Professional Plumbing Group is a portfolio
company of Dunes Point Capital (DPC).

POSITION SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION:

PPG is seeking a Vice President, Engineering &
Operational Excellence to transform the product design, quality, and
continuous improvement capabilities of PPG. This leadership role will focus on delivering
high quality products and business processes to differentiate PPG from larger
competitors who more often compete on speed, breadth, and cost. The VP
Engineering & Operational Excellence will provide technical vision and
direction to ensure PPG offers the highest quality plumbing parts in the
industry designed with the customer in mind. This executive will also lead the
charge behind Total Quality Management (TQM), driving our culture of customer
focus and continuous improvement.

Sitting on the CEO’s senior
leadership team and attending quarterly Board meetings, this role plays a
critical role in PPG’s business strategy. When implemented PPG strategy will
disrupt the plumbing supply industry with services that improve our operating
effectiveness and integrate with our customers to reduce cost, improve business
effectiveness and drive above market profitable growth.

Position Title: Vice President, Engineering & Operational
Excellence

Location: Glen Mills, PA (20 mins from Philadelphia, PA)

Reports To: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

CRITICAL OUTCOMES:

• Drive new product

development roadmap to realize annual vitality target.

• Drive continuous

improvement in products and processes to deliver cost savings and realize
annual cost savings target.

• Orchestrate the design and

implementation of business processes and lean techniques to ensure effective,
efficient business operations while still providing a high-quality customer
experience.

KEY ESSENTIAL
RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Define and shape

engineering best practices

• Work closely with Marketing

and Supply Chain to continuously deliver well-crafted products that drive
business value

• Ensure that the team is in

alignment with business strategy via roadmaps and constant feedback

• Collaborate on key design decisions

and considerations to ensure high quality, scalability, maintainability, and
resiliency

• Own SOP portfolio and

quality of business process adoption and execution

• Own safety and maintenance

of PPG worksites

• Coach and provide guidance

to engineering and quality leaders and team members to ensure high levels of
productivity and effectiveness

• Ensure safe, optimal, and

cost-effective manufacturing processes that meet or exceed quality standards
and customer expectations

• Monitor and communicate

industry trends and best practices to the CEO’s Leadership Team and Board of
Directors

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum 10+ years of

experience in Engineering with increasing leadership of functions and talent

• Track record of hitting

project plans and ROI targets for project implementations

• Deep knowledge of lean

techniques and the ability to bring to life in the workplace

• Demonstrated understanding

of business analytics and BI tools to convert real-time data into dashboards
and business decisions

• Experience partnering with

Marketing, Operations, Talent (HR), and Finance to drive cross-functional
initiatives

• BS Engineering or Equivalent

SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS
& REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong business partnership with the ability to build trust and

credibility with executive leadership and their team

• Agent of change; Not satisfied with the status quo; sees

opportunities and drives the strategy to deliver

• Talent leader who builds effective teams

• Strong entrepreneurial

instincts

• Balance of strategic mindset and results-driven behaviors

• High energy & resilient;

Ambitious, achievement-driven

• Critical thinker; Analytical

and quantitative (data-driven)

• Strong communication and collaboration

skills

• Ability to travel (25%)