Operations Specialist - Door Shop Strategist

Specialty Building Products; Duluth (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

Company-Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays & Floating Holidays

PLUS ADDITIONAL PERKS!

Job summary

Specialty Building Products, a leading distributor of specialty building products in North America, is seeking an experienced production-focused professional to optimize door-shop workflows and standardize processes across locations.

The role emphasizes identifying bottlenecks, applying lean techniques, and partnering with shop leaders to test changes before broad rollout, while tracking safety, throughput, and quality improvements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in door manufacturing, millwork production, light manufacturing, fabrication, or similar production environment.
• Strong understanding of production flow, capacity, labor, quality, and equipment use.
• Experience solving recurring production or quality problems.
• Ability to document processes and train others on clear operating standards.
• Ability to use basic production data to identify problems and confirm results.
• Comfort working directly with production employees and leaders in an active shop environment.

Responsibilities

• Study door-shop workflow from order release through material preparation, machining, assembly, inspection, staging, and shipment.
• Identify bottlenecks and develop production and capacity standards that help shops plan work and staffing.
• Define practical equipment and tooling standards that support safe, consistent, and efficient production.
• Improve quality by identifying common defects, causes of rework, and points where errors can be prevented earlier in the process.
• Develop and document best practices that can be used across door-shop locations.
• Partner with local shop leaders and employees to test changes before broad rollout.
• Use production data, visual observation, and employee feedback to measure performance and identify improvement opportunities.
• Support training and implementation when new methods, equipment, layouts, or standards are introduced.
• Track whether changes improve safety, throughput, lead time, quality, labor use, and customer service.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Line balancing

Time studies

Mistake-proofing

Visual management

Excel

Production reporting

Education

Technical, manufacturing, engineering, or operations degree

Job description

Responsibilities

• Study door-shop workflow from order release through material preparation, machining, assembly, inspection, staging, and shipment.
• Identify bottlenecks and develop production and capacity standards that help shops plan work and staffing.
• Define practical equipment and tooling standards that support safe, consistent, and efficient production.
• Improve quality by identifying common defects, causes of rework, and points where errors can be prevented earlier in the process.
• Develop and document best practices that can be used across door-shop locations.
• Partner with local shop leaders and employees to test changes before broad rollout.
• Use production data, visual observation, and employee feedback to measure performance and identify improvement opportunities.
• Support training and implementation when new methods, equipment, layouts, or standards are introduced.
• Track whether changes improve safety, throughput, lead time, quality, labor use, and customer service.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in door manufacturing, millwork production, light manufacturing, fabrication, or a similar production environment.
• Strong understanding of production flow, capacity, labor, quality, and equipment use.
• Experience solving recurring production or quality problems.
• Ability to document processes and train others on clear operating standards.
• Ability to use basic production data to identify problems and confirm results.
• Comfort working directly with production employees and leaders in an active shop environment.

Preferred Qualifications / Skills

• Direct experience with prehung door production, machining, assembly, jamb preparation, or related millwork operations.
• Experience with Lean manufacturing, line balancing, time studies, mistake-proofing, or visual management.
• Experience evaluating production equipment, tooling, maintenance needs, or capital requests.
• Strong Excel and production-reporting skills.
• Technical, manufacturing, engineering, or operations degree, or equivalent practical experience.

Specialty Building Products is the leading distributor of specialty building products in North America. SBP operates under the brands U.S. LUMBER, Alexandria Moulding, REEB Millwork, DW Distribution, Millwork Sales, OrePac, and Amerhart. We serve the U.S. and 8 provinces in Canada from over 61 locations. Here at SBP we are a people first organization, our team is built upon strong culture and standards for success. We value your perspective and want to learn more about you with a commitment to laying the foundation for you to build a successful career with us.

Join us and EVOLVE your future at Specialty Building Products!

Being a part of SBP you will be eligible for many benefits. Full-Time benefits would include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision given on the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• Company-Paid Life Insurance & Disability
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Company-Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays & Floating Holidays
• PLUS ADDITIONAL PERKS!

We are proud to have the best team in our industry. We have experienced a tremendous amount of growth as a company. This growth has served not only our customer base but has also provided significant opportunities for advancement amongst our employees.

Specialty Building Products is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy of Specialty Building Products not to discriminate in hiring and employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, military status, genetic information, or other protected class status in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.