General Manager-Metals Dies Stamping - Full-time / Part-time

General Manager

REPORTING TO: President

SUBORDINATES: VP of Engineering, Production Manager, Quality Manager, Maintenance Manager, Materials Manager

SIGNIFICANT WORKING RELATIONSHIPS: VP of Sales, IT Manager, Bookkeeper, Customer Service, Outside Accountants

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

•  An experienced Manager who has stamping experience, able to diagnose die and
• setup problems and work with seasoned managers who have strong opinions on
• how best to improve efficiency and quality output.
•  Provides leadership for problem resolution and facilitates fast improvements and
• improved working relationships.
•  Confidence to enforce company policy and make personnel changes as necessary.
•  Technical enough to help an inexperienced Spanish speaking workforce develop - Spanish fluency preferred, but not required.
•  Manages material requirements to increase inventory turns and reduce levels on hand.
•  Experience with Plex ERP preferred, but not required. If not Plex, at least workedwith an ERP with scheduling, lot control, value stream mapping, inventory.
•  Identifies, recommends and implements changes to improve productivity and reduce cost and scrap, monitor scrap and rework data.
•  Directs and coordinates various programs essential to manufacturing procedures such as training, safety, housekeeping, cost reduction, and workforce involvement.
•  Desire to be an active and honest member of our Executive Team along with the President and VP of Sales to grow our operation while maintaining high profit margins.

LEADERSHIP SKILLS

1.  A well-qualified candidate for this position will have exceptional leadership skills. Specifically, he/she must be decisive, firm, persuasive, and must have the ability to successfully cultivate and lead a cohesive, highly effective organization.
2. A hands-on, roll-up- the-sleeves management style is imperative with a successful track record of building and leading high-performing teams.
3. This individual must possess an empowering, ”coaching & leadership” style with the ability to earn the trust and respect of subordinates, peers superiors while driving excellence in performance and results.

INTERPERSONAL/COMMUNICATION SKILLS:

•  A well-qualified candidate for this position will have excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust and earn.

•  This individual must be committed to openness and transparency in regular information-sharing and continuous communication in all directions.

•  It is important that a qualified candidate have excellent communication, presentation and conflict-resolution skills and be able to interact comfortably and respect people at all levels of the organization.

•  One must also be a “team player” and possess a career track record of working well with other key personnel to accomplish organizational goals.
•  The successful candidate shall have demonstrated strong “emotional intelligence”(i.e. self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy and adeptness in relationships).

ENERGY LEVEL:

•  The ideal candidate for this position must have a true passion for leading high-performing manufacturing organizations.
•  This self-motivated natural leader will have a seemingly unending supply of energy with unwavering commitment to excellence in performance and goal attainment.
•  A strong and enthusiastic leader, this individual must be able to create a vision that will excite and motivate employees at all levels.
•  The successful candidate in this role will be entrepreneurial, assertive and possess a keen ability to work well under pressure.
•  Common sense and robust decision making skills

SUMMARY OF THE CANDIDATE WE SEEK:

The General Manager directs single-site manufacturing operations. The position ensures increasing levels of customer and employee satisfaction while improving the efficiency of manpower, materials, and machines.