General Manager

Job Summary:

The General Manager will be working for a Progressive and Growing Manufacturing Organization. The General Manager is responsible for general supervision of all phases of plant operations including: production, materials, quality control, maintenance, receiving &shipping, daily P&L, R&D, Purchasing/Procurement and Finance/Accounting, and customer related sales and business development.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

Production:

• Tracking operating efficiencies
• Managing labor expenditures
• Reducing scrap
• Continuously improving production thru: Kaizen events / Kanban systems /SMED workshops
• Strong adherence to 5-S principles.
• Define, research and specify any new equipment needs
• Specify layouts for all new tooling requirements with focus on material utilization and profitability

Quality/Service

• Instil facility wide commitment to 100% on-time delivery of all products
• Implement, follow and continuously improve corporate and facility QMS
• Consistently reduce annual PPM rate

Sales

• Identifying new business, both organically and through new contacts
• Visit existing customers on a regular basis to maintain positive communication with OEM buyers, production leaders, design engineers and quality engineers
• Provide return of all requested quotes in less than 24 hours of receipt

Finance

• Create Cost and payback Analysis for new capital asset requests
• Maintain facility asset list

Safety

• Demonstrate the leadership required to maintain an accident free facility
• Facilitate monthly safety training for all employees per corporate and OSHA requirements

Materials/Inventory

• Insure inventory is maintained with a focus on 8 turns annually
• Insure all BOM are up to date and accurate per the costing process
• Specifying new material requirements
• Negotiating with raw material suppliers to maintain a positive costing position

Required Qualifications & Experiences:

• Bachelor's Degree Preferred, Associates or Some college with experience will be considered.
• 8+ years management experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience working within a documented quality system
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel
• Experience with Lean Application methodologies
• CAD experience preferred
• Familiar with Six Sigma principles
• Understanding of the OEM market drivers and pressures preferred
• Knowledge of non-metallic material properties and applications preferred
• Knowledge of converting processes and techniques preferred
• Operational understanding of ISO/TS 16949
• Travel 25%-50%

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Directly supervises all department heads in the facility. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, planning, directing work, appraising performance, addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, and climb or balance.

The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include color vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.