General Manager, New Kensington

General Manager, New Kensington

New Kensington, PA

About Re:Build Manufacturing – New Kensington

Re:Build Manufacturing New Kensington is part of the Re:Build family of companies, located in New Kensington, PA. Capabilities in a wide variety of industries and materials allow our unique value proposition to bring exciting and advanced programs back to American Manufacturing.

Re:Build Manufacturing is a growing family of industrial and engineering businesses combining enabling technologies, operational superiority, and strategic M&A to build America's next generation industrial company. At Re:Build we deploy deep expertise in engineering, operations management, and technology to supercharge the performance of our member companies. We leverage deep professional expertise and a candid, principled operating culture to drive differentiated outcomes. Ours is a fast-paced environment where individuals can stretch and be challenged to pursue their fullest potential.

Re:Build was founded to pioneer a profitable model for the revitalization of US manufacturing. We've assembled a powerful set of complimentary capabilities and lines of business that enable us to pursue a wide range of end markets. Our acquired businesses are grounded in build-to-print and by-the-hour engineering and design services, and we're leveraging their combined expertise to migrate to increasingly sophisticated program development and production, as well as the generation of our own products. Our unique set of capabilities lend themselves to highly complex systems and products, and we offer customers a range of services including product and systems design, automation, fabrication, assembly, and large volume contract manufacturing. Our customers span a wide array of industries including aerospace, defense, mobility, healthcare, pharma, biotech, clean tech, chemicals, energy, lifestyle, food production, and industrial equipment.

Who We Are Looking For

As General Manager, you will provide strategic leadership for the New Kensington business. You will set long-range goals, strategies, plans, and policies related to Re:Build New Kensington. You should have significant experience managing a P&L and operational experience in large-scale manufacturing. You will demonstrate strong business insight, a continuous improvement approach, and excellent coaching and motivational skills. You will understand managing advanced materials manufacturing, large-scale machining, and battery and electromechanical assembly. You can translate customer needs into effective production processes, increase throughput, improve quality, and enhance collaboration across teams. Experience leading in a matrixed environment, especially in Commercial leadership, is required.

What You Get To Do

• Manage the P&L. Develop budgets, financial plans, capacity planning, and performance metrics, giving regular updates on progress and critical path items. Own ongoing business-wide performance benchmarks and indicators and use them to drive improvement in operating performance and financial margins.
• Lead, manage, and develop a high-performing team with a strong, positive operating culture, including Engineering, Operations, Technical Development, Quality, Finance, and Human Resources.
• Lead multiple Value streams that are each independently capable of translating customer requirements from order all the way through the manufacturing process to highly efficient production.
• Develop and implement operational strategies, priorities, production systems, workflows, and performance metrics to ensure safety, quality, delivery, cost (SQDC), and profitability objectives are met.
• Apply Lean operating principles and tools to strengthen an operating culture of engagement, problem solving, data-driven decision making, and continuous improvement.
• Support the execution of commercial strategies to drive growth, including partnership with business development resources to develop and manage lasting customer engagements.
• Help shape business expansion strategy and planning. Support acquisition due diligence efforts.
• Provide leadership and management of Re:Builders to ensure effective selection, development, retention, and performance management of team members.
• Develop and implement effective communication and engagement strategies to ensure teams are informed, aligned, and motivated to accomplish objectives.
• Foster a culture of accountability, teamwork, and operational excellence aligned with the Principles of The Re:Build Way.

What You Bring To The Team

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, Operations, Business, or related field required; advanced degree (MBA, MS Engineering) preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive leadership within advanced manufacturing, with significant time spent in high volume manufacturing and machining.
• Prior P&L ownership, with strong financial competence and the capability to drive margin improvements through operational transformation.
• Demonstrated success leading engineering teams and scaling production organizations in both low-mix/high-volume and high-mix/low-volume settings.
• Deep understanding of manufacturing processes, materials, tooling, automation, quality systems, production workflows and supply chains.

- Track record as a transformational leader - successfully improving culture, systems, processes, and cross-functional alignment.

• Experience with Lean operating principles, methods, and tools to promote ongoing improvement.
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills.

The BIG Payoff

We are a company who is going to make a difference in the industries and the communities in which we choose to operate.

Every employee of Re:Build will share ownership in the company and will share in the financial rewards of the success we achieve together, at all levels of the company!

We want to work with people that reflect the communities in which we operate

Re:Build Manufacturing is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, parental status, cultural background, organizational level, work styles, tenure and life experiences. Or for any other reason.

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