General Manager

Job Description

Job Description

General Manager

This position has responsibility for the overall Manufacturing Operations

The General Manager will provide strategic leadership support to ensure that resources and structure are in place for effective implementation of strategies to optimize the manufacturing capabilities while managing the bottom line and meeting financial targets.

• Develop and manage the implementation of strategic plans including operational development, manufacturing standardization and product manufacturing to “Operational Excellence” status to ensure that critical milestones are achieved.
• Responsible for the P&L by maximizing synergies within manufacturing operations to reduce cost, eliminate redundancies and improve processes and product flow.
• Develop and direct short- and long-range manufacturing strategies to meet and exceed current and future business plans.
• Define and recommend objectives in manufacturing facility. Develop specific short-term and long-term plans and programs, together with supporting budget request and financial estimates.
• Rationalization of manufacturing operations to optimize cost, and equipment and capacity utilization.
• Lead managers within manufacturing, sales & marketing, engineering, scheduling, R&D, quality, maintenance, finance, and human resources to meet goals.
• Maintain employee relations practices necessary to establish a positive employer-employee relationship and promote high level of morale.
• Apply initiatives and techniques throughout the business resulting in operating efficiencies, inventory reductions, and quality improvement.
• Emphasize sound business and operations processes and build strong, effective and collaborative teams within the operations and engineering environment.
• Maximize manufacturing utilization and throughput to assure that each operation is the producer of the highest quality at lowest product cost.
• Ensure that world-class environmental health and safety work processes and results are in place and consistently utilized.
• Provide active participation and guidance to operations to ensure the manufacturing workforce is capable and motivated, working with maximum efficiency and effectiveness to contribute to the business.
• Benchmarking externally of process and manufacturing technologies.
• Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Management and/or Engineering with a high degree of knowledge of financial management, problem solving and mentoring/coaching techniques.
• MBA would be a plus

We are looking for an experienced business manager with bottom line experience and performance with experience leading a small to mid-size Manufacturing organization.