General Manager

Job Description

Job Description

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, finance/accounting, and customer related sales along with 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:

• Instill 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.

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.

Required Qualification & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years’ management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience and/or understanding of the Aerospace supply industry preferred.
• Experience working within a documented quality system.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Experience with Lean Application Methodologies.
• CAD experience preferred.
• Understanding of the OEM market drivers and pressures preferred.
• Knowledge of converting processes and techniques preferred.
• Operational understanding of ISO9001 or AS9100
• Travel 25% - 50%.