Responsibilities:
- The General Manager will be accountable for overseeing and directing the site to ensure business development growth and the attainment of profit and operations goals including the Vision and Mission.
- Accountable for assessment of existing and potential markets and developing and maintaining strategic alliances with key customers.
- Will regularly interact with executives and major clients. Interactions normally will involve influencing and/or persuading customers and negotiations.
- This role should possess demonstrated positive human relations and business skills that are effective at all levels of the organization.
- Direct execution and develop the necessary functional and process expertise in order to deliver customer solutions in a rapid time frame at the lowest possible costs
- Management of new tooling requisitions from prototype or complex designs through mass production.
- Responsible for improvements, major repairs, and Engineering Change Notice to the molds.
- Implementation of preventive maintenance for production molds.
- Develop manufacturing processes by studying product requirements including but not limited to researching, designing, modifying, testing manufacturing methods and equipment.
- Improve manufacturing efficiency by analyzing tooling and process.
- Implementation of quality and safety improvements in training for tool room team.
- Functional will include, but not be limited to Engineering, Procurement, Materials Management, Regulatory, Quality, Warehousing and logistics, Business Excellence, cross functional Human Resources and Financial controls.
Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s Degree in related field; MBA is preferred.
- 10 or more years of industry experience with at least 12 years of experience in Operations Management and at Executive level.
- Deep knowledge and expertise in tooling and plastic injection molding.
- Demonstrated ability to lead large teams of people and multi-million-dollar revenues.
- Ability to significantly improve tooling and molding operation metrics including increasing turns, out of box quality, on time delivery, and reductions in cycle time, costs and inventory.
- Experience in reverse logistics, (non-)warranty repair and service experience an asset.
- Ability to successfully influence senior level management, executives and key clients.
- NPI experience with new customer programs from concept to successful execution and delivery.
- Proven sales development skills and excellent operational and financial skills.
- Experience working with ODM’s and/or OEM’s.
What you'll receive for the great work you provide:
- Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
- Life Insurance
- Short-term and Long-term Disability
- Matching 401(k) Contributions
- Vacation and Paid Sick Time
- Tuition Reimbursement
Pay Range (Applicable to Illinois) $182,500.00 USD - $251,000.00 USD Annual