CEO: Growth & Operational Excellence Lead

MZN Management Group, LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

MZN Management Group, LLC is seeking a Chief Executive Officer to lead a highly engineered specialty steel foundry and industrial manufacturing business in Chicago. The role focuses on accelerating revenue growth, expanding strategic customer relationships, and achieving operational excellence across a demanding industrial base.

The ideal candidate combines hands-on leadership with strong financial discipline, field-proven success in margin expansion, and the ability to build a high-performing

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience within industrial manufacturing, engineered products, specialty metals, machining, metal casting, or closely related industries.
• Demonstrated success driving significant organic revenue growth and margin expansion within a B2B industrial manufacturing environment.
• Proven executive-level P&L ownership and financial leadership.
• Strong commercial background, including direct customer engagement, strategic account development, and leadership of sales organizations.
• Experience overseeing complex manufacturing operations and delivering measurable operational improvements.
• Ability to lead organizational transformation, develop executive talent, and build accountable leadership teams.

Responsibilities

• Revenue Growth & Commercial Strategy: Develop and execute strategies to accelerate organic growth, secure new strategic accounts, expand market share, and strengthen sales performance.
• Executive Leadership: Provide strategic direction across sales, operations, engineering, finance, quality, and organizational development.
• Operational Excellence: Improve manufacturing efficiency, throughput, productivity, on-time delivery, quality, and profitability.
• Financial Performance: Maintain full P&L accountability, driving margin expansion, cash flow, disciplined capital allocation, and sustainable financial performance.
• Customer Engagement: Personally develop and maintain relationships with major industrial customers, leading complex commercial negotiations and strategic business development initiatives.
• Organizational Development: Build and mentor a high-performing leadership team, establish accountability, and create a performance-driven culture.
• Strategic Growth: Collaborate with ownership and the Board on long-term planning, capital investments, market expansion, and potential acquisition opportunities.

Job description

MZN Management Group, LLC is seeking a Chief Executive Officer to lead a highly engineered specialty steel foundry and industrial manufacturing business in Chicago. The role focuses on accelerating revenue growth, expanding strategic customer relationships, and achieving operational excellence across a demanding industrial base.

The ideal candidate combines hands-on leadership with strong financial discipline, field-proven success in margin expansion, and the ability to build a high-performing