General Manager

Joseph Michaels International; Lake Geneva (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Joseph Michaels International seeks a seasoned plant leader with a strong background in paper to box conversion. You will drive profitability, oversee safety and quality, and lead strategic initiatives in a dynamic packaging environment.

With 5+ years in progressive management and a track record of KPI delivery, you will collaborate cross-functionally to grow the business, manage budgets, and mentor teams toward achieving aggressive productivity and reliability targets.

Qualifications

• Must have paper to box conversion background.
• 5+ years of progressive management experience, with minimum 3 years in an industry segment management role.
• Operational oversight including budget and financial management.
• Ability to lead by example and establish proper goal foundations.
• Experience with KPI development: production efficiencies, overhead management, safety.

Responsibilities

• Drive plant profitability while meeting safety and quality requirements.
• Develop and implement business plans aligned with company goals and strategic vision.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives aligned with strategic direction.
• Build partnerships with commercial/sales teams to identify growth opportunities and maintain key accounts.
• Oversee and drive production improvements to meet short-term and long-term objectives for efficiency.

Skills

Box conversion experience

Corrugator machine experience

Leadership experience

Budget management

Process improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Engineering

Tools

Corrugator machinery

Job description

Please read full job description to ensure match before applying:

• Candidate must have box (cardboard) conversion experience w/ corrugator machine experience.
• Candidates that come from the corrugate background with experience only in a sheet plant, pulp plant, or with products such as: (plastics, container board, particleboard, etc) need not apply, MUST HAVE paper to box conversion background.

What you'll be doing:

• Drive forward the plant’s profitability and ensure all safety and quality requirements are met
• Develop and implement business plans that align with company goals and overall strategic vision
• Drive and implement continuous improvement initiatives tied to the strategic business direction
• Build partnerships and effectively collaborate with commercial/sales business partners to identify facility growth opportunities, and maintain relationships with key accounts
• Oversee and drive improvements in facility production to meet short-term and long-term divisional objectives to achieve optimum efficiency

Your Background:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Engineering highly preferred
• 5+ years of progressive management experience, with a minimum of 3 years of experience within industry segment management role.
• Operational oversight, including budget and financial management
• Be able to acclimate and appropriately lead proper goal foundations and the ability to lead by example.
• Background in project management with proven success in KPI's such as: production efficiencies, overhead management, output profitability, and safety & reliability