General Manager

Markent Personnel; Lake Geneva (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Markent Personnel, Inc. seeks a seasoned plant leader in Wisconsin to head our corrugated box operation.

You’ll drive profitability, ensure safety and quality, and push KPI-driven performance across the plant. The role requires developing business plans aligned with strategic goals, leading continuous improvement, and partnering with commercial teams to uncover growth opportunities and strengthen key accounts.

Qualifications

• Experience with paper-to-box conversion and corrugator machinery.
• Background from corrugate industry required; not from sheet/pulp/other products.
• 5+ years of progressive management experience, including budget oversight.

Responsibilities

• Drive profitability while meeting safety and quality requirements.
• Develop and implement business plans aligned with goals and strategic vision.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives linked to strategy.
• Collaborate with commercial partners to identify growth opportunities and maintain key accounts.
• Oversee production improvements to achieve efficiency targets.

Skills

Corrugator experience

Box conversion background

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Engineering

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