General Manager

Food Management Search; Lake Geneva (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Food Management Search, Inc. is seeking a Plant Manager to lead operational excellence at a Wisconsin-based facility.

The role focuses on profitability, safety, and quality while developing strategic plans aligned with corporate goals. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in paper to box conversion, a track record of managing budgets, and experience driving continuous improvement initiatives within a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Ability to establish and lead clear goal foundations and lead by example.
• Background in project management with proven success in KPI's such as production efficiencies, overhead management, output profitability, and safety & reliability.

Responsibilities

• 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 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.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

KPI tracking

Education

Business degree

Engineering degree

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