General Manager

Kingfisher Recruiting; Lake Geneva (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingfisher Recruiting is seeking a senior operations leader for our client in Wisconsin. The role oversees plant profitability, safety, and quality while driving continuous improvement and strategic plans to meet long-term objectives.

The ideal candidate has a paper to box conversion background with corrugator experience, plus 5+ years of progressive management and strong budgeting skills to lead by example and partner with sales to grow key accounts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Engineering highly preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive management experience, with a minimum of 3 years in industry segment management.
• Operational oversight including budget and financial management.
• Ability to lead by example and set proper goal foundations.
• Experience with KPI like production efficiencies, overhead management, profitability, safety & reliability.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

Project management

KPI tracking

Safety & reliability

Production efficiency

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