General Manager

United Future; Lake Geneva (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

United Future is seeking a seasoned plant leader to drive profitability and oversee production across a corrugated-focused facility. The role emphasizes safety, quality and KPI-driven results, with responsibility for strategic plans and cross-functional collaboration to grow the business.

You will develop and implement plans, lead continuous improvement efforts, and partner with sales to identify opportunities, while guiding the team to achieve both short-term and long-term objectives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive management experience, including at least 3 years in an industry segment management role.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Engineering highly preferred.
• Experience with KPI-driven performance, including production efficiency, overhead, profitability, safety and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Drive plant profitability while ensuring safety and quality standards.
• Develop and implement business plans aligned with company goals and strategic vision.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives tied to the strategic direction.
• Build partnerships and collaborate with commercial/sales to identify growth opportunities and manage key accounts.
• Oversee production improvements to meet short- and long-term divisional objectives and optimize efficiency.

Skills

Management experience

Budget management

Project management

KPI tracking

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