General Manager

Top Dog Recruiting; Lake Geneva (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Top Dog Recruiting is seeking a Plant Manager-style leader for a Wisconsin facility with a paper-to-box conversion background. The role prioritizes profitability, safety, quality, and continuous improvement within a production environment.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor’s in Business or Engineering and 5+ years of progressive management, including industry segment leadership. Strong budget oversight and KPI experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Must have paper-to-box conversion background.
• 5+ years of progressive management experience, with at least 3 years in an industry segment management role.

Responsibilities

• Drive plant profitability and ensure safety and quality requirements.
• Develop and implement business plans aligned with company goals and strategic vision.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives tied to strategic direction.
• Collaborate with commercial/sales partners to identify growth opportunities and maintain key accounts.
• Oversee production improvements to achieve short- and long-term objectives.

Skills

Box conversion experience

Corrugator machine experience

Leadership

Budget management

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