General Manager

True North Consultants, Inc.; Lake Geneva (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

True North Consultants, Inc. seeks a seasoned Plant Manager to drive profitability at a Wisconsin facility. The role requires box conversion expertise with corrugator experience and a strong track record in leadership, budgeting, and cross-functional collaboration.

Primary responsibilities include aligning business plans with strategic goals, leading continuous improvement, and building strong partnerships with commercial teams to maximize growth and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive management experience, with at least 3 years in an industry segment management role.
• Operational oversight including budget and financial management.
• Ability to establish and lead by example with clear goal foundations.
• Project management experience with KPI focus on production efficiencies, overhead, profitability, safety.

Responsibilities

• Drive the plant’s profitability while ensuring safety and quality requirements are met.
• Develop and implement business plans aligned with company goals and strategic vision.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives tied to the strategic direction.
• Collaborate with commercial/sales partners to identify growth opportunities and maintain key accounts.
• Oversee facility production improvements to meet short- and long-term objectives for optimum efficiency.

Skills

Box conversion experience

Corrugator experience

Leadership experience

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