General Manager

Your Talent Team; Lake Geneva (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Your Talent Team is seeking a candidate with a paper-to-box conversion background and corrugator experience to lead our manufacturing operations in Wisconsin. The role focuses on profitability, safety, and quality while driving continuous improvement and strategic growth opportunities.

Ideal candidates will have a bachelor’s degree in business or engineering and 5+ years of progressive management experience within the industry, with a track record in KPI-driven performance and project

Qualifications

• Experience in management of manufacturing/plant operations.
• Strong KPI tracking for production efficiency, overhead, profitability, safety and reliability.
• Ability to lead by example and establish proper goal foundations.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Leadership

Operations management

Project management

Budget management

Safety & quality focus

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