General Manager

Meritas Advisory Group, LLC; Lake Geneva (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Meritas Advisory Group, LLC seeks an experienced Plant Manager with a strong corrugated and box-conversion background. You will drive profitability, safety, and quality, while shaping business plans and leading continuous improvement aligned with our strategic vision.

You will collaborate with commercial partners to identify growth opportunities, oversee production improvements, and manage KPI-based performance across the facility.

Qualifications

• Must have box/corrugator conversion experience; paper-to-box background required.
• Experience in plant leadership with KPI focus (production efficiency, profitability, safety).
• Bachelor's degree in business or engineering preferred; 5+ years management.

Responsibilities

• Drive profitability while meeting safety and quality requirements.
• Develop and implement business plans aligned with goals.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives tied to strategy.
• Collaborate with sales to identify growth opportunities and key accounts.
• Improve facility production to meet short- and long-term objectives.

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