General Manager

Ashton North LLC; Lake Geneva (WI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashton North LLC is seeking an experienced Plant Manager in Wisconsin with a strong background in paper-to-box conversion and corrugator operations. You will drive profitability, safety, and quality while leading strategic initiatives and cross-functional collaboration with sales and operations teams.

The role requires a track record of managing budgets, improving production efficiency, and delivering measurable outcomes in a manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• Must have box to box conversion background with corrugator experience.
• Not suitable if background is sheet plant, pulp plant or non-box corrugation.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred; 5+ years progressive management experience.
• Experience with budgeting, financial management, and KPI tracking (production efficiency, overhead, profitability, safety).

Responsibilities

• Drive plant profitability while ensuring safety and quality.
• Develop and implement business plans aligned with company goals.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives in line with strategic direction.
• Collaborate with commercial partners to identify growth opportunities and key accounts.
• Oversee plant production improvements to meet short and long-term objectives.

Skills

Box conversion experience

Corrugator machine experience

Leadership/management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Engineering

5+ years management experience

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