General Manager

Hire Consulting Services; Lake Geneva (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Hire Consulting Services is seeking a seasoned plant manager with box and corrugator experience to lead and optimize operations. You will drive profitability, safety, and quality, while shaping business plans and continuous improvement initiatives aligned with our strategic goals.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of progressive management experience, budget oversight, and a proven track record in KPI-driven improvement, with strong collaboration across sales and operations.

Qualifications

• Must have box (cardboard) conversion experience with corrugator machine experience.
• Candidates from corrugate background in sheet plant / other products are not eligible; paper-to-box background required.
• 5+ years of progressive management experience with budget/financial oversight.
• Experience driving KPI like production efficiency, overhead, profitability, safety & reliability.

Responsibilities

• Drive plant profitability and ensure safety and quality requirements are met.
• Develop and implement business plans aligned with company goals and strategic vision.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives aligned with strategic direction.
• Collaborate with commercial partners to grow opportunities and maintain key account relationships.
• Oversee production improvements to meet short- and long-term objectives for efficiency.

Skills

Box conversion experience

Corrugator machine experience

Management 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