General Manager: Growth & P&L Leadership

Warren Rupp, Inc.; Mansfield (OH); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Warren Rupp, a unit of IDEX Corporation, is seeking a General Manager to lead its Mansfield, Ohio operations with approximately $140M in annual revenue and 175 team members. This on-site role aligns commercial market execution with manufacturing, driving profitable growth and developing a high-performing leadership team.

You will own strategy, P&L, and improve safety, quality, and delivery. Ideal candidates have 12+ years in general management, P&L ownership, and a proven track record in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Twelve or more years of progressive leadership experience in general management, operations, commercial leadership, strategy, corporate development, or related roles with increasing scope and demonstrated business impact with accountability for business performance, including P&L ownership in a global industrial or engineered products environment.
• Demonstrated P&L leadership and a track record of delivering profitable growth, margin expansion, and sustainable value creation.
• Proven ability to lead both commercial and operational functions and connect market commitments with manufacturing capacity and execution.
• Experience developing and executing organic growth strategies. Exposure to M&A, strategic partnerships, business case development, due diligence, or integration is preferred.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including strategic investment, capital allocation, pricing, portfolio, and performance decisions.
• Demonstrated success building leadership teams, developing talent, strengthening succession, and leading through organizational change.
• Experience influencing senior leaders and aligning cross-functional, global teams in a matrixed organization.
• Ability to use market intelligence, customer insights, operational data, and performance metrics to make sound decisions and drive measurable outcomes.
• Working knowledge of digital transformation, analytics, and AI-enabled business applications, with the ability to connect technology investments to business value.

Responsibilities

• Lead the business and own the P&L. Deliver revenue growth, gross margin expansion, profitability, cash flow, and asset performance in alignment with annual operating plan commitments.
• Set strategy and translate it into execution. Define, communicate, and embed a focused multi-year business strategy.
• Drive customer-centric commercial excellence. Shape go-to-market strategies around end-customer needs, buyer behavior, channels, and geographies.
• Lead operational performance. Maintain direct ownership for local manufacturing value streams, daily production performance, quality, delivery, safety, productivity, and working capital.
• Own SIOP and continuous improvement. Lead demand and supply balancing and establish rigorous operating rhythms using the IDEX Operating Model, SIOP, daily management, Gemba, and continuous improvement practices.
• Simplify the business through 80/20. Apply practical 80/20 principles to customers, products, value streams, and processes.
• Advance innovation and digital transformation. Integrate product innovation, digital customer experiences, analytics, and AI-enabled improvements into the business strategy.
• Build an aligned, high-performing organization. Recruit, assess, develop, and retain an outstanding leadership team.
• Champion safety, compliance, and culture. Set the standard for an incident-free workplace, ethical conduct, inclusion, and shared values.

Skills

P&L ownership

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Financial acumen

Growth strategy

Digital transformation

AI-enabled improvements

Talent development

Executive communication

Change leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Warren Rupp, a unit of IDEX Corporation, is seeking a General Manager to lead its Mansfield, Ohio operations with approximately $140M in annual revenue and 175 team members. This on-site role aligns commercial market execution with manufacturing, driving profitable growth and developing a high-performing leadership team.

You will own strategy, P&L, and improve safety, quality, and delivery. Ideal candidates have 12+ years in general management, P&L ownership, and a proven track record in a