Manufacturing General Manager — Growth, Efficiency & Safety

The Armor Group; Elkhart (IN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Armor Group is seeking a General Manager to oversee Indiana/Michigan manufacturing operations. You will drive profitability, safety, quality, and on-time delivery while leading a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, quality, and shop floor staff.

Responsibilities include planning capacity, budgeting, and developing staff. You will interact with senior leadership to implement policies and ensure ethical purchasing and strong internal controls.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering or Business preferred.
• 7+ years machining and stamping experience.
• 5+ years management experience in a manufacturing setting.
• Strong communication and time-management skills.
• Familiarity with MS Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring manufacturing operations are performing and held accountable to meet safety standards, quality expectations and customer demands.
• Managing operations to maintain profitability and on time delivery.
• Managing processes to prevent fraud or abuse of company assets.
• Identifying and eliminating constraints in supply chain, engineering and production.
• Maximizing purchasing power and holding purchasing to the highest ethical standards.
• Establish productivity and margin improvement initiatives.
• Planning for engineering, material, and production resource capacities.
• Reporting on job profitability and operational budgets.
• Overseeing capacity planning for the control of planned outputs.
• Creating best practices within all areas of functional responsibility – Document the process and manage to it.
• Developing a qualified, well-trained and motivated staff – Build the Team– Understand what your team is doing and how they do it.
• Conduct weekly one on one meetings with direct reports.

Skills

P&L management

Manufacturing leadership

Operations optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Machining & stamping knowledge

MS Office

Education

BS in Engineering or Business

Tools

MS Outlook

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

The Armor Group is seeking a General Manager to oversee Indiana/Michigan manufacturing operations. You will drive profitability, safety, quality, and on-time delivery while leading a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, quality, and shop floor staff.

Responsibilities include planning capacity, budgeting, and developing staff. You will interact with senior leadership to implement policies and ensure ethical purchasing and strong internal controls.