Senior General Manager

Virginia Transformer Corp; Pocatello (ID); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Virginia Transformer is seeking a Senior General Manager to lead the end-to-end operational and financial performance of a multi-site manufacturing network. The role reports to the CEO and carries full P&L accountability, manufacturing excellence, and strategic leadership.

The ideal candidate will scale operations, drive profitability, and implement world-class practices (Lean, Six Sigma, SIOP) while ensuring safety, quality, and on-time delivery across facilities.

Qualifications

• 15–25 years of progressive leadership experience in multi-site manufacturing.
• Experience with engineered-to-order or made-to-order manufacturing.
• Proven ability to drive revenue growth, margin expansion, and operational excellence.
• Strong financial acumen including budgeting and capital planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end P&L for a multi-site manufacturing network.
• Implement Lean/Six Sigma and continuous improvement across facilities.
• Oversee supply chain, quality, safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Partner with Finance, HR, IT to execute major capital projects and expansions.
• Develop and mentor senior manufacturing leadership teams.

Skills

P&L ownership

Executive leadership

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma

Strategic planning

On-site leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related

MBA or advanced business degree (preferred)

Tools

ERP/MES systems

Job description

Reports To: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Relocation Assistance: Available

On the Heels of Achieving 3X Growth, Virginia Transformer Is Hiring to Do It Again!

At Virginia Transformer, we're not just manufacturing custom power transformers — we're building power solutions that move the world. As a privately held, organically growing company, we thrive on momentum, innovation, and grit.

Having achieved 3X growth, we're strategically building our leadership team to drive our next 3X growth cycle. This is an intense, fast-paced, and rewarding environment where exceptional leaders have the opportunity to make a lasting impact.

We are an engineering-driven company manufacturing premium-quality power transformers with industry-leading lead times, supporting utilities, data centers, renewable energy, and critical infrastructure.

We're highly selective in identifying leaders who bring proven results, operational expertise, accountability, and the drive to execute at the highest level.

If you have the leadership, grit, and expertise to perform at a high level — and want to grow your career 3X alongside our company's growth — we'd love to talk.

Position Summary

Virginia Transformer is seeking an accomplished, results-driven Senior General Manager to lead the end-to-end operational and financial performance of a multi-site manufacturing network.

Reporting directly to the CEO, this executive will have full accountability for P&L performance, manufacturing excellence, operational strategy, safety, quality, supply chain, engineering integration, and customer delivery.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on, high-impact executive with extensive experience leading complex, engineered-to-order (ETO) industrial manufacturing operations. This individual must demonstrate the ability to scale operations, improve profitability, strengthen organizational capabilities, and drive measurable performance improvements across multiple facilities.

This is a highly visible executive leadership role requiring a player-coach mentality, strong business acumen, disciplined execution, and the ability to build a world-class manufacturing organization.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & P&L Accountability

• Assume full P&L responsibility for assigned manufacturing operations, driving revenue growth, profitability, margin expansion, and working-capital performance.
• Develop and execute annual operating plans aligned with Virginia Transformer's strategic growth objectives.
• Establish and manage performance metrics for on-time delivery, lead times, cost, quality, safety, and operational efficiency.
• Identify opportunities for capacity expansion, productivity improvements, and sustainable business growth.
• Lead operational and financial reviews with the CEO and executive leadership team.
• Drive accountability for financial performance, capital allocation, and return on investment.

Multi-Site Manufacturing Operations

• Provide executive leadership across multiple manufacturing facilities, ensuring consistent operational performance and execution.
• Implement world-class manufacturing practices, including Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Gemba, and tiered visual management.
• Optimize production throughput, capacity utilization, labor productivity, and manufacturing costs.
• Lead Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP), production scheduling, and constraint management.
• Drive operational excellence in complex engineered-to-order (ETO) and made-to-order (MTO) manufacturing environments.
• Establish scalable manufacturing systems and standardized operating processes across facilities.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to eliminate waste, reduce cycle times, and improve overall plant performance.

Quality, Customer Delivery & Operational Excellence

• Ensure consistent achievement of customer delivery commitments for complex, high-value engineered products.
• Drive improvements in first-pass yield, defect rates, warranty performance, and overall product quality.
• Implement rigorous root-cause analysis, corrective and preventive action (CAPA), and quality management processes.
• Partner with Sales, Engineering, and Project Management to ensure on-time, on-budget execution of customer commitments.
• Establish operational discipline around quality standards, customer satisfaction, and product reliability.
• Lead initiatives to reduce scrap, rework, warranty costs, and manufacturing inefficiencies.
• Partner closely with Engineering leadership to align product design, manufacturing capabilities, and operational execution.
• Drive Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFM/A), value engineering, and product standardization initiatives.
• Oversee effective execution of new product introductions (NPI) and engineering change notices (ECN).
• Ensure manufacturing readiness for new products, technology advancements, and production expansion.
• Support compliance with applicable UL, IEEE, NFPA, ISO, and other industry standards.
• Strengthen collaboration between Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain.

Supply Chain & Materials Management

• Provide strategic oversight of sourcing, procurement, inventory management, supplier performance, and logistics.
• Improve supplier on-time-in-full (OTIF) delivery, quality, and cost competitiveness.
• Develop sourcing strategies for long-lead-time and critical manufacturing components.
• Drive inventory optimization, working-capital improvements, and material availability.
• Evaluate make-versus-buy opportunities, outsourcing, and contract manufacturing partnerships.
• Strengthen supplier relationships, dual-sourcing strategies, and global supply chain resilience.
• Partner with Procurement leadership to improve purchase price variance, supplier quality, and material cost performance.

Environmental, Health, Safety & Regulatory Compliance

• Champion a zero-injury culture with executive-level accountability for employee safety and environmental performance.
• Ensure compliance with applicable OSHA requirements, environmental regulations, and federal, state, and local standards.
• Provide leadership and oversight for EHS programs, fire protection readiness, and regulatory compliance across manufacturing facilities.
• Establish strong working relationships with regulatory agencies and governmental representatives.
• Ensure timely identification, escalation, and resolution of safety, environmental, and regulatory concerns.
• Hold site leadership accountable for proactive risk identification, corrective actions, and compliance performance.
• Partner with EHS and HR leadership to strengthen safety training, incident prevention, investigations, and corrective-action processes.
• Maintain audit-ready safety, environmental, and quality management systems.

Community, Government & External Relations

• Serve as a senior representative of Virginia Transformer within the local community and broader business environment.
• Establish and maintain relationships with city officials, government representatives, economic development organizations, and regulatory agencies.
• Represent the company in matters involving facility operations, manufacturing expansion, infrastructure, and community relations.
• Develop partnerships with educational institutions, workforce development organizations, and local business leaders.
• Proactively address external issues affecting manufacturing operations and business continuity.
• Strengthen Virginia Transformer's reputation as a responsible employer and community partner.

Organizational Leadership & Talent Development

• Build, lead, and develop high-performing manufacturing leadership teams across multiple locations.
• Establish clear performance expectations, measurable objectives, and accountability at every level.
• Recruit, mentor, and retain exceptional engineering, operations, and manufacturing talent.
• Develop succession plans and strengthen leadership bench depth across critical positions.
• Foster a culture of ownership, urgency, continuous improvement, and disciplined execution.
• Lead organizational change initiatives supporting operational growth and transformation.
• Demonstrate a hands-on leadership style with a strong presence on the manufacturing floor.

Cross-Functional Executive Leadership

• Collaborate with Finance on standard costing, financial planning, variance analysis, and capital investments.
• Partner with Human Resources on workforce planning, organizational development, and talent acquisition.
• Work with IT leadership to strengthen ERP, MES, automation, and operational reporting capabilities.
• Align Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Commercial functions around business objectives.
• Provide executive-level leadership for major capital projects, facility expansions, and manufacturing transformation initiatives.

Performance Expectations – First 12 Months

The Senior General Manager will be expected to deliver measurable improvements in the following areas:

• On-Time Delivery: Achieve at least 95% OTD performance.
• Lead-Time Reduction: Improve lead times by 20–30% across targeted product families.
• Manufacturing Productivity: Deliver 3–5% cost-of-goods-sold productivity improvements.
• Quality: Reduce scrap and rework by more than 25%.
• Safety: Achieve a recordable incident rate below 1.0 while maintaining audit-ready EHS systems.
• Supplier Performance: Achieve at least 95% supplier OTIF and reduce critical component lead times by 15–20%.
• Operational Excellence: Complete two waves of Lean transformation and sustain Tier-1 visual management across assigned sites.
• Leadership Development: Establish succession plans for critical leadership positions and improve employee retention.

Required Qualifications

• 15–25 years of progressive leadership experience in complex industrial manufacturing environments, including significant senior executive or general management responsibility.
• Demonstrated success leading multi-site manufacturing operations involving engineered, high-value industrial products, typically exceeding $100,000 per system.
• Experience operating within organizations of approximately 2,000–5,000 employees and managing manufacturing networks of up to 10 facilities.
• Proven direct P&L ownership, preferably exceeding $100 million in annual revenue.
• Extensive experience in engineered-to-order (ETO) or made-to-order (MTO) manufacturing.
• Demonstrated success driving revenue growth, margin expansion, cost transformation, and operational excellence.
• Strong expertise in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, SIOP, throughput optimization, capacity planning, and continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to integrate Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality functions.
• Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, cost management, capital planning, and working-capital optimization.
• Experience implementing and managing ERP/MES systems and data-driven operational dashboards.
• Working knowledge of OSHA, ISO 9001/14001, NFPA, UL, IEEE, and applicable manufacturing regulations.
• Strong executive communication, organizational leadership, and change management capabilities.
• Ability to work on-site in Pocatello ID, with travel up to 25%.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical discipline strongly preferred.
• MBA or advanced degree in Engineering, Operations, or Business Administration preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma certification or equivalent operational excellence credentials desirable.

Preferred Industry Experience

Candidates with executive leadership experience in the following industries will receive strong consideration:

• Power transformers and electrical power systems
• Power electronics and electrical distribution equipment
• Data center infrastructure and mission-critical equipment
• Switchgear, generators, turbines, and large rotating equipment
• Heavy engineered capital equipment
• Industrial HVAC and large-scale refrigeration systems
• Rail systems and complex industrial machinery

Additional preferred experience includes global supply chain management, contract manufacturing, large-scale capital projects, facility expansions, and comprehensive EHS/fire protection oversight.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Ownership Mentality: Takes full accountability for business performance and results.
• Player-Coach Leadership: Equally comfortable in executive strategy discussions and on the manufacturing floor.
• Operational Intensity: Thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth manufacturing environment.
• Execution Excellence: Consistently delivers measurable improvements in profitability, productivity, quality, and customer delivery.
• Technical Understanding: Understands the complexities of engineered products, manufacturing processes, and cross-functional execution.
• Strategic Thinking: Anticipates business challenges and builds scalable solutions.
• Talent Development: Builds strong leadership teams and holds people accountable for results.
• Change Leadership: Successfully leads transformation, expansion, and operational improvement initiatives.

Virginia Transformer offers a competitive executive compensation package commensurate with experience and demonstrated performance, including:

• Performance-based executive bonus tied to P&L and operational KPIs
• Long-term incentive opportunities, where applicable
• Comprehensive health and employee benefits
• Relocation assistance

Virginia Transformer is entering its next phase of significant growth, and we are seeking exceptional leaders ready to help shape the future of our manufacturing operations.

This opportunity is designed for a proven executive who has successfully led complex manufacturing businesses, delivered substantial operational improvements, and built high-performing teams.

If you have the drive, grit, leadership expertise, and proven track record to perform at the highest level — and want to grow your career 3X alongside Virginia Transformer's growth — we want to hear from you.