General Manager Manufacturing

The General Manager is responsible for all site operations. This leader is responsible for driving manufacturing policy to realize business strategy while effectively utilizing best practices in Lean Manufacturing and Managing for Daily Improvement.

Effectively develops teams that achieve production and improvement objectives. Creates a safe work environment while adhering to all regulated environmental guidelines.

Accountable for all aspects of plant performance, and ensures objectives are attained in a cost-effective manner ensuring policies and procedures are followed.

Responsibilities :

• Makes and approves major operating, business, engineering and operational decisions to ensure that plant is operating optimally.
• Ensure that strategic operational / business plans are developed and implemented within plant.
• Manages change by anticipating or responding to developments within the plant.
• The General Manager is responsible for 7 direct management reports and 3 indirect reports in facility.
• Managing Customer relationships in a positive and professional manner at all times.
• Directly, and through delegation, coordinates activities required to assure optimum safety compliance, efficiency, reliability, and quality in accordance with contracts, agreements, policies and applicable regulatory laws and procedures
• Communicate, monitor and control the effective plant expenditure on labor, materials and expenses against issued budgets, ensuring accurate performance and reporting via standard site documentation and tools, and / or written reports to higher management.
• Ensure the correct implementation of all related project instructions.
• Maintain visibility of project progress against the agreed schedule, liaise and report on all matters of concern relating to the program, viability, safety, environmental, work quality and HR related performance.
• Ability to coach and mentor team members while aligning with business needs.
• Prepare, authorize, review progress reports, cost reports, sales reporting, job reporting, business structure, business opportunity and ensure the preparation, of other associated documents, in accordance with company procedures.
• Develop and implement cost saving initiatives to improve operational performance within the plant.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data to make sound, cost effective judgments
• Holds direct responsibility for managing cost by effective approval expenditures, overtime and effective budget monitoring and monthly variance reporting, OTIF, EBITDA.
• Participates in special products and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements :

• Undergraduate or Higher Degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology or Business or equivalent (10 years manufacturing leadership experience)
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in Operations / Lean Management, with P&L responsibility at the plant level.
• Experience in being the lead change agent in complex transformational activities.
• Significant experience in implementation of complex Lean principals as they apply to manufacturing operations.
• Formal Lean training from an "academy" organization - either through direct consulting experience or via organizations with deep, well-established lean operating systems.
• Ability to analyze problems and provide innovative solutions.
• Proven success designing, implementing, communicating, and meeting KPI goals, including reducing supply chain costs, improving through-put, shortening cycle time, and improving inventory turns.
• Expert business knowledge and communication skills

Diversity & Inclusion :

Higher Recruitment and our clients are committed to equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of peoples’ gender identity / expression, age, language, sexual orientation, ability, race, socioeconomic status, national origin or other characteristics.