General Manager

Position Summary

The General Manager has full accountability for plant operations and P&L performance while driving operational excellence profitability and scalable growth. This role leads crossfunctional teams to meet customer delivery cost quality and contractual requirements while executing strategic initiatives focused on continuous improvement capacity expansion automation and cost discipline. The GM partners closely with senior leadership to translate enterprise strategy into operational execution ensuring KPI targets are met across safety quality delivery inventory and financial performance.

Key Responsibilities

1. Operational Leadership & DaytoDay Execution

• Own all daily plant operations with direct accountability for P&L performance
• Drive execution of daily KPIs operational reviews and performance management
• Lead capacity planning to support 50% YoY growth (internal operations and outside services)
• Ensure ontime delivery smooth production flow and effective vendor management
• Act as a customerfacing leader for delinquency reduction and NPI support
• Maintain operational rigor while planning for future growth and scaling needs

1. Quality Safety & 6S Excellence

• Champion a strong safetyfirst culture across all operations
• Ensure robust quality systems aligned with aerospace/manufacturing standards
• Deploy and sustain 6S discipline standard work and visual management
• Embed corrective and preventive action (CAPA) processes and verify effectiveness

1. Continuous Improvement (CI) & Process Optimization

• Drive Kaizen events workflow optimization and standard work enhancements
• Leverage automation and technology to improve productivity and consistency
• Develop performance dashboards and use data to drive factbased decisions

1. Financial Management & Budget Ownership

• Full P&L accountability with focus on sales EBIT and cost control
• Manage fixed and variable costs with disciplined resource allocation
• Develop and execute multiyear capital plans aligned with growth and ROI
• Oversee vendor contracts pricing and procurement performance

1. People Leadership & Organizational Development

• Lead mentor and hold leaders accountable for departmental performance
• Build strong bench strength in safety leadership CI ownership and KPI literacy
• Drive a culture of accountability operational discipline and continuous learning

1. Strategic Planning & Growth Enablement

• Contribute to executivelevel strategic planning
• Translate business strategy into executable operational roadmaps
• Support scaling expansion and new product introductions
• Integrate capacity quality safety CI and capital planning into one operating system

Qualifications Snapshot

• 1015 years progressive operations leadership (aerospace manufacturing strongly preferred)
• Proven P&L ownership and KPIdriven performance delivery
• Bachelors degree required; MBA preferred
• Demonstrated success leading change scaling operations and improving margins
• Deep experience with Lean 6S CI systems KPI deployment and safety leadership
• Quality Safety Planning CI 6s Day to Day Ops KPIs

Required Experience:

Director