The ideal candidate will be an experienced and proven operations leader who is highly knowledgeable in low volume manufacturing and/or precision engineering of metal components and will be commercially astute, understanding the customer markets. As the new President transitions into the company, he/she will create and develop the business plans for customer outreach to ensure a seamless changeover occurs.  This is a highly customer focused position and requires a keen commercial business mind that puts customer needs first. The successful candidate will play a key role in the integration of various cultures. He/she will “knit the culture together” to act as one united team to have a positive shared performance impact on the overall business.

Summary of Key Responsibilities:

This position will bring a strong voice into the company while working closely with Ownership and the Management Team to establish long-range goals, tactical operating objectives, and value accretive expansion.

• Provide direction, development, strategic planning and leadership for all manufacturing operations.
• Profit and loss responsibility for multiple operating locations. Manages the financial performance of all operations, meeting the annual budget and profit plan.
• Lead and mentor the existing Management Team. Organize resources to get things done, while using them effectively and efficiently. Set clear expectations, design practical processes and procedures that ensure accountability through a workable performance management (MBO) system.
• Frequent interaction with customers to ensure delivery standards and negotiated terms. Responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with key customers.
• Take-charge leader who can create and manage operational processes and hold teams accountable to established goals. Works with Human Resources to hire, train, evaluate, manage staff and resolve plant personnel issues.
• Extensive sales and customer management; ensures that, as the company grows, manufacturing capabilities meet or exceed all industry and customer requirements for cost, quality, and responsiveness.
• Establishes, maintains, and optimizes all operating policies and systems and ensures the effective deployment of these policies and systems. Resourceful, figure-it-out-and-get-it-done mentality, with a history of creating lean, successful organizations.
• Operation reviews and confer with plant management, technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems. Select, lead, and support the development of people. Approachable and understands the value of teamwork to increase productivity and overall business performance.
• Launching multiple product applications in a low volume manufacturing environment. In conjunction with the plant management team, set operational and/or performance goals for each department which are achievable and tied to long-term goals. Train/monitor the team’s utilization of established systems and processes to track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics and performance targets to ensure attractive return on assets.