About the Company: Founded in 1912, our client has been providing fabricated glass and aluminum to its customers for over 100 years. Their commitment to quality and the ability to deliver precision custom fabricated glass products on a timely basis has them shipping product to customers located all over North America. As a privately held ESOP company, our client offers incredible benefits and a unique employee-owned culture focused on living their core values every day.
About the Role: The General Manager is a dual role that combines the functions of an executive and operating manager for a specific division. They design and implement policies, promote company culture and vision, and oversee operations to ensure profitability. The General Manager will be responsible for the overall operational and financial performance of this division.
Responsibilities:
Design and implement business procedures to drive growth and profitability
Oversee operations of the company and the work of key leadership
Promote culture, building training programs and developing/retaining people
Promote and encourage a culture of teamwork employing best practices that benefits all team members and ultimately their clients.
Within the family of companies' vision and growth expectations, lead strategic business planning and execution, emphasizing increasing revenues and profitability.
Lead Sales, Customer Service, Estimating, Production, and Delivery functions to meet the division's financial performance goals.
Analyze past performance and set future goals. Prepare annual budget and capital expenditures to be reviewed and approved by the executive management team.
Coach, mentor and monitor managers, team leaders and supervisors to be effective and expand their capabilities as leaders. Expand knowledge and opportunity for all employees.
Participate in labor negotiations in collaboration with, or as directed by, the executive management team.
Adhere to safety policies and procedures in compliance with local, state, and federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules and regulations, and work with the Human Resources/Safety Manager on safety improvement, accident investigation and risk mitigation.
Oversee division in utilizing corporate support and following processes for HR/Safety, Recruiting, Safety, Accounting, Finance, IT, Marketing and other services
Presents reports and projections to the Finance/Accounting Team, COO, CEO, Board of Directors and other key stakeholders
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Finance, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Development or Industrial Engineering or related degree.
Five to seven years of directly related duties, with at least two years' experience in charge of plant operations, sales management, business development or leading a division.
High emotional intelligence and effective interpersonal skills required to deal with diverse personalities at all levels of management.
Knowledge of Microsoft office applications (business expertise of Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and ERP systems (A&W production software a plus, or other ERP System)