General Manager - Clarksville, TN

Our client in Clarksville is seeking an outstanding General Manager to lead the charge at an industry leader. If you are seeking an excellent opportunity for career advancement, apply today for quick consideration. Pay is $165K-$220K.

Responsibilities: Makes and/or approves major operating, business, engineering and operational decisions, as required, to ensure that plant is operating optimally.

• Ensures that strategic operational/business plans are developed and implemented within plant, and analyze and report, on the achievements and/or gaps.
• Directly responsible for managing costs
• Manages change by anticipating or responding to developments within the plant and company
• Managing Customer relationships
• Responsible for optimum safety compliance, field/shop/office efficiency, reliability, and quality in accordance with established contracts, agreements, policies and applicable regulatory laws and procedures
• Monitors and controls plant expenditures against issued budgets, ensuring accurate performance and reporting via standard site documentation and tools, and/or written reports to corporate.
• Oversee projects/project management
• Ensure that project quality and safety requirements are applied in accordance with Company and statutory requirements.
• Ability to " Coach and Mentor" team members by aligning with business needs.
• Prepare, authorize, and review various reports according to policy
• Develop and implement cost saving initiatives
• Ability to analyze and interpret data to make sound, cost effective judgments
  
  

Qualifications:

• Degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology or Business or equivalent (10 years manufacturing leadership experience)
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in Operations/Lean Management, preferably with a printing focus, and with P&L responsibility at the plant level is necessary.
• 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
• Excellent proven communication skills
  
  

Beneficial Talent Source is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or becoming an employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.