Job Description

Objective of the role: The general manager directs manufacturing operations through a team of functional managers and supervisors. The position ensures increasing levels of customer and employee satisfaction while improving the efficiency of manpower, materials and machines. List of responsibilities: - Manages policy deployment in the areas of lean manufacturing techniques, quality, cost reduction, complete and on-time delivery, safety, customer satisfaction, employee relations, visual controls and plant performance measures. - Provides leadership for employee relations through effective communications, coaching, training and development. - Provides leadership for problem resolution to facilitate fast improvements and improved working relationships - Manages material requirements to increase inventory turns and reduce levels on hand. - Balances work cell capacity/loading across the plant. - Determines operations head count needs and ensures compliance with company policies. - Identifies, communicates and drives implementation of capital investments and improvement projects. - Manages compliance with all regulations. Reporting to: Board of directors.