General Manager

Dover Corporation • Cincinnati, OH

5d • $190,000 - $240,000

About The Position

The General Manager will lead an organization of 150 production, commercial, supply chain, engineering, and support professionals in a fast-paced, high-mix/low-volume manufacturing environment. Reporting to the President, the GM oversees strategic planning and execution for a $71 million site that produces and assembles pumps and related products across five brands. The role drives results in revenue, operating income, safety, quality, on-time delivery, productivity, and inventory.

The GM will optimize the site’s materials requirements planning (MRP) technology and build organizational capabilities to support it. The role also leads operational excellence and continuous-improvement initiatives, with monthly operations KPI and financial reviews. Commercial responsibilities include leading brand-aligned product teams to grow existing-customer sales, develop new customer relationships and market opportunities, and foster innovation, customer-driven product development, and portfolio management.

As a people leader, the GM develops teams to achieve commercial, engineering, and operational goals, promoting ownership, accountability, collaboration, professional development, learning, innovation, transparency, ethical conduct, and continuous improvement. This is a high-visibility position with PSG functional and P&L leadership; demonstrated success may create opportunities for growth across PSG and Dover.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, operations, or a related field.
• Ten years of operations and commercial experience in an engineering-oriented manufacturing environment.
• Seven years of progressive management experience in a company with at least $50 million in revenue.
• Experience with manufacturing processes.
• Success managing in a high-mix/low-volume production environment.
• Demonstrated success using process- and metrics-driven business or operating systems to drive organization-wide operational excellence and continuous improvement.
• Successful financial management track record, including capital and operational budgeting and managing results against targets.
• Proven ability to improve business performance through effective management and development of people, from senior management to line staff.
• Executive presence and exceptional interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to articulate and sell a vision; inspiring and decisive leadership.
• Superior organizational skills and demonstrated ability to prioritize and execute in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to integrity and the highest ethical standards.

Nice To Haves

• MBA.

Responsibilities

• Lead the management team and establish a culture of high performance, accountability, professional development, ethical behavior, and ownership of growth.
• Develop and deploy a three-year strategic plan for the five-brand portfolio, including commercial opportunity analysis, growth priorities, initiatives, assumptions, metrics, and objectives for the PSG executive team.
• Lead deployment of the site's MRP platform and develop organizational capabilities to support and optimize the technology.
• Drive process- and metrics-based operational excellence and continuous improvement across the five brands, including performance in bookings, revenue, gross margin, operating profit, quality, inventory, productivity, on-time delivery, and safety.
• Lead monthly financial and operational reviews, track progress against targets and brand growth initiatives, and implement countermeasures as needed.
• Own brand and portfolio P&L performance; establish growth and profitability targets and ensure execution plans deliver results in bookings, revenue, margin, and operating profit.
• Participate in corporate strategic planning and implement enterprise strategic goals at the Operating Company level.
• Lead capital and operational planning, budgeting, and resource allocation to fund and deliver high-impact growth priorities across the five-brand portfolio.
• Analyze production processes and components to identify appropriate outsourcing opportunities.
• Improve organizational effectiveness by communicating values, strategies, and objectives; assigning accountability; monitoring results; developing incentives; encouraging open communication; and providing professional development and educational opportunities.
• Promote an open and inclusive culture, career development, equal opportunity, and affirmative action employment practices.
• Lead and inspire production, commercial, supply chain, engineering, and support professionals.
• Lead brand-aligned product teams in expanding sales to existing customers, developing new customer relationships, and creating market opportunities.
• Foster innovation, customer-driven new product development, portfolio management, collaboration, and career growth.

Benefits

• Discretionary performance-based bonus eligibility.
• Anticipated eligibility to participate in a Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP), governed by the applicable plan document.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager