General Manager

PCC Talent Acquisition Portal•Woodinville, WA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The General Manager is responsible for directing manufacturing operations at University Swaging and driving operational excellence, strategic growth, and cross-functional leadership across production, safety, engineering, quality, and sales.

Requirements

Demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others
Sound cross-functional knowledge and ability to operate with all functions and departments
P&L ownership and budget management
Demonstrated capability in lean manufacturing techniques and JIT concepts
Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
Proven ability to lead/support objectives, targets and goals
Problem analysis and problem resolution at both a strategic and functional level
Strong ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
10-15 years of progressive leadership experience in a manufacturing environment with at least 5 years in the aerospace Industry
5-7 years supervising salaried managerial and/or technical personnel
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations Management, Engineering, or related field
Broad knowledge of AS9100, FAA regulations, aerospace specifications, and quality management systems
Proficiency with ERP systems and MS Office Suite

Responsibilities

Builds, develops, and manages manufacturing leadership team capable of carrying out needed manufacturing strategies and improving employee relations
Build and develop operations organization, processes and procedures to support strategic direction
Directs and oversees the operations budget to ensure compliance with organizational expenditure requirements
Establish operations initiatives for improvement in safety, delivery, quality, cost, and employee relations
Ensure full compliance with rigorous aerospace quality certifications and industry standards, such as AS9100
Promote and enforce a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance with all safety protocols and procedures
Ensure increasing levels of customer and employee satisfaction while improving the efficiencies of daily operations
Obtain profit contribution by managing staff, and accomplishing PCC’s business objectives
Ensure daily tracking and adherence to budget, adjusting short term plans to accommodate revenue dynamics
Warrant specific profit improvement initiatives, both ongoing and new, including raw, WIP and finished inventory reduction, changeover time reduction and scrap/rework elimination
Execute lean manufacturing initiatives, continuous improvement and corrective action activities
Lead an implementation of schedule-based production manning model to proactively predict, address and support direct labor requirements
Drive consistent use of structured problem solving methods, robust data gathering, and analysis tools to support all measurable results
Develop and consistently apply the Company rules and policies
Set and facilitate plant wide communication expectations, including daily, weekly and monthly requirements
Recommends and implements strategic changes in manufacturing and operations strategy to meet the strategic objectives of University Swaging