General Manager

Barron Industries•Oxford, MI

14d•Onsite

About The Position

Barron Industries is seeking an experienced, results-driven General Manager to oversee daily manufacturing operations, drive operational excellence, and lead production teams. The GM is directly accountable for meeting revenue goals, optimizing interdepartmental workflows, and ensuring on-time delivery to customers. This hands-on leadership role balances strategic resource planning with daily shop-floor execution. The General Manager partners with the President to set operating priorities, performance goals, and strategic business plans. The role oversees operating performance, including revenue, budget, production, and delivery, and coordinates resources and departments across casting, machining, quality, engineering, and shipping. The GM reviews operational and financial results, leads continuous improvement, engages with customers and executive leadership, and ensures systems and processes support safety, quality, customer requirements, and applicable aerospace, defense, and ITAR compliance. The position is with Barron Industries, an investment casting and precision machining company serving aerospace and defense markets, located in Oxford, Michigan. The company describes itself as a rapidly growing foundry with state-of-the-art machining facilities.

Requirements

Proven leadership experience with responsibility for multiple teams, departments, or broad manufacturing operations.
Strong understanding of investment casting, precision machining, or other complex manufacturing environments.
Demonstrated ability to manage operating performance, revenue goals, budgets, costs, capacity, and delivery commitments using measurable business data.
Experience preparing and presenting operational and financial reports to executive leadership.
Ability to lead and hold managers accountable while delegating day-to-day production execution to appropriate operational leaders.
Strong customer communication, cross-functional leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Familiarity with manufacturing ERP systems and accurate operational data for planning and performance management.
Knowledge of applicable aerospace and defense quality systems and requirements, including AS9100, NADCAP, and ITAR, or ability to work effectively with responsible subject-matter leaders.
Ability to evaluate business priorities, identify operational risks, and lead improvement efforts in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience as a General Manager, Plant Manager, Operations Director, or in a comparable senior role.
Aerospace and defense industry experience.
Familiarity with Barron's ERP system.

Responsibilities

Partner with the President to establish operating priorities, performance goals, and strategic business plans.
Oversee operating performance, including revenue, budget, production, and delivery goals; identify variances and implement corrective actions.
Set expectations and hold operational leaders accountable for departmental performance, productivity, quality, and cost objectives.
Oversee capacity planning, staffing, inventory, equipment, and order backlog to align resources with customer commitments and business goals.
Coordinate casting, machining, quality, engineering, and shipping to improve efficiency and maintain reliable delivery.
Review operational and financial reports, identify risks and improvement opportunities, and communicate results to executive leadership.
Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on productivity, cost reduction, throughput, and capacity expansion.
Participate in critical customer meetings, address escalated concerns, and provide operational updates as needed.
Collaborate with executive leadership to evaluate business growth opportunities, customer needs, and future manufacturing capabilities.
Ensure systems and processes support safety, quality, customer requirements, and applicable aerospace, defense, and ITAR compliance.
Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
Perform other duties as directed by the President.