General Manager, Aerospace
Job Location:
Macomb, IL - USA
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Job Summary
Lincoln Electric is a high-performance industrial machinery and technology leader who helps customers manufacture and maintain vital equipment and infrastructure. Lincoln Electrics innovative solutions enable higher quality and productivity across a variety of processes including welding cutting brazing machining process automation and field repair. The Company leverages proprietary technologies and expertise in materials science power electronics automation and intelligent software to help customers build better and achieve resilience in their operations. Headquartered in Cleveland Ohio Lincoln Electric is the essential Linc that keeps the economy running. The Company operates 71 manufacturing and automation facilities across 20 countries and serves customers in over 160 countries. For more information about Lincoln Electric and its products and services visit the Companys website at .
Location: Macomb - Mile
Req ID:29507
The General Manager serves as the senior site leader with full P&L responsibility for a $50$100M defensefocused aerospace manufacturing facility. This role is accountable for secure delivery of highreliability products and systems supporting U.S. Department of Defense aerospace prime contractors and classified customer programs. The role requires deep experience operating in highly regulated exportcontrolled and securitysensitive environments including ITAR DFARS NIST 800171 and classified program execution. The GM leads all functional disciplines and ensures the facility consistently meets missioncritical delivery quality compliance and security expectations.
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
The General Manager leads a multi-plant defense focused manufacturing group of facilities with full P&L responsibility. The General Manager is responsible for site leadership strategic execution and alignment operational excellence regulatory compliance customer satisfaction and profitability. The General Manager leads all functional areas and develops a high-performing management team to achieve short-term and long-term business goals aligned with strategic growth objectives. This role is accountable for delivery of tooling hardware and cross-site collaboration and project execution supporting a broad range of government aerospace and defense projects and programs. The role requires deep experience operating in highly regulated export controlled and security sensitive environments. The General Manager leads all functional disciplines and ensures the facilities consistently meets mission critical delivery quality and compliance expectations.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic and Financial Leadership
Full profit and loss (P&L) ownership for the Macomb Michigan site
Develop and execute annual operating plans budgets and long range defense program strategies
Achieve profitability goals through effective pricing cost control and disciplined capital investment
Review and approve budgets capital expenditures and planning customer and supplier contracts within delegated authority
Develop and execute short-term and long-term business plans consistent with company strategy and financial objectives
Deliver accurate forecasts operational reports including challenges and corrective actions strategic initiatives and performance updates to executive leadership
Manufacturing and Operational Excellence
Establish monitor and achieve performance goals across all operations
Sponsor continuous improvement initiatives to improve safety quality delivery and productivity
Establish and ensure effective production systems and processes across all manufacturing areas including machining fabrication assembly inspection and quality assurance
Oversee production planning scheduling capacity utilization and planning and resource allocation to ensure on-time in-full on-budget execution
Develop and coach functional leaders and teams to improve manufacturing performance and meet manufacturing goals
Champion operational modernization and capability development aligned to strategy goals
Lead defense program risk management related to supply chain delivery and compliance
Ensure flawless execution of new and existing defense programs involving long lead times configuration control and change management
Safety Quality and Compliance
Champion a zero injury safety culture across all operations focusing on Human and Organizational Performance philosophy
Ensure compliance with all applicable aerospace cybersecurity safety environmental and regulatory requirements (CMMC AS9100 ISO UL CE OSHA EPA and other agencies)
Enforce physical cyber and information security protocols required for controlled data stewardship
Act as senior site representative during DCMA DCAA customer and government audits ensuring compliances with government contract requirements
Maintain open and effective communication across all departments and with stakeholders
Maintain robust manufacturing methods supplier management First Article Inspection (FAI) change management and traceability systems
Customer and Stakeholder Engagement
Serve as the primary site executive for government stakeholders and GADS customers
Build and maintain strong relationships with customers suppliers government stakeholders and Lincoln Electric partners
Support sales and business development initiatives in new defense contract pursuits and site capability assessments
Lead customer quality reviews program health and compliance performance
Represent the company within aerospace manufacturing and trade associations
Talent Management and Development
Set the example for practicing company values and demonstrating professional ethics and integrity
Foster a culture of integrity candor ownership agility and teamwork
Provide leadership direction and accountability to department leaders and management staff
Partner with HR on workforce planning labor relations and compliance with government labor requirements organizational structures talent development performance management and succession strategies aligned with business objectives
Perform other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION/TRAINING/EXPERIENCE
Required
Bachelors degree in Engineering Operations Business or related discipline
10 years of progressive leadership experience in aerospace and defense manufacturing operations
Demonstrated P&L ownership for a manufacturing site or major business unit
Strong working knowledge of government contracting AS9100 ITAR DFARS and security requirements
Experience working in ISO and AS9100 environments
Proven experience leading through government audits and customer program reviews
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance as required
Preferred
MBA or advanced technical degree
Familiarity with CMMC implementation and cybersecurity compliance
Experience working with major aerospace defense primes (e.g. Lockheed Martin Raytheon Northrop Grumman Boeing Defense)
Strong business acumen with expertise in operations management
Proven decision making problem solving and leadership skills
Strong technical knowledge of aerospace manufacturing processes including tooling flight hardware and automation
The physical demands listed are representative of those required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodation may be provided for individuals with disabilities. Employees frequently stand walk reach climb balance stoop kneel crouch crawl and work from ladders or scaffolds; sitting is occasional. The role requires regularly lifting to 10 pounds frequently up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds. Close vision is required.
The work environment described reflects typical conditions encountered in this role. Reasonable accommodation may be provided for individuals with are regularly exposed to electrical shock hazards and frequently to moving mechanical parts.
This position will include access to data technology and/or software source code that is subject to U.S. export controls under International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Employment with The Lincoln Electric Company (D/B/A Baker Industries) is contingent upon either verifying U.S. person status or obtaining any necessary authorizations. Applicants will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes and information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. The Lincoln Electric Company at its sole discretion may choose not to apply for a license for such individuals as whose access to export-controlled data technology and/or software source code may require authorization. The Lincoln Electric Company may also decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.
Workplace harassment of any kind based on protected characteristics is prohibited. Interference with an employees ability to perform job duties may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.
Lincoln Electric does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters. Resumes submitted without a signed vendor agreement become the property of Lincoln Electric. No fees will be paid unless recruiting efforts are coordinated through the Recruiting Department.
This position may have access to various types of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and/or information and tangible items subject to U.S. export controls as well as be subject to certain customer/contractual requirements. Therefore the individual selected for the position may be required to meet certain citizenship immigration and/or location-related requirements as well as screenings background checks and additional training. The Company in its sole discretion will determine whether to seek a contractual waiver or regulatory export authorization if required.
Employment is contingent upon meeting applicable qualifications as determined by the Company as well as adhering to all relevant federal state and local laws and regulations.
This job description may not include all assigned duties responsibilities or aspects of the job described and may be modified at any time at the Employers sole discretion.
Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity for applicants without regard to their race color national origin religion sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation) sexual orientation gender identity age veteran status disability genetic information and any other category protected by federal state or local law.
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About Company
Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the design, development and manufacture of arc welding products, automated joining, assembly and cutting systems, plasma & oxy-fuel cutting equipment.
