General Manager (Campus/Plant)

General Manager (Campus/Plant)

Our client is a high-growth, recent IPO and one of the largest global premium spirits companies. With a strong growth strategy in place, focused investment in the brands, and fueled by the innovative spirit that has driven the company for centuries, the company is poised for rapid growth.

Title:                General Manager (Campus/Plant)
Reports to:      VP Global Manufacturing
Location:         Louisville, Kentucky

The General Manager will have responsibility for developing guidelines and managing results for all operations responsible for producing, monitoring and shipping 100% of all plant produced products.  Will manage a direct staff of 10 in leading Manufacturing, Plant Financial Controller, and HR.  Will direct the development and implementation of new products and workflow optimization initiatives, which positively impact the site’s P&L, cycle time, productivity and quality of work.

The mandate of the position is to drive sustainable change management and implement the companies Lean initiative within a culture that steeped in tradition and heritage.
Position Overview

• Leadership of operations across the manufacturing campus, encompassing the two bourbon distilleries, multi-site maturing warehouse operations, barrel filling and draining, bottling, finished goods warehousing and shipping

• Key dimensions -
  • 52m Litres alcohol distillation
  • 5.5m 9 litre eq cases packaging
  • $350m maturing inventory
  • 339 employees
• Engagement with industry bodies such as Kentucky Distillers Association.
• Manufacturing figurehead for bourbon brands, involving periodic hosting of trade visitors and leadership of the companies visitor experience

 Essential Duties & Responsibilities include:   

• Lead the plant operations to deliver planned production volume, cost, quality and service targets.
• Take the lead in monthly total performance reviews and annual strategic planning and budgeting processes for plant.
• Develop and implement transformative strategies to drive year-on year performance improvement in all parameters above
• Lead the implementation of lean manufacturing in line with the company approach
• Drive step change improvement in health and safety performance and broad based compliance expectations to do business the right way.
• Lead the development of talent and capabilities throughout the organisation to build a high performance culture
• Engage proactively with marketing and commercial colleagues to deliver aggressive product innovation plans
• Collaborate with marketing and provide on the ground leadership for company visitor experience.
• Collaborate proactively with other plant leaders as a member of the Global Manufacturing Leadership Team.

Core Attributes

• Wide experience leading manufacturing plants  in FMCG packaging and process operations
• Broad based Business acumen
• Strong track record of leading performance and culture change

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic thinking, planning and execution.
• Building compelling vision
• Developing talent, capability and engagement
• Influencing, partnering and building collaborative relationships across functions

Skills

• Building high performing teams
• Effective workplace organization
• Lean manufacturing implementation
• High level problem solving abilities
• Strong financial literacy
• Strong communication skills

Ideal Education

• University degree (Engineering/Technical)
• Professional Management Qualification.

 

If you or anyone you know are qualified and meet the requirements outlined in this announcement, please send your resume to research@huntsearch.com for consideration. Please Note: this is intended to provide a brief overview of the position described above and is being shared with numerous potentially qualified individuals and organization leaders within our network. We receive hundreds of referrals and inquiries daily from multiple sources.

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