General Manager

The Company is the premier distributor of plastic sheet, rod, tube, film, and associated products serving aerospace, defense, medical, and advanced industrial markets.

Role Purpose

The General Manager / Commercial Leader of the Los Angeles operation will lead our $15M plant, high-mix manufacturing business. This executive is accountable for profitability, key customer relationships, scalability, quality systems, and supplier performance. This role will design, implement, and continuously improve the enterprise manufacturing systems - spanning production planning, job costing, quality, capacity, and supplier integration - that enable the company to operate a scalable, high-performance manufacturing platform. The successful candidate will be a visible leader on the production floor, committed to operational excellence, customer success, and developing people while driving sustainable business

Scope of Responsibility

Seeking a hands-on General Manager / Commercial Leader with a strong manufacturing background and a proven track record of driving operational excellence.

• Extensive experience leading manufacturing operations with a hands-on leadership style.
• Strong expertise in lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, quality, safety, and productivity.
• Exceptional customer relationship management skills, with the ability to build trust, manage key accounts, and ensure high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Demonstrated success in developing, coaching, and mentoring teams while building a high-performance culture.
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills with the ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Experience managing P&L, budgets, and operational performance metrics.
• A results-oriented mindset with the ability to balance strategic planning and day-to-day execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Extensive experience leading manufacturing operations with a hands-on leadership style.
• Strong expertise in lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, quality, safety, and productivity.
• Exceptional customer relationship management skills, with the ability to build trust, manage key accounts, and ensure high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Demonstrated success in developing, coaching, and mentoring teams while building a high-performance culture.
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills with the ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Experience managing P&L, budgets, and operational performance metrics.
• A results-oriented mindset with the ability to balance strategic planning and day-to-day execution.

Requirements

• A proven operational leader who can run a complex site end-to-end
• Strong leadership and accountability
• Manufacturing and P&L experience
• Capacity and ambition to quickly scale into a multi-site leadership role.
• Aerospace industry experience preferred.

Leadership & Culture

• Strong people leadership and accountability
• Develop manufacturing leaders and maintain the companys’ entrepreneurial, profit-sharing culture.

Qualifications

10+ years of hands-on general management experience.