Job Description

The culture of Acieta-Iowa is one of unity and engagement. Our Council Bluffs-IA location has a is a solid leadership team and high performing shop floor personnel that take pride in their work. The predecessor and employees have set the climate of a rich and healthy work culture aligned to our core values, while working together cross-functionally.

This position is available due to the former General Manager is now our Chief Operating Officer (COO)! This role offers and opportunity to enhance what has already been established but to elevate the team to the next level of One Acieta.

Join us in making that a reality. Not local to Iowa? Apply anyway. We will offer relocation for the right talent. Is that you?

The General Manager-Iowa will oversee day-to-day operations with the support of an Operation Manager. The General Manager will be accountable of the P&L for the site, just as if they were teh CEO of the Iowa location. With a seasoned leadership team, the GM is accountable for the growth and financial viability of the organization, be focused on strategic planning and goal setting to direct the operations groups.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for leading, managing and directing operations, which include project management, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, and integration teams.
• Responsible for all operation improvements including annual productivity improvements, the effective implementation of an overall quality initiative which may include lean manufacturing principles, Six Sigma and other continuous improvement initiatives that will allow Acieta to provide high quality, cost competitive systems and components for our customers.
• Responsible for the profit and loss of Acieta Iowa’s operations.
• Professional engagement with customer's ensuring satisfaction which is essential to the growth and profitability of Acieta.
• Build strong relationship with vendors, and supplier-partners, including a continuous value analysis of their products and services.
• Responsible for a direct review of solutions developed by project teams that are greater than $5 million total sales or require an area of expertise.
• Collaborate with the COO and other GMs to establish, best practices, implement and communicate the strategic direction of the operations of the organization.
• Be a champion of cross-functional collaboration with Project Managers and other GM's in the 5 locations.
• Reside or be willing to relocate to the Omaha/Council Bluffs area and will be required to travel on occasion; extensive travel is not expected nor encouraged.
• Support our employees an opportunity to grow both personally and professionally. We require high performance and sustain high performance through a culture of empowerment where the employees are strongly encouraged to make recommendations that they feel will improve Acieta and resolve challenges the company may face.
• Perform other duties and/or special projects that you are trained and qualified to perform as assigned by the COO.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

All Mid-level Managers will report to the General Manager which include the areas of project management, engineering, integration, and production. All direct reports must be evaluated at least on an annual basis. The GM’s has the responsibility to make staffing requirement recommendations to the COO. Any changes in the status of a direct report to the General Manager must have prior approval of the COO.

Budget:

The GM will be responsible for budgeting all funding needs for the Iowa Division on an annual basis. Any capital expenditures must meet the company’s minimum ROI requirements, and it is the GM’s responsibility to prepare the justification for the same. All capital expenses and expenditures which exceed more than $5,000 from budgets require the COO.

Reporting:

The GM will report to the COO of the company and will be required to make both formal and informal presentations to the COO, members of the COO’s staff, employees of the company and C-Suite Managers. There will be a set of annual goals and objectives including three goals for each area of responsibility, other than special projects. Goals will be established on an annual basis and reviewed semi-annually. Additionally, the GM will keep the COO informed of activities by filing a monthly report, format to be determined.

Education, Experience, Skills, Licenses, and Other Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience :

• A Bachelor of Science degree in a related field such as engineering or business is preferred or equivalent education/training; or a combination of education/training with 10 years of supervisory experience in operations.
• A strong business background with experience in being responsible for running a profitable enterprise that was involved in a business where sales came from projects specifically designed to solve end user’s needs. Must be able to show evidence that they have been successful at this type of enterprise and have lead groups/organizations that were growing at more than 15% annually for multiple periods and met profitability goals during that growth period.
• Experience in automation/integration/manufacturing/engineering in the design of equipment comparable to the products of Acieta would be a big advantage. Working knowledge in project management and CPM credentials would be considered very valuable.

Communication Skills:

Ability to develop and articulate report outs on operational initiates, P&L, proactively communicate updates to the COO about what corrective action is required for operations that are not performing as planned.

Professional and effective communication with employees, customers, direct staff and C-Suite are expected.

Manufacturing Expertise :

• Automation and Integration experience will be needed to be successful in this role.
• Must be thoroughly familiar with development of project type capital equipment systems.
• Must be comfortable with directing supervisors of engineering, project management, manufacturing, assembly, purchasing, and shipping/receiving.
• Projects must be done within the budget and established schedule.
• Must be at ease supervising others of equal or greater technical expertise and experience in an effective manner.

Reasoning Ability :

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw data driven conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instruction in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Licenses and Other Requirements:

Personal computer literacy with working familiarity of software related to financial and schedule tracking of projects.

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