General Manager

Job Description

Date posted: January 14, 2026

Job description:

GENERAL MANAGER –

Job Summary:
The General Manager is responsible for general supervision of all phases of plant operations including: production, materials, quality control, maintenance, receiving & shipping, daily P&L, R&D, purchasing/procurement, finance/accounting, and customer related sales along with business development.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

Production:

• Tracking operating efficiencies.
• Managing labor expenditures.
• Reducing scrap.
• Continuously improving production thru:
  Kaizen events, Kanban systems, SMED workshops.
• Strong adherence to 5-S principles.
• Define, research and specify any new equipment needs.
• Specify layouts for all new tooling requirements with focus on material utilization and profitability.

Quality/Service:

• Instill facility wide commitment to 100% on-time delivery of all products.
• Implement, follow and continuously improve corporate and facility QMS.
• Consistently reduce annual PPM rate.

Sales:

• Identifying new business, both organically and through new contacts
• Visit existing customers on a regular basis to maintain positive communication with OEM buyers, production leaders, design engineers and quality engineers.
• Provide return of all requested quotes in less than 24 hours of receipt.

Finance:

• Create cost and payback analysis for new capital asset requests.
• Maintain facility asset list.

Safety:

• Demonstrate the leadership required to maintain an accident free facility.
• Facilitate monthly safety training for all employees per corporate and OSHA requirements.

Materials/Inventory:

• Insure inventory is maintained with a focus on 8 turns annually.
• Insure all BOM are up to date and accurate per the costing process.
• Specifying new material requirements.
• Negotiating with raw material suppliers to maintain a positive costing position.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Directly supervises all department heads in the facility. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, planning, directing work, appraising performance, addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Required Qualification & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years’ management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience and/or understanding of the Aerospace supply industry preferred.
• Experience working within a documented quality system.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Experience with Lean Application Methodologies.
• CAD experience preferred.
• Understanding of the OEM market drivers and pressures preferred.
• Knowledge of converting processes and techniques preferred.
• Operational understanding of ISO
  9001 or AS9100
• Travel 25% - 50%.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location:

In person

ABOUT US
- PSC (Packaging Service Corporation) started and was founded in 1954 in Louisville, KY by

D. Covington Logan. Mr. Logan had an extensive background in industrial packaging, and he felt the company could offer a valuable service to small businesses that did not employ fulltime packaging engineers.
It became immediately apparent that much larger companies could also benefit from this type of service. In 1962, PSC’s operation enlarged to include a warehouse and manufacturing facility. This provided PSC with the capability to deliver fast, dependable service to its customers.

PSC Industries leads the market with some of the most extensive die cutting equipment. We have the capability to offer cutting with multi-station precision high speed rotary presses, laser rotary, multi-axis water jet, large belt press, mechanical & hydraulic flat bed, as well as 3D contour cutting.

Depending on your application and material selection, PSC Industries can offer the most effective processing method in the industry.

ABOUT US -     PSC (Packaging Service Corporation) started and was founded in 1954 in Louisville, KY by

D. Covington Logan. Mr. Logan had an extensive background in industrial packaging, and he felt the company could offer a valuable service to small businesses that did not employ fulltime packaging engineers.  It became immediately apparent that much larger companies could also benefit from this type of service. In 1962, PSC’s operation enlarged to include a warehouse and manufacturing facility. This provided PSC with the capability to deliver fast, dependable service to its customers.
PSC Industries leads the market with some of the most extensive die cutting equipment. We have the capability to offer cutting with multi-station precision high speed rotary presses, laser rotary, multi-axis water jet, large belt press, mechanical & hydraulic flat bed, as well as 3D contour cutting.
Depending on your application and material selection, PSC Industries can offer the most effective processing method in the industry.