1.          Participate on the VP/GM team in strategic and tactical planning for GROUP worldwide.    

2.          Lead and develop operations to successfully achieve optimum sales and profit results in a fast growth environment through continuous improvement in:

     Customer Service through improved on-time delivery.

     Quality through lower scrap and fewer customer returns.

     Coordination of changes in product and manufacturing technology requirements from customer engineering and manufacturing.

3.          Ensure accurate forecasting and timely reporting of site EVA, Orders, Sales, Contribution Margin, PBIT, Head count, Cash and Inventory.

4.          Ensure effective site communications.

5.          Facilitate and coordinate multi-functional efforts to resolve customer issues involving engineering, finance, sales, production, inventory, quality, and delivery.

6.          Develop short and long range objectives for sites in keeping with MMI corporate objectives.

7.          Work closely with Technical Marketing and Sales to develop and maintain pricing strategies.

8.          Ensure that ethical standards are maintained and policies and programs are consistently practiced.

9.          Lead and coach direct reports.  Identify and initiate management training in association with Human Resources.

10.        Facilitate desired cultural change.

11.        Develop and implement best practice designs to eliminate operating problems and improve product quality.

12.        Work closely with other General Managers and Global Account Managers to achieve common goals. 

13.        Understand, follow, and support company policies and ensure compliance with local, and government legislation concerning employment, health, safety and environment.

14.        Provide the overall direction, coordination, guidance, and evaluation of the site.

15.        Carries out management responsibilities in accordance with LCS policies and applicable laws.

1.         Technical and business degree or equivalent in a related field. Advanced degree preferred.

2.         Specialized training in manufacturing.

3.         Minimum of 10 years experience gained through increasingly responsible technical and management positions within a growing manufacturing environment.  Automation experience is preferred.

4.         Experienced working with and leading multiple functions.

5.         Demonstrated successful P&L responsibility.

6.         Superior interpersonal skills. 

7.         Strong reasoning abilities and analytical skills. Demonstrated sound judgment.

8.         Solid financial management abilities.

9.         Excellent negotiation skills.

10.      Participative management style.

11.      Ability to create and manipulate complex spreadsheets to model interrelationships of business variables to predict and manage to budget.

12.      Team building skills.

13.      Ability to travel as required.

14.      Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from engineers, managers and customers.

15.      Ability to write reports, business correspondence, evaluations and other similar papers.

16.      Ability to read, analyzes, and interprets general business periodicals, professional journals, or technical papers.

17.      Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.

18.      Ability to interpret an extensive variety of production processes and deal with abstract and concrete variables.

19.      Apply quality policy to everyday duties and responsibilities.

20.      Proven proficiency with PC and Windows using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.