Job Description

Job Title: General Manager

Responsible for planning and directing all activities within a facility. Implement approved strategies and objectives and is responsible for the facility’s financial and operating results. Direct, through managers and supervisors, the operational, administrative, and financial functions, including production, technical, sales and human resource activities.

Responsibility

• Drive Sales and Customer Relationships by developing implementing strategies to achieve sales targets and enhance customer satisfaction. Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients, ensuring their needs are met and identifying opportunities for growth.
• Provide reliable support and guidance to the leadership team, ensuring they achieve their departmental goals and align with overall company objectives.
• Verify daily production processes are optimized for efficiency, safety, and quality, meeting customer demands and operational goals.
• Oversee engineering to ensure the design and refinement of manufacturing processes.
• Work closely with the HR Manager to forecast workforce needs, manage employee engagement programs, and ensure compliance with HR legal requirements to enhance motivation, satisfaction, and productivity.
• Ensure all safety protocols and legal requirements are met, creating a culture of safety across the plant.
• Partner with the Accounting Manager to develop and maintain cost control systems, and adherence to budgetary constraints and approve budgeting and financial decisions.
• Oversee facility maintenance activities ensuring legal requirements are met. Monitor maintenance performance, handle budgetary issues, and ensure timely reporting and resolution of facility-related issues.
• Evaluate and Enhance Quality Control Systems together with the Quality Manager to design, implement, and continuously improve quality control measures, ensuring that products meet or exceed customer expectations and regulatory standards.
• Oversee materials management to ensure efficient inventory management, procurement, and utilization of materials, supporting production schedules and maintaining cost-effectiveness.

Academic/Educational Requirements

Post secondary education in related technical/business field or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Required Skills/Experience

• Minimum ten years’ experience in a management position, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrate expert-level communication skills, both written and oral, ensuring clear, effective interactions with team members, customers, and suppliers.
• Exhibit strong negotiation abilities to effectively secure contracts with suppliers while fostering an inclusive environment and ensuring all team members are valued and heard.
• Ability to review financial records to determine accuracy and adhere to financial procedures.
• Proficient in Excel, Outlook and Word and PowerPoint.

What Linamar Has to Offer

• Competitive Compensation

• Employee Benefits package includes but not limited to, Drug, Dental & Vision etc.

• 401k Program

• Opportunities for career advancement.

• Sustainability Counsel

• Community based outreach supporting both local and global initiatives and charities.

• Discounts for local vendors and events, including auto supplier discounts.

About Us

Linamar Corporation is a Canadian-founded global manufacturer, renowned for its advanced engineering and innovative product development across diverse industries and markets. Our journey started in 1966 under the visionary leadership of our founder, and today, we remain committed to cultivating a culture of innovation and collaboration.

With access to state-of-the-art tools and resources, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact alongside a team of driven and passionate professionals. Join us and be part of a company where innovation, collaboration, and growth are at the heart of everything we do.

Linamar Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and encourages diversity in the workplace without regard to any basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Linamar Corporation encourages applications from all qualified individuals and will reasonably accommodate applicants throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process upon request.

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