Sawmill General Manager
(Forestry, Logging & Mill Operations)
Full Time
California, California, United States
Job#140401GM - Sawmill - General Manager - California
Location: United States
Industry: Lumber
Wage: $80-$150k/year depending on experience
Education Required: BS Degree Business preferred
Years Experience Required: The idea candidate must have a minimum of 10 years sawmill management experience.
Description:
Reporting to the Board of Directors, the General Manager (GM) will be responsible for assembling a team and production capabilities to build a world-class sawmill operation.
Must be intimately involved in all activities around the start-up and ongoing operation of the business. Must prep the site for colocation and start-up of biomass cogeneration capability.
Responsibilities
- Build a team and infrastructure to start and run a world-class sawmill operation.
- Work with site ownership to help lead all project management activities for startup.
- Lead Purchasing, Manufacturing, Sales, and other functional teams.
- Create Key Performance Indicator (KPI) dashboard.
- Collaborate with functional staff on collecting and synthesizing data needed to maintain the KPI dashboard.
- Drive start-up and business growth to achieve net profitability in year one, and 10% return on invested capital (ROIC) by the end of year three.
Knowledge/Skills
- Intimate knowledge of sawmill technology, equipment, operations, and industry.
- Intimate knowledge of source timber types, and marketing avenues for wood species native to Northern California.
- Solid leadership skills in managing continuous flow production environment.
- Solid ability to read, make decisions from, and lead organization through financial statements.
- Ability to lead marketing and sales function.
- Ability to lead design and layout of sawmill operation and equipment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelors in Business.
- Previous P&L management experience in manufacturing – sawmill site leadership preferred.
- Previous senior leadership in sawmill, logging, or lumber operation.
- Previous sawmill and cogeneration capital project, greenfield start-up and/or project management experience.
- Ability to courageously and effectively lead to achieve business objectives.
Compensation
$80-$150k/year depending on experience