General Manager
Location: Knox, IN 46534
Employment Type: Full-Time
Position Type: Salaried
Compensation: Salary based on experience, with performance bonus opportunity
About MPI Engineered Technologies
Founded in 1969, MPI Engineered Technologies is a U.S.-owned precision metal fabrication company with operations in Indiana, Wisconsin, and Mexico and corporate headquarters in Troy, Michigan.
MPI specializes in precision metal-forming technologies, including fineblanking, high-speed stamping, conventional stamping, and grinding, serving customers across the automotive, agriculture, medical, industrial, and commercial markets. Our vision is to be a leader in metal-forming products through exceptional quality, product development, and continuous improvement.
The Opportunity
MPI Engineered Technologies is seeking an energetic and highly motivated General Manager to lead our manufacturing facility in Knox, IN 46534.
This senior leadership position has full profit and loss (P&L) responsibility and accountability for overall plant and business performance. The General Manager leads Operations, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Human Resources while driving safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, employee development, and profitable growth.
The ideal candidate is an experienced General Manager, Plant Manager, or senior manufacturing leader with a strong background in automotive manufacturing and metal forming, particularly high-speed stamping, stamping, or fineblanking operations.
Core Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related field.
- 10+ years of senior manufacturing leadership experience, including significant P&L, budgeting, financial, and capital-planning responsibility.
- Strong background in automotive manufacturing and metal forming, preferably within a Tier 1 or Tier 2 automotive supplier environment.
- Experience with high-speed stamping, stamping, fineblanking, or comparable high-volume manufacturing operations.
- Experience leading and developing managers across Operations, Quality, Engineering, Materials/Supply Chain, and Human Resources.
- Proven success with Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, waste reduction, productivity improvement, and cost control.
- Experience managing capital expenditures, operating budgets, cost-reduction initiatives, and performance against established KPIs.
- Working knowledge of automotive quality systems, including IATF 16949.
- Experience supporting new-product introduction, validation, launch, and production ramp-up.
- Experience with PLEX ERP or a comparable manufacturing ERP system preferred.
- Experience within a union manufacturing environment is highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead plant operations with accountability for safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, people, and financial performance.
- Develop and execute annual operating and business plans to achieve financial and operational objectives.
- Maintain full P&L accountability, including budgeting, forecasting, cost management, financial analysis, and capital planning.
- Drive manufacturing performance through Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement, focusing on productivity, waste elimination, throughput, efficiency, and cost.
- Lead planning and execution of new-product launches from process validation and commercialization through full production ramp-up.
- Partner with Quality leadership to maintain compliance with applicable ISO, IATF 16949, customer-specific, and internal requirements.
- Provide leadership to Engineering in product development, tooling, manufacturing technology, and process improvement.
- Lead Supply Chain and Materials strategies involving procurement, purchasing, scheduling, shipping, inventory, supplier performance, and cost reduction.
- Champion workplace safety, environmental responsibility, quality, and operational discipline throughout the facility.
- Manage capital investments and major plant projects aligned with business and strategic objectives.
- Build and develop a high-performing leadership team through clear expectations, accountability, coaching, succession planning, and employee development.
- Foster a culture of teamwork, integrity, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Build effective relationships with employees, customers, suppliers, corporate leadership, and other key stakeholders.
- Identify and manage operational and commercial risks while exercising sound business judgment.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary based on experience
- Performance bonus opportunity
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Life insurance
- Safe Harbor 401(k)
- 10 paid holidays
- Vacation
- A collaborative manufacturing environment where you can directly influence plant performance, employee development, customer satisfaction, and business growth
If you are an experienced General Manager or Plant Manager with a strong background in automotive manufacturing, metal forming, stamping, P&L management, Lean manufacturing, and plant operations, we invite you to consider joining MPI Engineered Technologies and helping lead our Knox operation forward.
