General Manager - Bearing Inspection Inc.

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Bearing Inspection Inc. (Bii) is currently seeking a Business Manager responsible for leading and directing all activities of the business including sales strategy development, operations, engineering, finance, supply chain, human resources, and quality. This role is located in Los Alamitos, California at Timken’s aerospace bearing repair facility.

The Business Manager is responsible for directing all day-to-day operations to achieve business plans, attaining annual sales and growth goals, driving improvements throughout the plant utilizing continuous improvement and lean manufacturing principles, aligning the plant's strategy and activities with the overall business needs, training and developing employees, ensuring compliance with all government regulations, quality certifications, and company policies.
 

Essential Job Duties:

Business Plan Execution: Create and execute a robust business plan each year with an emphasis on Aerospace Bearing and Non-Bearing Repair growth initiatives, including reviewing all internal sales channels and resources to build a highly effective global sales team. Support Timken’s global initiatives and regularly interface with key cross-functional areas such as Customer Service, Marketing, Engineering, Product Management, Supply Chain, and Operations to ensure that customer satisfaction requirements are met.

Operations: Manage and drive improvements in all phases of operations (i.e. production, scheduling, inventory, quality, human resources, safety, costs, etc.) by supporting continuous improvements and lean manufacturing principles. Provide corrective actions and tactics when performance is below targets and expectations.

Safety: Maintain a safe workplace for team members.

Compliance: Ensure all plant processes and associates comply with all applicable Government regulations(Sarbanes-Oxley, environmental reporting, etc.), quality certifications (FAA, ISO 9001, etc.), and company policy, ethics, and core values.
Cash Management: Manage financial working capital inputs such as account receivables, S&A and budgets as well as full P&L responsibility for Bii facility.

Talent Management: Ensures a high performing management team, including the sales team by developing, coaching, setting goals, and appropriately managing less than expected performance.
Ensures developmental objectives are assigned and executed to develop talent and drive performance across the team. Manager succession planning for key roles.

Customer Relations and Sales: Participation in building relationships with customers and attending trade shows and key customer visits. Develop strong sales strategies and analyze market information to provide direction to sales and program management teams.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Sales or Technical field required, Master’s degree highly preferred

Minimum of 10 years of experience in Aerospace Aftermarket / Repair Overhaul (Military, General Aviation, Commercial) required

Minimum of 5 years of experience leading teams

Leadership and Management experience in Operations and Business and/or Manufacturing Strategy experience

Product development and/or Sales/Marketing experience

Strong Negotiation and Value Selling skills

Experience networking at customers at executive level

Strong communication and presentation skills (verbal and written) - up, down and across an organization

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.
 
Pay Range: $160,000 - $187,500 annual

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.