·         Develop and execute a business growth plan with clear priorities for target customers, applications, revenue, and profitability.

·         Work with the Business Development team to pursue new business and expand existing accounts through active engagement with automotive fastener manufacturers, OEMs, and other relevant customers.

·         Work with sales and Nylok Corporate technical teams to translate customer needs into differentiated solutions, compelling proposals, and new program wins.

·         Establish disciplined opportunity management, including pipeline reviews, quotation follow-up, conversion tracking, and accountability for results.

·         Evaluate customer and product profitability, pricing, competitive positioning, and lost business to identify opportunities for profitable growth.

·         Align customer commitments and new business launches with facility capacity, quality requirements, and delivery capabilities.

·         Work with the plant manager to evaluate the facility’s layout, workflows, scheduling, equipment utilization, and management practices to identify constraints and improvement opportunities.

·         Apply Lean thinking to improve flow, reduce lead times, eliminate waste, and create capacity for additional business.

·         Establish practical daily management routines, visual performance measures, standard work, and structured problem-solving.

·         Engage employees directly in improvement activities and ensure gains are sustained through training, ownership, and follow-up.

·         Support production, maintenance, and related facility activities to meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives.

·         Maintain a safe work environment and ensure compliance with applicable requirements and company policies.

·         Evaluate the organization’s capabilities against future business needs and address gaps through coaching, development, recruiting, and performance management.

·         Respect and capture employees’ accumulated knowledge while encouraging new ideas and challenging practices that limit performance.

·         Build a culture in which employees identify problems, propose improvements, and take responsibility for customer and business outcomes.

·         Develop supervisors and future leaders, strengthen cross-training, and establish succession plans for critical roles.

·         Make timely decisions about roles, processes, and resources needed to improve performance and support growth.

·         Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or a related field, or equivalent education and relevant experience.

·         Seven to ten years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing or industrial processing.

·         Demonstrated success growing revenue, winning new customers or programs, and improving profitability.

·         Strong understanding of the automotive industry and experience developing relationships with industrial customers; fastener or related processing experience preferred.

·         Proven responsibility for budgets, financial performance, and profit and loss management.

·         Hands-on experience applying Lean methods with measurable, sustained improvements in productivity, lead time, quality, or capacity.

·         Demonstrated ability to lead change in an established manufacturing organization and develop its people.

·         Experience managing production, scheduling, maintenance, and cross-functional teams.

·         Entrepreneurial mindset with strong commercial judgment and a bias toward action.

·         Willingness to question assumptions, listen to employees and customers, and evaluate alternatives using evidence.

·         Ability to connect strategic priorities with daily execution.

·         Direct, respectful communication

·         Confidence addressing performance gaps.

·         Strong analytical skills and disciplined follow-through.

·         Visible leadership on the shop floor and in customer relationships.

Success will be evaluated against targets, including:

·         A clear growth plan supported by a qualified pipeline and disciplined commercial execution.

·         New customer or program wins and profitable expansion of existing accounts.

·         Improved revenue, operating profitability, and forecast reliability.

·         Measurable improvements in lead time, on-time delivery, productivity, and available capacity.

·         Effective daily management and sustained employee participation in Lean improvements.

·         Stronger leadership capability, clear individual accountability, and development plans for critical roles.

·         Drive the operation of Michigan facility growth to be part of the growth and long-term success of Nylok Strategic growth