President

Locations: Erie, Pennsylvania & Deland, Florida
Travel Required

The Opportunity

The President serves as the senior-most operating executive of the company, with full profit and loss accountability and as the principal architect and operator for the company’s growth strategy.

This is a highly visible, hands-on leadership role requiring equal effectiveness on the manufacturing floor and in executive-level business environments. The successful candidate will understand operational excellence, build and develop high-performing leadership teams, drive continuous improvement initiatives, win new business, strengthen customer relationships, and evaluate strategic acquisition opportunities.

Success in this role requires a leader who can simultaneously build the organization, scale operations, and execute a growth strategy supported by clear operational and financial drivers, including capacity expansion, capability enhancement, customer diversification, and mergers and acquisitions.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Growth

• Lead the company's growth strategy through organic expansion, new customer acquisition, capacity enhancement, and strategic acquisitions.
• Evaluate and integrate acquisition opportunities that expand capabilities, geographic reach, or customer diversification.
• Develop the optimal mix of Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 manufacturing work.
• Represent the company with key customers, suppliers, and acquisition targets.

Sales, Marketing & Customer Development

• Build a repeatable business development engine that consistently wins and launches new OEM programs.
• Expand relationships with existing customers while reducing dependence on any single customer, representative, or end market.
• Strengthen marketing capabilities and drive disciplined pricing, quoting, and program management practices.

Operations & Financial Performance

• Maintain full accountability for revenue, margin, and EBITDA performance across the business.
• Drive continuous improvement across manufacturing, quality, and supply chain while building scalable, repeatable processes.
• Develop operational leaders and teams capable of running the business independently and sustaining growth.
• Oversee capacity planning, capital investments, and profitability improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with ISO 9001, AS9100, ISO 13485, and ITAR requirements.

Leadership & Culture

• Build and develop a high-performing leadership team across Operations, Sales, Quality, Finance, and HR.
• Create a culture of accountability, performance, and continuous improvement supported by clear KPIs and data-driven decision making.
• Serve as a visible leader who embraces and reinforces values while leveraging the resources of the broader organization.

Financial Stewardship & Governance

• Partner with the CFO on budgeting, forecasting, capital allocation, and growth investments.
• Ensure disciplined communication, reporting, and execution across the organization.

Candidate Profile

Experience

• 15+ years of leadership experience within EMS, contract manufacturing, or precision manufacturing environments.
• 5+ years of P&L leadership experience as a President, General Manager, COO, Division VP, or similar executive role.
• Proven track record of scaling manufacturing organizations and winning OEM business in aerospace & defense, medical device, and/or industrial markets.
• M&A experience, including acquisition evaluation and integration, strongly preferred.

Functional Expertise

• Strong knowledge of PCB assembly, box-build integration, quality systems, and supply chain operations.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001, AS9100, ISO 13485, ITAR, ERP/MES systems, and Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Demonstrated ability to use data and operational metrics to drive performance.

Leadership Attributes

• Builder mentality with a passion for growth, operational excellence, and value creation.
• Equally effective interacting with production teams, customers, executive leadership, and ownership.
• Decisive, financially astute, and comfortable leading through change in a growth-focused environment.
• Humble, accountable, and committed to continuous improvement.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Technology, Business, Operations Management, or a related field required.
• MBA preferred but not required.