President
LOCATION: Louisville, KY area
TRAVEL: None
POSITION SUMMARY:
We are seeking a President to join an industrial manufacturer with strong Lean deployment and business development experience. They will provide executive leadership and strategic direction to the organization, ensuring the successful execution of daily operations and long-term business objectives. This role acts as a key decision-maker, bridging the gap between parent company Board of Directors/CEO and operational staff to drive profitability and sustainable growth. They will be key in growing the business organically and inorganically over the next few years.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead the development of 3–5-year strategies, aligning the company’s mission with market trends, competitive positioning, and emerging technologies
- Formulating and managing the annual operating budget and business plans
- Establishing and monitoring KPIs and departmental goals to ensure fiscal and operational health
- Conducting regular reviews of financial statements, sales reports, and production metrics to implement strategies as needed to meet budgeted profitability targets
- Identifying and pursuing growth opportunities, including product line development and rationalization, strategic alliances, and potential mergers and acquisitions
- Evaluating acquisition targets including due diligence and integration plans
- Building and maintaining high-level relationships with key clients, vendors, and industry partners to secure major contracts and enhance brand presence
- Monitoring global market conditions and competitor activity to adjust the value proposition of the company’s equipment offerings
- Overseeing the development of strategic marketing and public relations programs that promote the company’s products and technical expertise
- Ensuring customer service standards drive high retention rates and provide a feedback loop for product improvement
- Directing the product strategy to ensure engineering solutions meet specific client needs and anticipate future industry requirements
- Ensuring company applications engineering core competencies align with customer opportunities to ensure company success and profitability while minimizing risks
- Overseeing the entire manufacturing process, emphasizing safety, quality control, and Lean principles to optimize throughput and on-time performance
- Managing capital expenditures for facility upgrades to improve and reduce cycle times
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Business, or related field
- Minimum of 10 years senior leadership experience within an industrial manufacturing environment
- Strong financial acumen and experience managing P&L‑related responsibilities
- Proven experience utilizing & deploying Lean tools (Strategy Deployment, Value Stream Mapping, 6S, Standard Work, FMEA, Problem Solving, Kanban, Visual Daily Management, 80/20, etc.)
- Experience with ensuring engineering competency, manufacturing operations (machining, welding, fabrication, and product assembly), and supply chain/logistics
- A people-first, hands‑on leader with the ability to engage employees at all levels
- Excellent communication, coaching, and team‑building skills
Lean Focus LLC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or protected Veteran status.
COMPANY DESCRIPTION:
At Lean Focus, we help businesses overcome their biggest challenges by transforming them for the better, and for the long-term. A "who's who" of global leaders in every industry, our clients include some of the world's most respected brands and several members of the Fortune 1000.
About the company
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Every business has the same goal in mind: an increased bottom line. To this end, we specialize in business transformations. And when we say transformation, we don’t mean surface-level adjustments; we mean foundational changes to culture, process, and more. These transformations are based on Lean principles, and the application of those principles goes far beyond just manufacturing, reaching into all aspects of a business—no matter the industry.
Lean Focus transformations are uniquely-enacted through the application of the Lean Focus Business System™. LBS™ is proven, effective, and repeatable. Developed by globally-recognized Lean thought leader and founder of Lean Focus, Damon Baker, the Lean Focus Business System™ has been utilized time-and-time again across dozens of industries, by world-class companies including the Fortune 1000.
The use of the tools contained within LBS™ happens in one of two ways. The first is the Hands-On Method, in which our team of experts, across 6 Practice Areas, work shoulder-to-shoulder with our client and their team to enact transformation. The second is the Hands-Off Method, in which the client is provided products and services—customized for them by Lean Focus—to implement the tools of the Lean Focus Business System™ themselves.
It's for these reasons—and more—that Lean Focus is known globally as the One-Stop Transformation Shop — Transforming Businesses for Good™.