GM Site Leader – Aerospace & Defense Precision Machining - Focus Platform

Who Should NOT Apply

• Prefer a corporate or desk-based leadership role
• Lack direct aerospace or defense manufacturing and machining experience
• Have not personally owned P&L and execution accountability
• Are seeking a turnaround, roll-up, or short-term transformation type role
• Are uncomfortable leading a small, technically demanding shop hands-on

This is a rare opportunity to step into a GM site leadership role with full P&L ownership for a highly specialized aerospace and defense precision machining business operating in a mission-critical, high-accountability environment
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The company is a single-site precision CNC job shop producing complex, tight-tolerance components for demanding aerospace and defense applications. The operation is technically sophisticated, asset-intensive, and built around advanced multi-axis machining where execution discipline, quality, and delivery reliability are non-negotiable.

This is not a turnaround
. The business is stable, well-run, and trusted by long-standing customers. The mandate for the incoming GM Site Leader is to stabilize and protect what already works
, strengthen operating systems and leadership depth, improve asset utilization, and position the business for disciplined growth
!

This role is best suited for a hands-on, “A-level” operator who enjoys being close to the shop floor, understands the stakes of aerospace execution, and can lead confidently in a small-company, ownership-oriented environment
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Confidential

Chief Operating Officer

(Platform / Holding Company)

• Own full responsibility for all site operations including machining, quality, maintenance, engineering, planning, and materials
• Learn shop operations quickly and establish credibility through visible, hands‑on leadership
• Install and sustain tiered daily and weekly management routines with clear KPIs across Safety, Quality, Cost, and Delivery
• Drive disciplined scheduling, WIP control, and job costing visibility in a high‑mix CNC job shop environment

• Lead and continuously strengthen aerospace quality systems and compliance requirements
• Ensure audit readiness, document discipline, and a zero‑defect mindset across the organization
• Drive root‑cause problem solving and corrective action with urgency and accountability

• Serve as the senior executive interface for key aerospace and defense customers
• Protect customer trust through transparent communication and consistent execution
• Balance customer commitments with internal capacity, risk, and profitability considerations
• Improve utilization of underloaded advanced CNC assets through scheduling discipline, workforce deployment, and process improvement
• Strengthen preventive maintenance, TPM, and equipment reliability to improve uptime and throughput
• Propose and execute ROI‑positive capex aligned with capacity expansion, capability enhancement, and risk mitigation
• Lead Lean as a management system
  , not a tool deployment
• Deploy 5S, standard work, visual management, SMED, TPM, and daily problem solving to drive measurable SQCD improvement
• Build a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement
• Build trust and credibility with a skilled, technical workforce
• Develop front‑line leaders and reduce key‑person dependency
• Install clear roles, expectations, and accountability across the organization
• Lead by example with a strong floor presence and high personal energy

• Own full P&L responsibility including pricing discipline, labor productivity, margin performance, working capital, and inventory
• Establish a disciplined operating review cadence with ownership and the board
• Partner closely with ownership on strategy, capital allocation, and pacing of growth

• Zero quality escapes; audit‑ready at all times
• Consistent on‑time delivery for mission‑critical programs
• High utilization and reliability of advanced CNC assets
• Strong retention of critical technical talent
• Credible, calm executive presence with customers,…