Director And General Manager

Join a top employer and advance your career. Aplin has partnered with an Alberta-based company to hire a Director & General Manager.

Reporting to the Business Unit President, the Director & GM will be responsible for directing sales, customer service, manufacturing, and quality activities for the company facilities in Nisku & Fort Saskatchewan Alberta. The Director & GM is responsible for managing the company's customer relationships, growing key new thermal spray coatings business lines, managing shop and field projects, ensuring safety standards are maintained, and optimizing product mix to maximize unit profit. Through their previous experience, the Director & GM will have significant knowledge of thermal spray processes, equipment, materials, machine shop operations, and customer applications engineering. Our client is focused on supporting major oil companies operating in the oil sands region and related refining operations. The Director & GM will be responsible for creating and maintaining a work culture that aligns with the company's core values and ensuring that quality, safety, production, and customer satisfaction standards are met.

This position is open to candidates who are willing to relocate to Edmonton, AB, as per the client's requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate ongoing customer approval efforts with the support of the local and corporate new product teams.
• Closely collaborate with the finance team to manage costs, forecast sales/profit, and drive overall financial performance.
• Coordinate shop operations and field operations and quality teams.
• This is a high-visibility leadership position that requires coordination of corporate, sales, and operational resources to manage the day-to-day operations of two locations in Fort Saskatchewan and Nisku, Alberta.
• Maintain target sales backlog along with manpower and resources sufficient to meet or exceed financial targets.
• Serve as top-level customer contact for major customers, oversee customer service teams, coordinate quoting and customer proposals, and optimize product mix across both facilities.

Qualifications

• This role will require an on-site location within one of the Alberta facilities.
• Highly developed communication, negotiation, and problem-resolution skills.
• Approximately 10% of expected travel.
• Demonstrated understanding of managing financial objectives and targets within a technically oriented business.
• Minimum of 10 years of combined leadership, sales, and operations experience within the thermal spray or high-precision machining sectors.
• BS degree in business, engineering, or science.
• Strong interpersonal skills to foster external relationships and internal collaboration with Finance, Technology, and Operational teams.
• Sales or technical experience with oil & gas, mining, refining, and/or petrochemical sectors.

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