President

Purpose – Create and execute the key areas of the business that include - strategy, business model, capital, organization, facilities, equipment and finance.

Key Result Areas (KRAs)

1. Market - Engages in sufficient market study to determine the market need which might be satisfied by the work output of the company. Elements of this market study will include market characteristics, demographics, historical behaviors, market needs, market size, market resources, market sustainability, market shifts, competitors, suppliers and value chains that flow into and out of the market.
2. Strategy & Business Model - Engages in activities to create strategic documents that define the enterprise strategy related to its market.
3. Engineering – Maintains appropriate facilities and personnel to support engineering as a core function to respond to market inquiries, design new products or services, and for sustaining engineering to troubleshoot design, production and delivery issues.
4. Integrated Functional Systems - Defines workflow among departments and departmental capacities. Decides what additional organizational functions are necessary and required, and how the functions will work together, and inside each function what are the required levels of work.
5. Workforce Planning and Execution – Defines the goals to be held in each role within the company organizational structure. Determines effectiveness of team members in current roles, the sequence of key hires, and decisions related to future personnel changes.
6. Compensation – Determines workforce budgets and appropriate compensation ranges.
7. Succession – Determines a team member's suitability for promotion and succession planning at all levels.
8. Capital & Finance - Determines the required financial resources and sufficient financial buffers to sustain the company, including capital budget, execution, reporting, and cash management.
9. Operating Performance – Gathers financial data on a frequency that fits the risk tolerance of the President and other stakeholders. At a minimum, on a monthly basis, the President and the CFO will review the statements and budgets related to the following – company’s balance sheet; company’s income statement; company’s cash flow statement.
10. Growth Management - Maintains and manages a stream of relevant data related to volume growth, its costs, availability of capital, costs of capital, and risk.
11. Culture - Determines the operational set of beliefs and assumptions that define the values and philosophy of the company.
12. Accountability and Performance - Ensures that each member of the Executive Management Team is properly selected, trained, given appropriate tools and a conducive working environment.
13. Facilities - Determines the necessity for facilities that includes future decisions related to growth (contraction), and the resources the business model can accommodate for facilities.
14. Equipment – Studies the market to determine equipment availability, cost, footprint, installation, workflow, utility requirements, cost of utilities, capacity, cost to lease or purchase and termination penalties.
15. Financial Controls and Compliance – Develops, in consultation with the company's internal accounting team and external financial advisors, the policies to maintain the integrity of the company’s accounting systems and banking transactions.
16. Risk Management - Meets with expert professionals and gathers data from internal team members, trade associations and industry participants to identify and anticipate the sources and circumstances of risk to the company, its frequency and severity and how to best determine the appropriate response of the enterprise.
17. Corporate Governance - Enforces existing corporate documents related to by-laws required by the state of incorporation including specific designation related to the authority to sign contracts, leases, loan documents, make material disbursements, sign employment contracts and other obligations of the enterprise.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, or related field from an accredited college or university.
• 10 years experience in operations, management, or similar executive role.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (BCompSc), Mechanical Engineering (BSME), Electrical Engineering (BSEE) or similar degree from an accredited college or university.

GENERAL SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:

• Positive and Supportive Attitude.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and execute processes.
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications such as Microsoft SharePoint, Excel, Teams, etc.
• Ability to work independently, as well as in a team environment.
• Self-motivated and flexible attitude.
• Strong computer and mathematical skills.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Experience managing people and teams.
• Ability to identify weak spots in a process to improve efficiency and then execute.
• Planning and project management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Ability to balance critical priorities.
• Team player.
• Highly disciplined problem-solver.
• Strong work ethic.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Able to regularly lift and/or move up to 25 lbs. and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.
• Able to use close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color determination, and adjustment of focus.
• Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk and hear.
• Occasionally required to bend, twist, climb, kneel and balance.
• Occasionally required to use hands to grasp, reach and operate objects, tools or controls.
• Occasional exposure to a production environment.
• Must comply with any safety or PPE requirements.

Reasonable accommodations are made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee of this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Travel is required approximately 10% of the job.

Travel is anticipated for this position, typically within a 400-mile radius of the metropolitan Milwaukee area. Occasional overnight travel may be necessary. Some occasional local day travel may be necessary.