General Manager in Waukesha, Wisconsin at Fisher-Barton Inc.

The General Manager is a key leader responsible for directing the performance of the designated Fisher Barton Strategic Business Unit. The role leads daily operations, manufacturing performance, customer execution, financial delivery, and cross-functional collaboration supporting and delivering commercial sales tactics while supporting the company’s One Fisher Barton operating model.

This position reports to the Chief Operations Officer and serves as a strategic member of the Fisher Barton executive leadership team. The General Manager is accountable for building a safe, high-performing, customer-focused business unit that achieves financial, operational, quality, and people objectives while strengthening collaboration across SBUs. Strong experience in manufacturing commercial sales strategies and execution is critical to being successful in this role.

The ideal leader is results-oriented, process-driven, analytical, ambitious, and passionate about continuous improvement. Proven track record of contributing towards and executing against manufacturing commercial sales programs. Success requires the ability to motivate and develop employees, build team spirit, lead with consistency, address poor performance directly, celebrate success, and create recovery plans when goals are missed. The role also requires visible commitment to customer excellence, fairness, employee development, retention, community involvement, and the Fisher Barton 3Cs culture.

Required qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in business or equivalent experience, plus 10 or more years of experience in operations, engineering, or technical sales serving OEM or aftermarket customers. The role requires expert business knowledge, excellent communication skills, strong people leadership, and proven change leadership capability. Preferred qualifications include significant Lean manufacturing experience, Blackbelt or Greenbelt certification, and an MBA.

The role is based at 570 Bluemound Road, Waukesha, Wisconsin, and requires work across both business office and manufacturing shop-floor environments. Travel may be required up to 20% to other Fisher Barton locations, trade shows, and customer visits in the United States and internationally.

Fisher Barton is a 100% employee-owned company that combines deep materials expertise, cross-industry experience, and world-class talent to deliver high-quality parts and leading-edge solutions. The General Manager plays a central role in advancing this mission by ensuring the assigned SBU performs with operational discipline, customer focus, and alignment to the broader Fisher Barton enterprise.