General Manager

Company Summary
Bio Fab Technologies (“Bio Fab” or the “Company”), headquartered in Pleasant Prairie, WI (on the WI/IL border), is a premier designer and manufacturer of high-end customized stainless-steel equipment and components for use in the pharmaceutical, food & beverage and industrial markets. Founded in 2006, Bio Fab was subsequently acquired by Holland Group, a private family-owned group of companies, in 2023. Fresh off a record best 2024, the Company is seeking a hands-on General Manager (“GM”) to lead and oversee all aspects of the company.

Position Summary
This position will be responsible for all aspects of Bio Fab, including leading its 50 employees across sales, operations, engineering, project management, and operations. This leader will play an integral role in establishing the company’s strategic direction and will be instrumental in driving the future expansion of the business. The role requires somebody that relishes ‘rolling up the sleeves’ as a servant leader to learn and own all aspects of the business.

The GM will ensure the business meets or exceeds annual revenue and profit targets, as well as prepare the business to achieve longer-term growth goals. This will include setting manufacturing strategies, prioritizing the allocation of resources and investments, and working collaboratively with the Holland Group management team to enhance existing and develop new products and services. A key expectation will be to utilize the business framework and continuous improvement tools to introduce organizational initiatives aimed at promoting process simplification and targeted business focus. In addition, this leader should be capable of attracting top talent and developing extraordinary teams.

Near Term & Specific Outcomes Sought
There are a few specific outcomes/problems to solve that this candidate will be asked to accomplish in the first 120 days:

• Institutionalize Knowledge from Retiring Founders – Maximize overlapping time with the founders of Bio Fab prior to their retirement to learn our customers, how we quote, how we design, how we manage projects, and how we deliver on customer expectations.
• Shop Floor Learning – spend lots of time on the floor understanding how our products are made, who makes them, what makes us special, and what opportunities we have to improve, standardize, and de-risk our operations.
• Customer Relationships – build relationships & spend time with our top 10 customers and learn what we must continue doing, stop doing, and start doing.

Ongoing Responsibilities / Key Focus Areas

• Full P&L Responsibility & Business Management
  • Responsible for maintaining a safe and positive work environment for all employees by ensuring employees are trained, safety protocols are followed and correcting any identified safety hazards.
  • Own and drive profitability, revenue growth, and cost management through development & tracking of KPIs
  • Develop annual financial plans to support continuous growth and cost improvements, including justifications and plans for investments in capital equipment, training and staffing.
• Operational Excellence & Project Management Efficiency
  • Manage cost, quality, schedule, inventory, & safety activities for the site.
  • Observe, evaluate, document & improve current manufacturing processes by leading teams to capture SOPs, continuous improvement, scheduling and productivity goals.
  • Oversee teams that quote, project manage, and produce customer orders to ensure high-quality, on-time delivery.
  • Implement Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement initiatives to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
  • Evaluate existing & potential opportunities against our manufacturing capacity
  • Show executive presence and maintain the ability to lead and influence the local Bio Fab team, while simultaneously communicating and collaborating with Holland Group management to drive business outcomes

• Enable Growth
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with top 10 customers, suppliers, and partners.
  • Ensure customer satisfaction by improving quality, service, and response time.
  • Identify new business opportunities, products, or markets for growth.
  • Recruit, nurture and sustain top talent within the business. Partner with site management, HR and finance for support. Direct and coordinate the promotion of products to develop new markets, increase market share, and enhance market position through strategic and entrepreneurial thinking

Qualifications & Education

• Demonstrated success in building and leading high performing teams, developing and executing growth strategies, and successfully interfacing with a direct and indirect sales team.
• Must possess a thorough understanding of the relationship between sales, manufacturing, engineering, materials, quality and purchasing with exposure in all of these areas.

• A bachelor’s degree in a business and / or technical field required. A master’s degree in business or a technical discipline preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in manufacturing and/or management of technical teams, with at least 5 years of P&L ownership.
• Experience with successful implementation of Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing principles and practices.
• Experience working for an industrial manufacturing business will be highly valued. Further, experience working in or supporting industrial customers in fields such as: medical devices, chemical, biotech/pharmaceutical, food & beverage, or instrumentation is desirable.

About The Holland Group

• The Holland Group is a private, family-owned (but not family operated) group of businesses with locations in Illinois Wisconsin, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. The family does not believe in short term ownership (i.e. buy and flip) and intends to build a business for decades to come built upon integrity, passion for action, and meaningful opportunity for its employees. The Group prides itself on being nimble, entrepreneurial, and unencumbered by “big company” items like frequent presentations, bureaucracy, and red tape. The Company deploys a best-in-class profit share program and is always looking for its next generation of leaders to shepherd it to future growth. While the combined group of businesses are currently ~$120M in annual sales, the Company strives to grow organically and via 1-2 acquisitions per year to achieve ~$400M in sales by 2030.
• Current Holland Group Businesses (as of April 2024): Holland Applied Technologies, Liquid Process Equipment (acquired 2020), Bio Fab Technologies (acquired 2023), W.A. Tompkins (acquired 2024).

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