General Manager - Cabinet Doors

General Manager – Custom Manufacturing

Location: Greater Austin, TX
Schedule: Primarily Monday–Friday, daytime operations; occasional overtime or Saturday support during peak periods

The Opportunity

A growing, established custom building-products manufacturer is seeking an experienced General Manager to lead a critical manufacturing operation through its next stage of growth.

This is a highly visible leadership opportunity for a hands-on operational leader who knows how to improve quality, increase throughput, build accountability, and earn the trust of a production workforce .

Demand for the company's products is strong. The opportunity now is to strengthen operational performance so the organization can fully capitalize on that demand. The incoming General Manager will have a meaningful mandate to stabilize operations, remove production constraints, improve product quality, and build the capacity needed to support continued growth.

The right leader will not manage solely from an office—or through an iron fist. This position requires someone who is comfortable on the plant floor, understands the realities of custom manufacturing, and can hold people accountable while coaching, developing, and motivating the team.

Key Priorities

The General Manager will be responsible for improving overall operational performance, with an immediate focus on quality and production throughput .

Key objectives include:

• Improve product quality and reduce defects, rework, and customer-impacting issues.
• Increase manufacturing efficiency, capacity, and throughput to meet growing customer demand.
• Identify and eliminate operational bottlenecks that constrain sales and revenue growth.
• Improve on-time delivery while maintaining high standards for custom craftsmanship.
• Establish clear expectations, operating disciplines, metrics, and accountability throughout production.
• Build trust and engagement across the workforce while raising performance expectations.
• Develop supervisors and production leaders into stronger, more accountable people managers.
• Create a sustainable culture of continuous improvement without sacrificing the organization's employee-focused environment.
• Partner effectively with sales and other functional leaders to align operational capacity with customer demand.
• Ensure the operation has the people, processes, equipment, and discipline required to perform consistently at a high level.

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate is an accomplished manufacturing and operations leader who combines strong business acumen with exceptional people leadership.

Key qualifications include:

• Significant General Manager, Plant Manager, manufacturing, or operations leadership experience.
• Demonstrated success improving quality, productivity, throughput, and on-time delivery .
• Experience leading operational improvements or turning around an underperforming manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of production planning, labor utilization, capacity, workflow, quality systems, and continuous improvement.
• A hands-on leadership style and willingness to maintain a strong presence on the production floor.
• Ability to establish accountability while earning credibility and respect across all levels of the organization.
• Proven ability to coach, develop, and motivate manufacturing teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an ability to translate operating data into action.
• Experience supporting a growing organization where operational capacity directly affects sales and customer satisfaction.
• A track record of balancing operational discipline with a positive, employee-focused culture.

Experience in cabinetry, doors, architectural millwork, custom building products, wood products, or another high-mix/custom manufacturing environment is highly desirable.

Leadership Profile

Success in this role will require more than technical manufacturing expertise. The organization is looking for a leader who can walk onto the production floor, quickly understand what is happening, ask the right questions, and bring people together around a higher standard of performance.

The successful candidate will be:

• Hands-on: Visible and engaged in day-to-day operations.
• Accountable: Comfortable setting expectations and following through.
• People-focused: Able to build trust rather than relying solely on authority.
• Data-driven: Uses metrics and operating disciplines to identify problems and measure improvement.
• Action-oriented: Quickly identifies priorities and translates them into measurable results.
• Growth-minded: Understands how operational performance enables sales and business growth.
• Quality-driven: Takes pride in delivering products that meet demanding customer expectations.

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to make a measurable impact on an established manufacturer at an important point in its growth.

The incoming General Manager will join a business with strong customer demand and meaningful upside from operational improvement . Improvements in quality, throughput, and delivery performance will directly influence customer satisfaction, revenue opportunities, and the company's ability to continue growing.

The organization also offers:

• A senior leadership role with significant influence and visibility.
• The opportunity to lead meaningful operational improvements rather than simply maintain the status quo.
• An established business with a track record of growth.
• A collaborative, employee-focused working environment.
• Primarily Monday–Friday daytime operations.
• Competitive executive-level compensation and incentive opportunity.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k).
• Paid time off.
• Long-term career opportunity with a growing organization.

The Impact You Can Make

For a leader who enjoys building high-performing teams, improving manufacturing operations, and solving complex business challenges , this role offers a compelling opportunity.

The mission is straightforward: build an operation that consistently delivers exceptional quality, performs at its full potential, meets customer commitments, and creates the capacity necessary for continued growth.