Plant Manager, General Manager, Operations Director (297682) Masters, Black Belt / CNC Machining, Fabrication, Welding, Injection & Blow Molding, Extrusion, Assembly, Mixing/Blending, Painting, Robotics, Warehousing & DC operations / Will Relo

Turnaround-focused Plant Manager / GM with 20+ years of leadership experience across automotive, aerospace, plastics, metals, capital equipment, packaging, electronics, and defense manufacturing. He has full P&L ownership experience, has led multi-site and international operations, and is repeatedly brought in to fix underperforming plants, improving margins, delivery, safety, and throughput while reducing labor, scrap, and working capital.He has a Masters degree, is a Six Sigma Black Belt and an Adjunct Professor for Operations, Lean, Six Sigma, and Supply Chain.

He is equally strong on the floor and in the boardroom, combining Lean / Six Sigma rigor with financial discipline and hands-on leadership. If you need a Plant Manager or GM who can step into a messy operation and deliver measurable results fast, He is a low-risk, high-impact leader with a long track record of doing exactly that.  Let’s be clear. When a manufacturing operation is missing numbers, bleeding margin, or stuck in chaos, what it needs is not another meeting or consultant; it needs a leader who knows how to take control, restore discipline, and deliver results. Lee Goldberg is that leader. He is highly accomplished in running plants, owning P&Ls, and fixing broken operations across aerospace, automotive, plastics, metals, and capital equipment manufacturing. When performance is unacceptable, He steps in, stabilizes the floor, holds people accountable, and drives measurable improvement in safety, delivery, margins, and cash flow. This is not theory. This is execution.

Roles He Excels In

• Plant Manager / Site Leader
• General Manager
• Director / VP of Operations
• Turnaround & Integration Leader
• Multi-Site Manufacturing Leader

Operational Pain Points → Proven Impact

Industry Pain Point	LG’s Track Record
Plants missing delivery commitments	Improved OTIF from 35% → 80% during turnaround
Bloated labor & poor productivity	Reduced labor up to 35% while increasing output 50%
Margin erosion & weak EBIT	Delivered $5MM+ turnaround, 30% margin improvement, multiple $500K–$650K annual gains
High scrap & poor yield	Improved yield 70% → 90%, scrap reductions up to 25%
Safety incidents & culture issues	Reduced recordables 70–90%, eliminated lost-time accidents
Excess inventory & weak cash flow	Reduced WIP, improved inventory turns, strengthened working capital
Disconnected ops & supply chain	Consolidated supply chain, renegotiated vendors, improved absorption
No CI discipline	Implemented Lean OS, SQDC, Gemba, TPM, SMED, Kanban, Kaizen

Turnaround & Growth Highlights

• General Manager – ST Engineering / VT Hackney
  • Labor ↓ 35%, production ↑ 50%
  • Gross margin ↑ 30%
  • OTIF ↑ from 35% to 80%
  • Past due backlog ↓ from $1.2MM to $300K
  • Recordables ↓ 70%, lost-time accidents eliminated
• Plant Manager – ACS Group
  • Full P&L responsibility
  • Improved yield 70% → 90%
  • Reduced costs $5MM+
  • Integrated multi-state plant consolidation
• Honeywell – Site Leader
  • Awarded Honeywell Silver Certification
  • Delivered $500K annual cost reductions
  • Downtime ↓ 60% via TPM & SMED
  • OTTR improved 80% → 94%

OPERATIONS EXPERIENCE

• Managing International Mfg.
• Leading Multiple Site Manufacturing Operations
• Greenfield & Brownfield Plants
• Automating Manufacturing Processes
• Consolidating Multiple Plant Operations
• Shuttering Plant Operations
• Relocating Manufacturing Plants
• Unionized & Non-Union Plants
• Plastics Extrusion
• Plastic Mfg.
• Industrial Mixing Machines
• Plastic Processing Equipment
• Rubber Extrusion / Injection Molding / Compression Molding
• Heavy Truck / Equipment Mfg.
• Tier 1 / Tier 2 Mfg.
• Automotive Mfg.
• Equipment Mfg.
• Electronics Mfg.
• Packaging Mfg.
• Aerospace Mfg.
• Contract / Toll Mfg.
• Assembly Operations
• Blending / Mixing Operations
• High Volume CNC Machining Operations
• Stamping Operations
• Injection Molding Operations
• Blow Molding Operations
• Extrusion Operations
• Assembly Line Operations
• Fabrication Operations
• Painting Operations
• Welding Operations
• Warehousing Operations
• DC Operations
• MRO
• Electromechanical Assembly for Aerospace / Telecom / Medical / Automotive

EDUCATION

• M.S., Management, National Louis University. Evanston, IL
• B.A., Loyola University. Chicago, IL
• TPM, University of Illinois
• LEAN Six Sigma Black Belt, Villanova University
• Green Belt, Honeywell HOS
• Advanced Lean Concepts and Principles, Purdue University
• Green Belt, Purdue University
• Theory of Constraints, MSOE