Chief Strategy & Growth Officer

POSITION SUMMARY: The CSO of Gebhart Holdings serves as a core strategic partner to the CEO and the senior leadership team. Responsible for shaping, driving, and coordinating the company’s long-term strategy, operational growth initiatives, and data-driven decision-making across Finance, Operations, and Commercial functions.

This leader will ensure the company captures, integrates, and distills key financial, operational, and production data into clear insights and actionable plans. As the enterprise grows, it will provide oversight and disciplined execution needed to scale safely and profitably.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Strategic Leadership
• Lead long-term strategic planning aligned with growth projects.
• Serve as an integrator across Finance, Operations, and Commercial.
• Act as trusted advisor to the CEO.
• Enterprise Data, Metrics & Performance Management
• Develop a unified enterprise data framework.
• Ensure system integration across ERP/MES/production data.
• Create dashboards and reporting tools.
• Translate data into actionable recommendations.
• Operational Excellence & Throughput Optimization
• Partner with COO to improve yield, uptime, quality, and throughput.
• Champion lean manufacturing and continuous improvement.
• Ensure scaling plans align with plant capacity and constraints.
• Commercial Alignment & Growth Enablement
• Align commercial decisions with operational and financial realities.
• Support strategic customers and market initiatives.
• Evaluate new growth opportunities, product lines, and expansions.
• Financial Stewardship & Business Modeling
• Partner with CFO on scenario modeling, cost structures, and capital allocation.
• Support capital investment planning.
• Lead cross-functional performance and cost reviews.
• Leadership & Organizational Development
• Build cross-functional accountability and communication.
• Support evolution of leadership team.
• Foster culture of data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• 10+ years of manufacturing leadership experience.
• Strong experience with production, financial, and operational metrics.
• Experience in aluminum/metals/recycling, preferred.
• Background in ERP/MES/BI systems integration, preferred.
• Experience with M&A, expansions, or transformational scaling, preferred.
• MBA or advanced degree preferred.

COMPETENCIES:

• Strong experience with production, financial, and operational metrics.
• Deep understanding of inventory management, throughput, and cost drivers.
• Strong financial acumen.
• Lean/Six Sigma or similar experience.
• Excellent communication and executive presence.
• Regular and timely attendance is an expectation of the position.
• Follow the 5S foundations for deploying lean production tools and processes.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Physical Activity: Talking, hearing, repetitive motion, stooping, crouching, standing, walking, lifting, and climbing stairs.
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Visual Acuity: Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures, viewing a computer terminal, extensive reading.

CORE VALUES:

• Service – Striving to provide the best experience for our customers and suppliers by making intentional actions and decisions to benefit others.
• Organization – Possessing a fanatical commitment to operating clean, consistent, and efficient facilities.
• Growth – Dedication towards continual improvement within our journey to become a better company.
• Pride – To be proud of, and believe in, our company and the products and services we provide.