General Manager

General Manager

Job Locations

US-MN-Minneapolis

ID

2025-17385

Overview

Element has an opportunity for a General Manager to lead our Bloomington, MN location. Reporting directly to the Division Director, the General Manager will have full profit and loss (P&L) accountability and act as the chief business leader for the site. This role requires a results-driven individual with a strong focus on financial performance, operational excellence, and workforce leadership to consistently drive performance beyond budgeted expectations.

Responsibilities

Own and exceed financial performance targets, including revenue, EBITDA, working capital, and cash flow.

• Act as a business owner for the site, responsible for all strategic, operational, and financial outcomes.
• Lead development and execution of business plans to drive profitable growth, operational scalability, and long-term sustainability.
• Rigorously manage budgeting, forecasting, cost controls, and performance metrics to optimize margin and maximize value.
• Ensure operational efficiency and workforce productivity through proactive planning, resource allocation, and continuous improvement.
• Lead workforce planning and management, including hiring, scheduling, performance evaluation, and resource development.
• Build and foster a culture of safety, accountability, and respect, where employees feel valued, included, and empowered to perform at their best.
• Champion employee engagement and well-being, ensuring a positive and professional work environment that supports retention and morale.
• Invest in people development by identifying talent, providing meaningful feedback, and supporting training, career paths, and internal advancement opportunities.
• Cultivate strong relationships with key accounts while pursuing strategic growth opportunities in alignment with market and customer needs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Quality, EHS, Finance, HR, Sales, and Technical teams to drive integrated success.
• Serve as a visible, values-based leader, representing the company with professionalism to employees, customers, partners, and community stakeholders.
• Ensure full compliance with Element policies and applicable local, state, and federal regulations.

Skills / Qualifications

Company Overview

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to 'Make tomorrow safer than today'.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

Diversity Statement

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming "the world's most trusted testing partner".

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following : age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.