Chief Operating Officer

Teamjck.com•Eugene, OR

About The Position

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is responsible for executing the business plan and achieving P&L objectives. This role involves leading and managing the leadership team to ensure they meet their commitments, integrating all major operating functions, and fostering a cohesive team environment. The COO must effectively resolve issues, maintain consistency with company processes, and demonstrate strong project management skills. A key aspect of this role is ensuring alignment with the company's values, focus, simplicity, and clarity. The COO collaborates closely with the Visionary, translating their ideas into functional plans and ensuring effective communication throughout the organization.

Requirements

Proven ability to execute business plans and achieve P&L objectives.
Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to hold a team accountable.
Experience in integrating diverse operating functions.
Effective problem-solving skills, including managing conflict.
Ability to ensure team health, functionality, and cohesion.
Experience in ensuring adherence to company processes and operating systems.
Demonstrated project management skills.
Obsession with values alignment, focus, simplicity, and clarity.
Strong collaboration and communication skills, particularly with a Visionary role.
Ability to translate visionary ideas into functional plans.
Skill in cascading key messages and ensuring organizational communication.

Responsibilities

Faithfully executes the business plan, achieving or exceeding planned P&L objectives.
Leads, manages, and holds the leadership team accountable for achieving agreed-upon commitments.
Integrates all major operating functions of the business, ensuring everyone is rowing together in the same direction.
Models the way, always working toward the greater good of the business.
Resolves issues effectively—seeing real problems, being comfortable with conflict, calling out the problems, and solving the problems in a practical and healthy manner.
Ensures the leadership team is healthy, functional, and cohesive.
Ensures that everyone is truly following, and adhering to, the company’s core processes and operating system with consistency.
Demonstrates effective project management skills.
Dependably demonstrates a relentless obsession with values alignment, focus, simplicity, and clarity.
Effectively collaborates with the Visionary and stays on the same page.
Maintains a high level of mutual respect with the Visionary.
Realizes the unique contributions and ideas that the Visionary has, and possesses an ability to filter and translate those ideas into functional plans for the company.
Confirms that all key messages are properly and consistently cascaded across the organization.
Inherently ensures that everyone is in the know.
Verifies that a high level of effective communication exists throughout the organization.