General Manager General Admin
About The Position
The General Manager manages all aspects of the location to achieve maximum sales and profits with available resources. This includes oversight of sales, operations, production, delivery, purchasing, and inventory control, as well as responsibility for daily operations and location financial performance. The role leads staffing and employee development, including recruiting, hiring, training, employee retention, performance measures, and successor management development. The General Manager also oversees equipment and vehicle maintenance, recommends capital improvements, supports safety compliance, and communicates and enforces company policies and procedures, including applicable Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. The General Manager supervises subordinate supervisors across various departments and directs, coordinates, and evaluates those units. The position requires a bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience, four years of related managerial experience or training, and prior experience in the building materials industry. Travel varies by location from 10% to 25%.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university, four years of related managerial experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Prior experience in the building materials industry.
- Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- Travel requirements range from 10% to 25%, depending on location.
- Ability to regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel and to talk or hear; frequently stand, walk, sit, reach, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
- Demonstrated problem-solving, interpersonal, oral communication, credibility, visionary influence, staff management, cost consciousness, and judgment competencies.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the location’s sales, operations, production, delivery, purchasing, and inventory control.
- Manage the location’s daily operations and use relevant functions and reports from the Online system.
- Develop and implement inventory control programs to meet inventory-level and inventory-turn goals.
- Participate in recruiting, hiring, and training; develop staffing measures to reduce turnover and increase profits.
- Motivate employees, maintain a productive workforce, and train successor management.
- Review and approve wage and salary increases and establish objectives and performance measures.
- Recommend capital improvements based on forecasted demand, equipment efficiency, and related considerations.
- Establish a cost-effective vehicle and equipment maintenance program; report obsolete equipment or facilities and recommend replacements or improvements.
- Support company safety initiatives and ensure compliance with OSHA and DOT requirements.
- Communicate and enforce company policies, procedures, and applicable Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
- Act as a liaison between employees and management to foster a healthy work environment.
- Obtain customer satisfaction feedback.
- Manage budget accountability and reporting in support of company financial goals.
- Establish standard costs, operating budgets, and acceptable inventory levels; monitor expenses and develop methods to improve financial performance.
- Direct, coordinate, and evaluate subordinate supervisors and their departments.
- Interview, hire, train, assign, and direct employees; appraise performance, reward and discipline employees, address complaints, and resolve problems.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
