President/General Manager Jobs

This Company was established in 1970 and is private equity owned. Currently has a healthy cash flow position along with strong financial backing. Through a re-invigorated sales and marketing program, the Company is experiencing an ever-expanding pipeline and is landing new jobs at a rapid rate with increasing margins.

As a result, the management team and its board of directors are now seeking to take the Company into a new phase of growth and increased profitability and is looking for its next President.

We are searching for someone who is not only a visionary leader that can set strategic initiatives in motion, but also someone with sound sales and engineering capability to facilitate the sale execution with highly technical products and solutions.

The person will have the support and collaboration of the highly engaged Company team, including highly motivated managers, shareholders, and board of directors. The chosen individual will play a critical role in the plan to sustainably double or triple Company revenues over the next few years.

Our ideal General Manager/President Designate will have the below responsibilities:

· Leverage existing contacts to win new and repeat business.

· Manage the timelines and budgets to ultimately deliver profitable projects.

· Coordinate and direct projects, making detailed plans to accomplish goals and directing the integration of technical activities.

· Liaise with the board of directors, management, engineering staff and subcontractors to discuss project specifications and procedures.

· Recruit employees and assign, direct, and evaluate their work; and oversee the development and maintenance of staff competence.

· Review and approve contracts and cost estimates.

· Present and explain beneficial insights, proposals, reports, and findings to clients.

· Build a culture of social selling and collaborate with the sales department on the advancement of digital marketing.

· Monthly/Quarterly reporting to the Board of Directors.

· Prepare budgets, reports and strategic plans for management and the Board of Directors.

· Grow the business’ enterprise value and provide a satisfactory shareholder return whilst making a difference to society and the people around you. This can be incredibly satisfying and outstanding performance within the company and the bonus structure is designed to reward accordingly.

Our ideal President/General Manager would have the below skills/attributes:

· Excellent leadership and persuasion skills.

· Ability to motivate and grow a dedicated 40-person local team.

· Results oriented management style that encourages and rewards contributions from employees at all levels.

· Effective communicator to people at all levels that fosters an environment of respect and openness.

· The ability to tap into the experience and knowledge of the front-line work force to foster ownership and continuous improvement.

· Ability to identify business risks and devise strategies to capitalize on business opportunities.

· Well-rounded business acumen including

• Proven experience within a sales role/Business Development role
• Qualified engineer with a recognized professional qualification.
• Strong understanding of the Bulk Materials Handling sector

o Business Development

o Manufacturing Efficiency Transformation

o Process Improvement and Documentation

o Quality Systems Implementation

o Capex

o Safety and Environmental

o Contracting and Legal

o Finance and Accounting

o Supply Chain Management

o Human Resources and Organization Development

· Technical Competence and Leadership: Experience leading an engineered product manufacturing organization that serves a sales organization.

· Demonstrated problem solving qualities that will build upon a collaborative, can-do environment.

Why choose us:

· Our team has domestic and international operations and is comprised of smart and talented individuals who work hard and play hard. In this role, you would have the opportunity to enhance and continue to build upon our culture.

It’s a common story . . . at the beginning of 2019 the long-term, privately held company had a not-invented-here, this-is-the-way-we-have-always-done-it-culture. With the onset of new private equity owners, necessity became the mother of re-invention. Surprisingly, the non-owner managers embraced and even welcomed the need for change. Many of their good ideas had been suppressed over the years. When they were challenged by new management and encouraged to express their ideas everything changed . . . for the better!

With literally hundreds of years of experience building the products and the addition of certain key skillsets, there is nothing this team cannot accomplish!

· This is a key role in a rapidly growing company that has the full support of the entire management team. Your innovative ideas are welcome!

· Great pay structure including base and bonus along

· Great benefits including Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance and 401K.

· We believe in growing and developing talent within the business and our private equity firm will ensure you are mentored effectively and given every opportunity to develop your career with us.