Join Bell Partners and be a difference maker.
At Bell Partners, our mission is to be the apartment company of choice by creating value and honoring commitments to our residents, partners, and associates. We proudly serve our community of 85,000+ homes across 13 states and the District of Columbia. As stewards entrusted to contribute with care and appreciation, our 2,000 associates succeed in a dynamic space where everyone impacts. We take pride in producing outstanding results and fostering a work environment that allows everyone to contribute to their fullest potential. We rise above industry standards when every associate embraces their unique role and seizes the opportunity to make an impact.
As a General Manager with Bell, you will be the business leader and fiscal decision-maker of the property. You will oversee the entire operation including staff performance, resident satisfaction, and financial success.The General Manager is responsible for ensuring that the property is properly staffed and managed to provide an optimal return to investors. Additionally, this position also has specific training and experience to oversee multiple managers and provide guidance on operating and financial issues to those managers. The General Manger is instrumental in helping Bell Partners deliver its promise to owners and investors, by always delivering superior customer service and exemplifying professionalism.
What we can offer you:
- • Opportunities for career growth
- • Total rewards benefits package
- • Family health insurance, 401(k) match, Vacation, Personal Days, and Sick time
- • Customized training programs
- • Associate referral bonus plan
- • Diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment
- • A culture that empowers you to make a difference
What you’ll do to make a difference:
- • Lead, direct, and control all facets of the community to ensure quality services and a high degree of customer satisfaction by Bell Operations standards and policies, while working within budgetary guidelines
- • Generate income through leading the sales team, monitoring market conditions, controlling budget, attracting residents, and retaining them through superior customer service
- • Hire, manage, and develop associates to ensure community performance and adequate staffing
- • Work with owner/investment partners to maintain and improve the value of assets
- • Provide oversight of the annual budget process for each community and conduct monthly meetings with on-site leadership to keep them apprised of current issues
- • Assist with renovation and execution plans as needed, and report accidents/property incidents promptly
- • Review the financial operations monthly; review variance reports and provide explanations of variance
- • Evaluate market conditions with each Leasing Manager to determine unit prices in accordance with the market and budgeted goals
- • Develop strategies to market and showcase the property to prospective residents in conjunction with the Leasing Staff and Corporate Marketing Department
- • Obtain bids for all contract services and oversee routine capital project
- • Maintain the physical asset through weekly inspections of all properties
- • Enforce adherence to all laws, including but not limited to Fair Housing and OSHA
- • Regular attendance and punctuality
What you bring to our team:
- • Understanding of and alignment with Bell Core Values
- • BA/BS in Business, Hospitality, Property Management, or a related field
- • At least 3 years of multi-state apartment experience required, with a minimum of portfolio of 1,500 units of 4 or more properties
- • Working knowledge of tenant and eviction laws, and Fair Housing Laws
- • Third-party management experience preferred
- • Yardi software, MS Excel, Word, Outlook experience preferred
- • Excellent oral and written communication skills
- • Strong financial management skills and well-versed in budgeting and forecasting
- • Strong interpersonal skills to develop and enhance business relationships
- • Sales and marketing experience to include sales training and goal setting, market analysis, market plan creation, and implementation
- • Strong leadership and management skills to include recruiting, hiring, team building, coaching, and mentoring skills
- • Effective team building and good decision-making
- • Ability to build credibility and trust with owners/stakeholders
Physical requirements of the job:
- Walking, bending, reaching, climbing, and lifting to 30 lbs.
- Ability to work with mechanical and electrical equipment, as well as hazardous materials
- Must be comfortable with heights and moving heavy objects
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About Bell Partners
Our purpose at Bell Partners is to create communities our residents are proud to call home. We currently own or manage over 85,000 homes in North America and continue to grow. Our people are the most important part of our company. We believe in building a culture that encourages our associates to invest in and serve one another, while pushing each other to take risks, allowing us to grow together and make a difference.
Join Bell to be a difference maker. Apply today!
Bell Partners reserves the right to amend this job description at any time. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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What We Do
Established in 1976, Bell Partners Inc. (“Bell Partners” or the “Company”) is a privately held, vertically integrated apartment investment and management company focused on high-quality multifamily communities throughout the United States. Bell Partners is a best in class apartment operator, with nearly 70,000 homes across 13 states and the District of Columbia, and is one of the largest apartment renovators in the industry. The Company has over 1,600 associates and 11 offices (including its headquarters in Greensboro, NC) and offers an extensive and full service operating platform containing expertise in acquisitions and dispositions, financing, property operations, accounting, risk management and all other related support functions. Bell Partners is led by a senior management team with an average of over 20 years of experience that has invested throughout all phases of the real estate cycle and has helped the Company complete over $22 billion of apartment transactions since 2002.
