We're in search of an accomplished General Manager to oversee the entire operation at Roadside, lead the local team, and boost sales. This position will prioritize enhancing efficiency and fostering growth in inventory management, sales strategies, and profitability.
The General Manager will also uphold compliance standards, ensure site safety, offer guidance, and support to employees, and manage inventory procurement and levels. Success in this role hinges on effective communication with team members, internal departments, and external vendors.
Leadership Responsibilities:
- Recruit, interview, select, and train staff.
- Supervise the daily operations of the location.
- Conduct constructive and timely performance evaluations and provide on-the-job coaching.
- Contribute to maintaining the safety, health, and well-being of all team members, customers, and individuals associated with the location(s).
- Manage disciplinary actions and terminations of team members following company policy.
Operational Responsibilities:
- Oversee all facets of location management, encompassing production, sales, design, customer service, inventory, delivery, safety, and administrative tasks.
- Drive sales and boost location performance.
- Reinforce safety protocols to ensure compliance with OSHA and DOT regulations and foster a safe workplace.
- Directly manage team members, providing guidance, evaluation, and coordination of location efforts.
- Strategize and execute plans to achieve operational and financial targets for the location.
- Collaborate with peers and senior management to establish operating budgets and propose capital expenditures for locations.
- Work with HR to assess performance, administer rewards, recognize achievements, and manage disciplinary actions.
- Inspire and train employees, fostering a productive team environment.
Our Ideal Candidate Skills:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to lead, motivate, and develop team members.
- Good organizational skills and the ability to multitask.
- Exceptional customer service skills.
- Strong listening and influencing skills.
- Ability to achieve targets with a strong skillset in sales and driving performance.
- Strong relationship management skills.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and LBM ERP Software.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelors degree in business administration or related discipline from four-year college or university (may be substituted for relevant work experience)
- Four years related leadership work experience in the lumber or building materials industry.
- Knowledge of, or experience in, the following areas of building materials: procurement, inventory management, finance.
What We Do
Building Industry Partners (“BIP”) is the leading private equity investment firm focused on the U.S. building industry. Founded by Matt Ogden in 2008, BIP is headquartered in Boston, with operating partners and advisors across the U.S.
Our purpose is to build exceptional and enduring businesses, generate world class investment returns, and contribute to elevating the building industry and its workforce through people-focused investment & business principles.
We help to build exceptional businesses, to realize the entrepreneurial visions of the industry's rising stars, and to increase shared prosperity amongst shareholders, management, and our broader workforce through broad-based employee ownership.
Over the past decade, BIP is proud to have been part of building some of the fastest growing and most dynamic businesses in the U.S. building industry’s middle market, including U.S. LBM Holdings, Kodiak Building Partners, Homewood Holdings, and U.S. Fence Solutions/Binford Supply.
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