General Manager - Architectural Products/Construction at Somerville

Job Description

General Manager

 

Our client, a privately held provider of workplace solutions, offering interior architectural products, furniture and furnishings for use in commercial, educational and laboratory settings. Reporting to the President, the General Manager will be responsible for overseeing and leading the Architectural Products division (Laboratory casework business).  The General Manager will have full profit and loss responsibility for the division, establishing and achieving business objectives for the Division while focusing on driving internal performance improvements & division profitability.

• Provide leadership by directing and coordinating activities of the division for which responsibility is delegated to further attainment of goals and objectives. 
• Ensures that proper financial, operational controls and metrics are in place
• Establish process controls that ensure customer quality and overall satisfaction-utilizing people, process and technology
• Provide a strategy to define standard operating procedures and adherence by directing root cause analysis that drives corrective action and improvement plans
• The General Manger, will provide leadership and direction for the division’s Engineering, Project Management, Estimating, Sales and General Services departments
• In order to support the corporate strategy, the General Manager will oversee design standards, procedures, financial controls and measures to drive process behaviors, ensure effective bid processing, profitable change order capturing, through to final project close out and collection of funds 
• Champions process improvement initiatives utilizing Lean Sigma methods to assess current processes restructure existing systems and insuring process and system metrics are in place to support the corporate growth strategy
• Coach’s the sales and operating groups in the development of simplified methods and analysis used to make effective and profitable business decisions
• Reviews analysis of activities, costs, operations, and forecast data to assess and ensure the division’s profitability and progress against goals and objectives
• Participates in evaluating project variances, risks and errors and identifies the resources required to solve problems, implement solutions and measures results to drive employee involvement, process effectiveness and increased profitability
• Promotes & support relationships with major suppliers and customers in conjunction with sales leaders.

 

 

 

Job Requirements

EDUCATION:

Undergraduate degree required.  (Engineering or Finance degree is preferred (or equivalent years of experience)

 

 

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

5+ years of business leadership experience in the construction management industry or specialty contractor industries

 

 

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Microsoft Office, MS Project
• Experience with Construction Accounting & construction progress billing (Timberline software & lab casework product experience a plus)
• Strong operational focus – Lean Sigma continuous improvement implementation
• Detail oriented with a strong Technical /analytical aptitude
• Strong communicator and mentor that earns trust with all internal personnel and outside vendors, general contractors and end users 
• Proactive, decisive and results driven leader who is an adaptable team player with seasoned business judgment

For more information please send resume with salary requirements.

Country: USA, State: New Jersey, City: Somerville, Company: The Assurance Group.