General Manager
Company: Teichert, Inc.
Location: Sparks
Posted on: January 23, 2023
Job Description:
Position Description The General Manager is responsible for
directing and managing the overall company. This includes but is
not limited to ensuring employee safety, optimizing operations,
complying with environmental standards, improving product quality,
and maximizing profitability. The ability to motivate, inspire and
foster teamwork will be extremely important to success in this
role. In addition to ensuring compliance with legal, moral, and
common-sense standards, the General Manager is also expected to be
involved in community and industry organizations.
Benefits include medical, dental and vision insurance, 401k with
company match, paid time off, paid holidays, expense reimbursement,
an employee assistance program, and an educational assistance
program. For the right individual the company is willing to help
with moving expenses so don't let living outside the area deter you
from applying for this great opportunity.
*You must be able to pass all pre-employee screenings and have a
valid driver's license. We encourage qualified minority, female,
veteran, and disabled candidates to apply.
Job Requirements
- Excellent people management skills. Must have the ability to
effectively build teams, recruit, orient, coach, counsel, and
discipline when necessary
- Ability to effectively communicate values, strategies, and
objectives
- Possess a sound understanding of the readymix concrete business
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- Ability to assign accountabilities and appraise job
results
- Ability to foster a culture of continuous improvement, where
opinions count regardless of position or title
- Possess a sound understanding of good business practices,
including knowledge of P&L statements, industry specific KPI's,
capital planning and business expansion
- Ability to effectively set and meet safety, production, sales,
and financial goals
- Ability to understand and communicate effectively with upper
management, co-workers and subordinates
- Ability to manage an effective safety program and improve
results
- A valid driver's license
- Other duties as assigned Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) from a four-year college or
university with at least five (5) years related experience and/or
training; or, equivalent combination of education and
experience.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Proficient working knowledge of Microsoft Office products,
Command Series products, Kronos, Viewpoint and other computer
systems
- Solid understanding of government regulations and demonstrated
ability to impact safe working practices. Essential Duties and
Responsibilities
- Clearly demonstrated leadership characteristics, inclusive of
planning and scheduling skills necessary to manage ready-mix
operations
- Effective and proactive administration of the safety program to
ensure compliance with rules and regulations, including but not
limited to root cause analysis
- Manage direct reports within established policies and
procedures
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and teamwork
- Involvement in the preparation and explanation of detailed
monthly financial reporting and analysis of key performance
indicators
- Accuracy in budgeting (e.g. sales volumes, raw material and
labor costs, margin and income)
- Effectively interact with governmental and regulatory agencies,
customers, co-workers, visitors, vendors, management and neighbors
as required
- Basic math and computer skills are essential
- Willingness to work non-standard hours as required to meet
expectations as outlined
- Attend industry specific training events at discretion of
executive management
- Involvement in local, regional, and national industry specific
professional organizations
- Ability to effectively adapt to changing conditions
- Other duties as assigned by upper management Physical
Requirements
- This position will entail dealing with stressful situations and
may require long hours
- Employee must be able to function in an office environment as
well as the company's industrial environment, including the
environmental conditions described below and the physical demands
of working at the plant and jobsite (e.g. standing, walking,
sitting, stooping, kneeling, climbing, crouching, or crawling)
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- Lifting objects at times and under adverse conditions
- Employee will be required to sit, reach with hands and arms,
talk, and hear
- Occasional use of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) Work
Environment
- May be exposed to plant environmental conditions which include
wet or humid conditions, working near moving mechanical parts,
working at height, possibly near fumes or airborne particles, toxic
or caustic chemicals, outdoor weather conditions, extreme cold and
extreme heat (non-weather)
- Industrial risks include noise, dust, electrical and machine
risks, large equipment and vehicles, and occasional work in
enclosed spaces
- The employee will be required to push, lift, pull, or carry
objects; use abdominal and lower back muscles to provide physical
support to operations as needed
- Good manual dexterity (hand with arm, two hands and multi-limb
coordination)
- Winter driving will be a required during normal winter
months
- Must be able to visit and walk around customer project sites,
handle customer complaints and respond to safety concerns
Notices
Please note: Teichert and its subsidiaries are proud to be an equal
opportunity workplace. Individuals seeking employment at our
company are considered without regards to age, ancestry, color,
race, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical
conditions), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation,
genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or
physical disability, national origin, protected family care or
medical leave status, religion, military or veteran status, or any
other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Teichert is an E-Verify company.
Notice to Staffing Agencies
Teichert, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Teichert") will not accept
unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a
candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Teichert, including
unsolicited resumes sent to a Teichert mailing address, fax machine
or email address, directly to Teichert employees, or to Teichert's
resume database will be considered Teichert property. Teichert will
NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an
unsolicited resume. Teichert will consider any candidate for whom
an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred
by the Agency free of any charges or fees. Agencies must obtain
advance written approval from Teichert's recruiting function to
submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid
fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific
job opening. Teichert will not pay a fee to any Agency that does
not have such agreement in place. Agency agreements will only be
valid if in writing and signed by Teichert's Human Resources
Representative or his/ her designee. No other Teichert employee is
authorized to bind Teichert to any agreement regarding the
placement of candidates by Agencies.
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