Division Manager – Commercial Landscape Maintenance

Responsibilities

• Responsible for demonstrating and living out the company fundamentals and culture
• Models and enforces all company policies and procedures
• Monitors, mentors, and leads team in order to balance company goals with employee satisfaction
• Oversee and monitor daily production of landscape maintenance and enhancements, turf and ornamental applications, irrigation and snow removal.
• Develop delivery schedule deadlines and oversee the development of production planning and schedule creation.
• Establish staffing levels for each month based upon need.
• Ensure that jobs are completed according to contract and within budget.
• Direct Account Managers and oversee all customer accounts.
• Manage key relationships with clients in support of Account Managers.
• Work with Business Development to identify and achieve new contract maintenance sales goals.
• Works with Account Managers to ensure that Enhancement Pipelines and Sales Goals are being achieved
• Work with AM team to achieve renewal and retention goals.
• Work with Production Managers to monitor safety, quality, and productivity on an ongoing basis.
• Budget control of hours and productivity of production personnel.
• Budget control of division expenses.
• Oversee safety, training, and DOT compliance.
• Manage relationships with vendors.
• Work with the Executive Team to establish and maintain the branch’s annual budget. Responsible for performance through Contribution Margin line.
• Monitor monthly financial performance.
• Deliver timely and accurate financial reports and production data to the Executive Team.
• Administer preventive maintenance program and manage equipment repair and replacement. Work with Executive Team to evaluate equipment purchasing and set-up.
• Communicate with Human Resources to address corrective and disciplinary actions, personnel staffing needs and training needs.
• Conduct performance appraisals and compensation reviews coordinated with Human Resources.

Minimum Qualifications

• Desire 5+ years’ experience in managing multimillion-dollar business units.
• Commercial landscape maintenance experience: Most helpful.
• Excellent communication and relational skills
• A demonstrated ability to develop strong professional relationships in a business to business setting
• Basic business and financial knowledge including budgeting, margin vocabulary and dynamics and planning
• Planning ability including use of excel or other software to analyze data and do calculations
• Creative problem solver with capacity to innovate
• Team orientation
• Prepared to lead by example, roll up the sleeves and do what it takes to get the job done
• Basic Microsoft Office software skills and ability to learn other software

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business/finance
• Bilingual
• Branch Manager experience
• Landscape industry certification

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