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SalaryLeads all sales, installation, service, and administrative functions of two entities, Livingston Fire and Protection based in Hyattsville, MD and Professional Fire and Security based in Assonet, MA. Responsible for building the organizational capabilities to deliver sustained, profitable growth and other business objectives.
The General Manager (GM) communicates values, strategies, and objectives. The GM improves organizational effectiveness by hiring, retaining, performance managing and developing the local leadership team. The GM is responsible for developing a culture of customer service, performance and collaboration while maintaining the highest levels of integrity and safety.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Develop business growth plans by studying the market, customers, and the company. Effectively prioritize and implement the plan.
- Accomplish subsidiary objectives by establishing plans, budgets, and measurements of results. Allocates resources, drives accountability, reviews progress, and makes mid-course corrections.
- Coordinate efforts by establishing cross functional policies and practices; coordinate actions with corporate staff where appropriate.
- Build company image by collaborating with customers, government, community organizations and employees while enforcing ethical business practices.
- Maintain quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
- Provides hands-on leadership in Business Development and execution.
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:
The GM oversees and directs the daily operations of the multiple sites across Ontario. This includes administering a variety of business functions such as human resources, operations, sales, engineering, and finance.
- Following the organization?s goals and objectives, the GM administers policies and work-related procedures for their operational area. This includes but is not limited to HR functions such as the employee handbook, hiring, discipline and assignment of employee responsibilities.
- Ensure the success of daily operations by appointing supervisors and management staff in different departments.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory agencies.
- Oversee and manage projects to ensure they are completed in accordance with project deadlines and budgets.
- Schedule and plan projects; assign responsibilities to managers, supervisors, and employees.
- Motivate, develop, instruct, and direct people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Openly communicate with staff to be kept aware of issues that arise during projects and ensure they are resolved.
- Prepare annual budgets for approval by other top executives of the organization.
- Ensure that the site operates within the approved financial budget and see that goals are met.
- Develop and execute ways to cut spending and advocate for new services, products, or functions of the branch/sites to obtain the funding required to improve productivity and profitability.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, benchmarking state of the art practices and participating in professional societies.
- Contribute to overall team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
