POSITION: General Manager
About the role:
As a General Manager at Laird Plastics, you will operate with an entrepreneurial mindset to develop and execute both the vision and the strategy for your business. Empowered by our decentralized model, you will be provided opportunities to stretch your sales and leadership skills. The General Manager is responsible for the entire strategic business plan, sales goals, financial decisions, inventory management, warehouse operations, personnel management, and more.
Our motto is: Simple, easy, basic, fast, agile, profitable. Are you a well-rounded business leader who has a passion for developing people, driving a team toward success, and cultivating life changing profit share for you and your team?
What you'll do:
• Drive the sales growth, operations, and financial performance of a multi-million-dollar business by developing & executing a growth-oriented sales plan focused on servicing our diverse markets
• Manage full P&L and local forecasting responsibility
• Partner with key suppliers in assigned geography to optimize the relationship and supply chain
• Establish team sales goals and objectives, measure performance, provide feedback, and develop talent
• Establish pricing strategy and local stock management strategies to meet market needs and grow the business
• Operate with an entrepreneurial mindset & demonstrate excellent visionary leadership
• Promote an empowered local culture that attracts and retains top talent
We are looking for passionate leaders who bring initiative and creativity while putting the customer at the center
of all they do!
What you'll need:
• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• Advanced inside and outside sales experience; minimum 5 years
• Proven ability to lead & manage a sales force
• Knowledge of inventory management practices & processes
• Precise ability to analyze and interpret financial reports
• Demonstrated sales leadership practices & procedures
• Exceptional interpersonal and negotiation skills
• High level of honesty, integrity, and professionalism
How does Laird Plastics support you?
Benefits: We offer a competitive base salary, uncapped and lucrative Profit-Sharing program, dental,
medical, and life insurance, 401k with matching benefits, tuition reimbursement program available to all employees, paid maternity and paternity leave, opportunities for growth and career advancement, and best in class training and development programs.
