Vice President of Operations
Milwaukee, WI - USA
Job Summary
VP OF OPERATIONS FOR LANDSCAPE & SNOW
The Vice President of Operations leads operational strategy consistency of execution efficiency and growth while overseeing multi-branch operations performing multiple services (maintenance construction snow). This role will manage large budgets/teams ensure quality & safety drive KPIs mentor district leaders and integrate acquisitions while focusing on the execution of high-level business plans to achieve financial goals.
Requirements:
The Vice President of Operations leads operational strategy consistency of execution efficiency and growth while overseeing multi-branch operations performing multiple services (maintenance construction snow). This role will manage large budgets/teams ensure quality & safety drive KPIs mentor district leaders and integrate acquisitions while focusing on the execution of high-level business plans to achieve financial goals.
- Scope:Manages/leads multiple districts not just single sites.
- Focus:Strategic vision process optimization and cross-functional leadership.
- Impact:Drives revenue profitability and company-wide operational excellence.
- Strategic Leadership:
- Develop and implement operational strategies to achieve goals for growth profitability and efficiency across all divisions (maintenance enhancements snow).
- Partner with sales/account management to ensure contract execution and service delivery align with client expectations across all divisions.
- Support integration of new acquisitions into the operational model and reporting systems.
- Operational Oversight:
- Support day-to-day operations to include all facets of landscaping and snow related operations across multiple brick and mortar branches in 6 states as well as a nationally subcontracted division.
- Partner with platform leadership regional and branch managers to optimize job costing resource planning crew deployment production schedules equipment use and resource allocation.
- Learn in-depth and enforce usage of all land/snow operational software across all divisions for both internal and external partners.
- Oversee seasonal labor planning and scheduling to meet production demands.
- Ensure levels of redundancy in operations to account for unpredictable environmental circumstances without compromising service execution or margins.
- Financial Management:
- Oversee operational forecasting budgeting cost control job costing and drive key performance indicators (KPIs) such as labor efficiency revenue per crew and gross margins.
- Establish benchmarking by geography and service type to drive operational KPIs including but not limited to labor hours route efficiency revenue per crew material utilization and gross margins by job/service type while ensuring productivity levels and cost management stay perpetually aligned.
- Quality & Safety:
- Enforce company-wide standards for job quality safety compliance and environmental regulations; ensure clean safe work environments.
- Team & Talent Development:
- Recruit train mentor and lead district leaders fostering strong leadership and culture.
- Develop and mentor regional leadership including Directors of Operations/Fleet and General Managers to strengthen knowledge of services and achieving operational excellence.
- Provide operational leadership as needed for operations in transition acquisitions and / or gaps in operational coverage.
- Technology & Process Improvement:
- Leverage technology to enhance productivity streamline operations and implement best practices.
- Identify ways to further optimize operations through alternative equipment management programs more effective service execution models or other innovative methodologies.
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Business Landscape Management Horticulture or related field.
- Extensive (10-15 years) of operational leadership experience in the landscaping and snow industry preferably with multi-branch or regional responsibility.
- Strong understanding of landscape maintenance enhancements and construction operations at scale.
- Proven track record of managing large field teams production crews and support staff across multiple locations in both a landscaping and snow environment.
- Strong financial acumen and KPI management with experience in forecasting budgeting job costing and P&L accountability in a landscape and snow services environment.
- Familiarity with industry systems such as Aspire LMN BOSS Viaesys Yeti SitePhotos or other landscape and snow specific business management software.
- Strong leadership skills with a focus on team development safety culture and process improvement.
- Working knowledge of fleet equipment logistics and seasonal workforce dynamics.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook) a plus.
- Working knowledge of fleet management software systems.
- Excellent communication collaboration and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to workonthe business not justinit (strategic focus).
Required Experience:
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