About this role
The General Manager leads a business unit with full profit and loss responsibility and oversees operations across collection and post-collection facilities. The role manages multi-functional teams, executes market strategy, and drives safety, compliance, efficiency, and budget achievement.
Key Responsibilities
- Implement and execute plans aligned to the Area's strategic operating plan.
- Drive sales efforts for commercial, industrial, residential and municipal growth.
- Oversee safety and accident prevention programs.
- Lead operations to ensure compliance with environmental, operating, regulatory, safety, accounting and ethics standards.
- Manage performance and talent development and lead change management initiatives
Technical Overview
No specific IT systems or technical stack are mentioned. The role focuses on operational leadership across transfer stations, landfills, recycling centers, and compliance programs.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is an executive operations leader with demonstrated business acumen and the ability to execute strategy in a matrix management environment. They have experience leading large scale change, managing multi-functional teams, and ensuring safety, regulatory compliance, and strong budget/customer performance across collection and post-collection operations.
Must-Have Skills
Demonstrated business acumenstrategic thinkingability to execute against formulated strategyAbility to lead large scale change initiativesAbility to build strong sales teams; select best candidatescoach and develop the best talentProcess-oriented and results-oriented in setting and pursuing aggressive goalsAbility to direct large staff of functional experts to execute the corporate strategyOversees effective safety and accident prevention programsLeads operations to ensure compliance with standards including environmentaloperatingregulatorysafetyaccounting and ethicsManages performance and talent development
Required Skills
profit loss responsibilitymatrix managementoperationsfleet managementsales managementfinancehuman resourcessafety programsaccident preventionenvironmental complianceenvironmental engineeringcollection operationstransfer stationslandfillsrecycling centersbudget achievementcustomer experienceefficiency improvementmaximizing profitabilityregulatory complianceethicsperformance and talent developmentchange management
Hard Skills
profit and loss responsibilitymatrix managementinfrastructure team leadershipoperations leadershipfleet managementsales managementfinance managementhuman resources managementsafety programsaccident prevention programsenvironmental complianceenvironmental engineeringcollection operationspost-collection operationstransfer stationslandfillsrecycling centerscomplexesmarket strategy executionstrategic operating plan executiontactical initiativesbudget achievementcustomer experience improvementefficiency improvementmaximizing profitabilitycommercial sales effortsindustrial sales effortsresidential sales effortsmunicipal sales effortscompliance with standardsenvironmental standardsoperating standardsregulatory complianceaccountingethicsperformance managementtalent developmentgovernment relationscommunity relationsenvironmental group relationstravel by airtravel by carstakeholder management
Soft Skills
strategic thinkingability to execute against formulated strategylead large scale change initiativesleadershipteam leadershipcross-functional collaborationrelationship buildingcommunicationchange management leadershipsafety culture leadership
Keywords for Your Resume
General ManagerGeneral Manager responsibleprofit loss responsibilityprofit and loss responsibilitymatrix managementBusiness UnitoperationsFleet ManagementSalesFinanceHuman ResourcesSafetyEnvironmental ComplianceEnvironmental Engineeringcollection operationspost-collections operationstransfer stationslandfillsrecycling centersenvironmental standardsregulatory complianceaccident preventionbudget achievementcustomer experiencechange managementtravel up to 30% of the timegovernment community environmental groupscompliance with all standardssafety and accident preventionenvironmental compliance
Deal Breakers
Must have demonstrated ability to lead large scale change initiatives, Must have ability to oversee safety and accident prevention programs, Must have ability to lead operations to ensure compliance with environmental, regulatory, safety, accounting and ethics standards
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