Chief Executive Officer

CLCB Search; United States; On-site; USD 250,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

CLCB Search is seeking a Chief Executive Officer to report to the Board and lead the organization’s strategic direction with full profit and loss responsibility. The CEO will drive performance and communicate goals to employees and customers as appropriate.

The role requires establishing an operating cadence to improve labor utilization, route productivity, gross margin, and customer retention, while guiding continuous margin improvement and reducing unbillable hours.

Responsibilities

• Full profit and loss responsibility and alignment with the Board’s strategic direction.
• Drive the organization’s vision and mission through strategic initiatives and objectives.
• Establish an operating cadence to improve labor utilization, route productivity, gross margin and customer retention.
• Lead margin improvement through job-costing discipline and reduce unbillable hours and route inefficiency.
• Manage subcontractor and material spend and build scalable shared services.

Job description

The client is seeking a Chief Executive Officer who will report to the Board of Directors and serve as the strategic leader of the organization. The CEO will have full profit and loss responsibility and will work in conjunction with The client to drive the organization’s vision and mission. This role will coordinate strategic initiatives and objectives to ensure financial health, lead by example, and communicate organizational goals to employees and customers as appropriate.

The CEO will establish and own end-to-end performance across the organization by implementing an operating cadence that drives accountability for labor utilization, route productivity, gross margin, and customer retention. Responsibilities include continuous margin improvement through job-costing discipline, reducing unbillable hours and route inefficiency, managing subcontractor and material spend, and building scalable shared services that generate operating leverage. The CEO will also lead the Operating Business System across the platform by deploying consistent operating tools, metrics, and cadence, and will drive organic growth through a commercially disciplined sales approach that supports profitable new business while protecting margin.

Key strategic and operational leadership areas include developing customer retention strategy tied to contract renewal performance, proactive account management, and annual repricing that reflects labor and material cost escalation while protecting recurring revenue. The CEO will lead expansion into new markets using a repeatable, disciplined launch framework and will oversee operational scaling by building and strengthening the senior leadership team. Additional responsibilities include overseeing core enterprise and field service platforms as operational assets, managing the workforce program as a competitive advantage, championing company-wide safety and regulatory compliance, and preparing the business for a sale within approximately 24 months while serving as the primary interface with the Board of Directors and The client, including business reviews and lender relationship management.