General Manager

BlueLinx Corporation; University Park (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in building materials is seeking a results-driven General Manager to lead sales strategies and manage logistics. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in sales, strong leadership skills, and a Bachelor's degree. Join BlueLinx to drive growth and deliver impactful results with a competitive salary and bonus structure!

Benefits

Competitive salary package

Short-Term Incentive Plan (STIP)

Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP)

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401K match and life insurance

Generous vacation and holiday pay

Qualifications

• 8 plus years of experience with a solid track record of enhancing sales and operational involvement.
• Results-minded individual with strong leadership abilities.
• Comfortable with implementing change and managing multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Align local market strategy with corporate strategy for profit maximization.
• Manage logistics and customer relationships in assigned districts.
• Lead and develop sales teams while ensuring high engagement.

Skills

Strong communication

Strategic planning

Negotiation

Financial acumen

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Building Material Experience

Leadership

Territory management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

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Lead, Innovate, and Drive Success as a General Manager!

Are you a seasoned leader who thrives on challenges and seeks opportunities to inspire and excel? BlueLinx is seeking a results-driven General Manager with a proven track record of leading sales teams and managing profit and loss (P&L) responsibilities. If you’re passionate about building teams, driving growth, and delivering impactful results, we’d love to hear from you!

What You'll Do

• Responsible for aligning local market strategy with corporate strategy to maximize long-term profit and return on working capital.
• Manages all aspects of logistics in assigned district.
• Manages and develops relationships with key customers in assigned districts and determines the strategy for value proposition and product penetration.
• Ensures all customer commitments are met and best practices are implemented for safety, safety certification, material handling, inventory management, and delivery.
• Oversee sales strategy and work hand in hand with operations (local, regional, and corporate) to ensure communication is strong and expectations in regards to quality, safety, and the BlueLinx brand expectation are appropriately defined and met.
• Responsible for managing sales representatives to improve profitability, product penetration, and product mix with all customers.
• Conducts joint sales calls with sales representatives to identify opportunities and maintain/build customer relationships (including sales representative coaching/mentoring).
• Manages inventory levels (including slow, inactive, liquidations/large buys and damaged inventory flow) and aligns local product mix with local market dynamics and product strategy.
• Leads team; selects/hires; develops objectives; coaches and evaluates performance.
• Ensures direct reports obtain applicable training and development opportunities to enhance performance, development, and contributions to the company. Holds direct reports accountable for individual and team performance. Maintains high team engagement.
  
  
  

What We're Looking For

• A bachelors degree from an accredited University is strongly preferred.
• 8 plus years of experience with a solid track record of enhancing sales AND Operational involvement
• Strong communication - communicating with executive and business partners, as well as front-line employees to gain trust and embrace the BlueLinx culture.
• Strategic planning, negotiation, financial acumen (specifically financial statements), strong analytical skills (both qualitative and quantitative), forecasting, decision-making, innovation, change management, persuasiveness and strong interpersonal skills.
• Results minded individual that can communicate the opportunity of growth to the entire staff and lead the sales team to strong opportunities.
• Building Material Experience is a huge Plus.
• Strong leadership and teamwork abilities to function well at different levels in a team environment.
• Territory management and target marketing skills.
• Solid change agent. Comfortable with implementing change and discussing it will all parties involved.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, sense of urgency, problem-solving and customer focus.
• Extensive product knowledge, consultative and relationship selling skills.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Software and relevant sales systems technology.
  
  
  

Why BlueLinx?

• Competitive salary package complemented by Short-Term Incentive Plan (STIP) and Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP)
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
• 401K match and life insurance.
• Generous vacation and holiday pay.
  
  
  

Our Values: With every decision and action, we put people first, keep the future in mind, and work as a team toward shared progress:

• Customer Centric
• Respect
• Collaboration
• Integrity
• Grit
  
  
  

About BlueLinx: BlueLinx (NYSE: BXC) is a leading wholesale distributor of building and industrial products in the United States. With over 70k branded and private-label SKUs, we have a broad distribution footprint servicing all 50 states. Our team of over 2,000 associates is critical to our success. Our culture is driven by teamwork, integrity, and continuous improvement, with a strong emphasis on safety and customer service.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Wholesale Building Materials

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