General Manager for New Custom Homebuilder - Richmond VA

Henderson Group Recruiting; Petersburg (VA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Henderson Group in the Richmond, VA area is seeking a General Operations Manager to lead branch operations, sales and production for our office clientele and staff. You will drive the production and sales processes, mentor teams, and cultivate strong relationships with vendors and subcontractors to ensure project success.

The role requires deep knowledge of custom residential construction, hands-on leadership, and a proactive approach to optimizing budgets, timelines and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of custom residential construction.
• Experience with production building (multiple homes) and scheduling.
• Experience supervising employees, subs and vendors.
• Ability to review leads, budgets and sales pipeline.

Responsibilities

• Review new leads with Sales Team.
• Review advertising and approve budget.
• Provide updates with Division President weekly.
• Review sales pipeline, contracts, starts, warranty, settlements, etc.
• Review projections and challenges with managers and corporate leadership.
• Perform job inspections when necessary.
• Attend final review meetings and plan reviews.
• Recruit, hire, train, mentor and supervise employees, subs and vendors.
• Develop networking opportunities and negotiate contracts with subs and suppliers.
• Review overhead costs and general P&L.
• Address customer concerns and communicate resolutions.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Servant leadership

Construction knowledge

Vendor relations

Job description

Job Description

A National leader in the custom home building industry, is looking for a General Operations Manager in Richmond, VA (Petersburg)

The ideal candidate must possess a strong knowledge of custom residential construction, familiar with production building (multiple homes at one time), hard work ethic, problem-solving skills, and a servant-leader management style.

The candidate will preferable be from/familiar with the South Richmond VA area & knows the local vendors/subs/etc to acclimate more quickly to the operations.

This company is looking for the right person with “positive energy” and strong leadership abilities that will constantly be driving the Production & Sales processes as well as growing the team.

Here is the basic breakdown of their approach to managing all aspects of the branch operations, sales & production for our office clientele & staff.

Overview of Priorities:

• Review new leads with Sales Team
• Review advertising and approve budget
• Updates with Division President weekly
• Review sales pipeline, contracts, Starts, Warranty, Settlements, etc
• Review projections and challenges with managers & Corporate leadership.

• Job inspection when necessary
• Final Review meetings
• Plan reviews
• Recruit/hire/train/mentor/supervise employees, subs and vendors
• Networking expertise
• Negotiate contracts & Hire subs and suppliers
• Review overhead costs and general P&L
• Address customer concerns & Communicate Resolutions

Personal/Family Compensation & Benefits:

• 401K
• Competitive salary (average ~$125-140k/year DOE) + Bonus'
• Bonus structure based on Branch profit/sales (3% of volume)
• Health insurance benefits
• Vehicle allowance @ $1100/month
• Cell phone allowance @ $75/month
• PTO/Vacation and holidays