General Manager for New Custom Homebuilder - Richmond VA

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

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Health insurance

Vehicle allowance

Phone allowance

PTO / Holidays

Job summary

Vogrinc Search Group seeks a General Operations Manager for our Richmond, VA region (Petersburg). The role demands deep knowledge of custom residential construction, production scheduling, and a servant-leader management style to drive both operations and sales initiatives.

The candidate will work closely with sales, procurement, and field teams, ensuring efficient project starts, warranties, and customer satisfaction while optimizing branch profitability.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and team-building abilities.
• Solid understanding of custom residential construction processes.
• Experience managing multiple projects/starts in production settings.
• Ability to review budgets, forecasts and P&L.
• Negotiation and vendor management skills.

Responsibilities

• Review new leads with Sales Team and coordinate with marketing/budgeting.
• Oversee branch operations, production, and sales processes.
• Provide weekly updates with Division President and corporate leadership.
• Monitor sales pipeline, contracts, starts, warranty and settlements.
• Recruit, hire, train, mentor and supervise employees, subs and vendors.
• Manage overhead costs and general P&L; address customer concerns and resolutions.

Skills

Leadership

Operations management

Residential construction

Budgeting

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