General Manager I

Durham School Services; Birdsboro (Berks County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Durham School Services in Berks County, PA is seeking a strategic CSC leader to deliver performance and oversee daily operations, ensuring a customer-centric service and strong partnerships with school districts and riders.

The role supervises a diverse team, develops operating plans, reviews budgets, drives safety and quality, and aligns CSC initiatives with regional goals while upholding company values and ethical standards. Travel up to 10% is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 10–12 years of comparable experience.
• MBA preferred.
• 3+ years of supervisory experience and P&L oversight.

Responsibilities

• Delivers overall performance and results for the CSC.
• Collaborates with leaders to align CSC plans with business goals.
• Ensures the CSC is a customer-centric team focused on strong partnerships.
• Develops CSC plans and priorities per regional guidance and SOPs.
• Communicates company values and objectives while encouraging feedback.
• Reviews budgets and develops the annual operating plan.
• Develops short and long-range business plans to increase revenues and margins.
• Directs and develops CSC staff to perform independently.
• Builds the company image by collaborating with customers and community partners.
• Creates a culture of safety while providing high-quality service.
• Identifies key safety issues and takes corrective action.
• Meets with school district administrators to review quality and performance.
• Enhances customer relationships to ensure retention.
• Supports sales with data and process in pursuit of new business.
• Upholds ethics and integrity and reports concerns appropriately.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Supervisory experience

P&L oversight

Customer service

Travel up to 10%

Bilingual abilities

Risk assessment

Customer relationships

Leadership

Contract administration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

10-12 years comparable experience

MBA preferred

Job description

Responsibilities

• Delivers overall performance and results for the CSC.
• Collaborates with company leaders to understand overall business goals and creates a CSC operating plan to support these objectives.
• Ensures the CSC is a “customer-centric” team that is focused on building strong and effective partnerships
• Develops CSC plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges as guided by the Regional Manager and company standard operating procedures and policies.
• Communicates company values, strategies and objectives in an effort to share information and while encouraging feedback and input.
• Review budgets and develop the annual operating plan business review.
• Develop short and long-range business plans to increase incremental business, revenues and margins.
• Directs, coaches and develops CSC staff including Operations Supervisor, Dispatcher, Router, Office Administrator, Driver Maintenance, Charter Coordinator and Safety Supervisor to obtain the required skills and abilities to act independently in their job assignments.
• Builds company image by collaborating with customers, government, community organizations, and employees while demonstrating strong and ethical business practices.
• Creates a culture of safety while providing a high quality of service.
• Identifies key safety issues affecting the safety of passengers and employees and takes corrective action to resolve these concerns
• Meets regularly with school district administrators to review service quality and performance.
• Enhances and builds on current customer relationships to ensure customer retention.
• Works with Regional Vice President and Marketing & Sales department in gathering data and assisting in the sales process in pursuit of new business.
• Exhibits the highest ethical best practices and personal integrity; Shares concerns about suspicious or inappropriate behavior with their supervisor or manager
• Other duties as assigned

Company name is: Durham School Services

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, management or related field or 10-12 years of comparable experience; MBA preferred
• At least 3 years of supervisory experience and P&L oversight
• Proven ability to meet service delivery expectations including customer and safety
• Ability to travel up to 10%
• Bi-lingual abilities a plus
• Knowledge of risk assessment to resolve customer issues which do not expose the Company to unnecessary risk.
• Knowledge of the companies, service promise, services, capabilities, policies, procedures and practices to effectively manage CSC personnel.
• Knowledge of customer service best practices to build strong customer relationships
• Knowledge of contract administration principles and practices to develop contractual agreements and/or Requests for Proposal documents.
• Knowledge of leadership and management practices and techniques.

Summit School Services has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with its policies and values, including sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. Summit School Services is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children and passengers.

We offer medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance coverage, holiday pay, and PTO accrual. Additionally, employees are able to enroll in a retirement savings plan.

At Summit School Services our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Summit School Services LLC’s independent subsidiaries and affiliates are an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer.

The pay rate range, along with most all of the other terms and conditions of employment, vary between different sites, geographical markets, customer/ contractual terms and positions.