Benefits:- 401(k) matching
- Bonus based on performance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
The Position
We are seeking an experienced, hands-on
General Manager to lead our operation as we develop it into our primary service, manufacturing, inventory, and distribution center.
Our Texas facility is growing into the largest operation in our company. We are looking for someone who has experience leading approximately
15–20 employees in a service center, distribution center, warehouse, manufacturing operation, equipment business, or similar hands-on environment.
This is not primarily an administrative position. The General Manager will be the senior on-site leader responsible for the
people, facility, operational standards, and coordination between departments.
We need someone who can walk into an operation, understand what's working and what isn't, establish better systems, develop employees and managers, and then hold the team accountable for maintaining those standards.
What You'll Lead
The General Manager will have responsibility across four primary areas:
People & Leadership
You will be responsible for building and leading the Texas team, including recruiting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, training, performance management, employee development, and day-to-day accountability.
Department managers will continue to manage their respective functions and employees. The GM will develop those managers, ensure expectations are being enforced, and step in when performance or personnel issues require additional leadership.
Corporate payroll, benefits, HR administration, and confidential employee records remain centralized with our administrative team.
Facility & Operations
You will have overall responsibility for the day-to-day operation and condition of the Texas facility.
That includes establishing and maintaining standards for organization, cleanliness, safety, workflow, storage, equipment, warehouse areas, service areas, manufacturing areas, and the yard.
We are looking for someone who believes that operational problems should have clear ownership and follow-throughnot simply become accepted as "the way we've always done it."
Inventory & Distribution
Texas is becoming PDQuipment's primary distribution and inventory center.
A major initiative for this position will be helping us advance our inventory-control systems, including implementation of
barcode-based inventory processes.
The GM will help establish disciplined processes around receiving, locations, labeling, stocking, picking, transfers, shipping, cycle counting, and inventory accuracy.
Experience with ERP, WMS, barcode, warehouse-management, or inventory-control systems is strongly preferred.
Service & Manufacturing Operations
Our Texas location also serves as a major equipment service center and is becoming our primary manufacturing location.
The GM does
not need to be our best mechanic or manufacturing technician. We have technical employees and department leadership for that.
The GM does need to understand how to manage an operation: staffing, production, scheduling, priorities, capacity, accountability, workflow, quality standards, and coordination between departments.
Multi-Location Leadership
While Texas will be the GM's primary responsibility, PDQuipment operates additional locations across the United States.
The GM will periodically travel to other facilities to help implement operational standards, develop local leadership, improve warehouse and facility processes, and share successful systems developed in Texas.
Expected travel: approximately 6 trips annually.
What We're Looking For
Strong candidates should have:
- Previous responsibility for a service center, distribution center, warehouse, manufacturing facility, equipment operation, or similar environment
- Experience leading approximately 15–20+ employees
- Direct experience hiring, developing, coaching, and holding employees accountable
- Experience managing supervisors or department leads
- Strong warehouse, inventory, or distribution knowledge
- Experience improving operational processes rather than simply maintaining existing ones
- Ability to establish standards and consistently follow through
- Comfort working in an industrial environment and spending significant time throughout the facilitynot only in an office
- Experience with ERP, WMS, inventory-control, or barcode systems is a strong plus
- Multi-location operational experience is a plus
- Ability to travel periodically to other company locations
What Success Looks Like
The person we're looking for should be able to take an operation with significant growth potential and make it increasingly
organized, measurable, accountable, and scalable.
Success will include stronger managers, clear employee accountability, improved inventory accuracy, organized facilities, reliable operating procedures, better coordination between departments, improved throughput, and fewer problems requiring intervention from executive leadership.
Most importantly, we're looking for someone who takes
ownership.
When something isn't working, this person identifies it, determines why, assigns responsibility, implements a solution, and follows through to make sure the improvement lasts.
