General Manager

Why DH Pace?

The DH Pace Company is a family‑owned and privately held business with annual sales over $1 billion through 60+ offices located across the continental United States. The company is an industry leader in the distribution, installation, maintenance, and repair of a complete range of commercial, industrial, and residential door, docking and security products. In 2026, DH Pace will celebrate its 100th anniversary in business.

Apply your General Manager, Branch Manager, and/or Operations and Project Management leadership background as General Manager at DH Pace Company, Inc. in Bloomington, IL.

Leverage your hands‑on management experience to effectively assess current operations and, when necessary, recommend and implement approved procedural and/or process changes while always fostering and instilling team building strategies, increasing sales and profitability, and ensuring a high level of customer service is maintained. You will oversee existing customer projects and ensure the operation realizes an increase in new construction revenues and service work revenues for automatic entry doors, manual entry doors, commercial doors, and residential garage doors.

If you have a passion for customer service, talent for forming and fostering relationships, and enjoy driving effective operational changes that positively influence the bottom line, consider formally applying for this General Manager role.

• Achieve financial objectives by preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances and initiating corrective actions with full P&L responsibility.
• Make appropriate recommendations for operational and sales procedural/process improvement changes and implement with a goal of increasing customer satisfaction while delivering healthy profit margins and return on sales that meet or exceed the annual financial budget/forecast.
• Leverage operations / process improvement expertise in a consultative manner with personnel to give employees the confidence that they can trust your leadership and any changes they are expected to adopt in their daily work activities, thus becoming the “go to resource” for operational assistance, advice, guidance and career mentoring.
• Assist with employee/job scheduling and assist with technical/mechanical troubleshooting and problem resolutions.
• Ensure staff perform the required daily tasks in their respective areas with utilization of the company’s best practices, policies and procedures.

• Minimum five (5) years’ experience managing P&L, budgets, projects, materials ordering, sales and customer service in a leadership position.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Work hours are 7AM – 5PM Monday – Friday with emergency/after‑hours call rotation schedule approximately every 4‑6 weeks.
• Must be willing and available to train in St. Louis for a minimum of 3 months Monday through Friday.
• Proficient with Windows based programs and ERP/CRM systems.
• Analytical skills to evaluate operational data, processes, procedures, financial results, survey feedback and other metrics to determine cause/effect relationships with ability to isolate key information and discern the impact of process or procedural changes.
• Possess an ability for technical applications and mechanical systems.
• Good driving record and valid driver’s license required.
• Successful completion of references, employment verifications, background check and drug screen required in advance of hire.

419 Bronco Drive, Bloomington, IL 61704

• Medical, dental, and vision options:
  Available on the 1st day of the month following your start date!
• Paid time off plan: 13 days accrued annually during your 1st year; 16 days accrued during your 2nd year!
• Paid Holidays:
  New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
• Floating Holidays:
  Up to 2 floating holidays per year
• Competitive compensation:
  Including annual performance evaluations!
• 401k retirement plan:
  Including an employer match!
• Company paid:
  Life insurance, short‑term disability, & long‑term disability
• and more!

DH Pace Company, Inc. does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms…