Commercial Landscape - Area Manager

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Pay range: $80,000 - $90,000 (determined on experience).

Manage daily operations of sites within assigned territory to ensure delivery of high-quality service to clients. Responsible for client and employee retention, crew productivity, and workplace safety.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Landscape Architecture or Horticulture preferred;
  Equivalent work experience.
• Experience: At least 5 years related work experience.
• License or Certification: As required by state and federal law;
  Valid driver license issued by the state where employed;
  Commercial Pesticide Applicators License, or ability to obtain within 1 year;
  Certified Landscape Technician (CLT) or ability to obtain within 1 year.
• Specialized
  
  Skills:
  
  Strong relationship building and customer relations skills;
  Strong management and leadership skills;
  Experience working with commercial property managers a plus;
  Effective oral and written communication;
  Ability to operate commercial landscape equipment and tools;
  Working understanding of irrigation repairs and familiarity with irrigation controller monitoring and adjusting;
  Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and perform well under deadlines;
  Organizational skills;
  Flexibility;
  Basic understanding of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook;
  Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions;
  Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, diagram and/or schedule format;
  Ability to read, write and comprehend English;
  Ability to speak effectively before employees and clients;
  Bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred, including ability to read, interpret and translate documents and verbal presentations;
  Basic math.

• Constantly required to talk, hear, see, sit, stand and walk.
• Frequently required to drive a vehicle unaccompanied.
• Must be able to see at close vision, distant vision, peripherally, have depth perception and have the ability to adjust focus.
• Frequent use of hands to manipulate, handle or feel objects, tools or controls.
• Frequently required to reach, bend, twist, stoop, crouch, climb and balance.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and seldom lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
• Occasionally required to look at computer screens and operate a keyboard and mouse.

• Occasionally works with mechanical objects and outside in all weather conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Occasionally exposed to loud noise levels.

• Serve as client point-of-contact for day-to-day site issues, and expeditiously and proactively identify, address, and resolve client needs.
• Conduct walkthroughs with client and other company representative as appropriate.
• Schedule, assign, and direct field production staff to ensure all services are performed according to contract specifications, on budget, according to schedule and with a high standard of quality.
• Effectively communicate with production teams the tasks necessary to provide a consistent, high quality product for clients.
• Effectively assess labor needs and execute labor plan by hiring or terminating employees as needed.
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills; develop morale and recognize employee achievements; foster opportunities for professional development of employees.
• Review and approve timecards for accurate and timely submission to payroll.
• Analyze and understand cost reports and budget variances related to contract projects.
• Routinely monitor sites for quality, assess opportunities for potential maintenance, irrigation, and enhancement upgrades and repairs.
• Collaborate with Service & Operations Support to propose, track, and resolve minor enhancement projects to current clients, including final review and approval before communicating to client.
• Work closely with Project Manager on A/B client communication and expectations, including site information and capital or large-scale projects.
• Meet or exceed annual sales goals.
• Ensure safety on every site by conducting and enforcing safety training and meetings, as well as consistently monitor job sites for potential safety hazards.
• Responsible for creating contemporaneous, prompt, and thorough documentation of all coaching, conversations, counseling, and performance management discussions with employees.
• Constantly promote and encourage adherence to company policies and best practices.
• Training, planning, assigning and directing work.
• Conflict resolution.
• Recommending potential clients to business development team, based on current relationships.
• Other duties as assigned.

At Monarch, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage, and retain top talent. Elements of our Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

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