General Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Description : Why Everstory

At Everstory Partners, our mission is to create supportive spaces where individuals and families can find solace, meaning, and hope in the midst of loss. At the heart of our mission is a deep understanding of the profound and complex nature of grief. Every person’s journey through loss is unique, and we are committed to providing compassionate and personalized support.

We also believe that grief is not a problem to be solved or a burden to manage alone, but rather a natural and beautiful part of the human experience. Backed by our national strength and our local partners’ role is to be a steady presence, a source of comfort and guidance, and a partner in celebrating the life and legacy of the person who has passed.

The Impact You Will Make

As a General Manager, you are a unique blend of a seasoned operator and a natural people leader with experience managing a diverse group of functions and departments for a designated portfolio of cemetery and funeral home locations. This leader is hands on and able to hire and motivate a winning team by role modeling honest communication and, integrity and a collaborative attitude. A savvy business leader with acumen, you will measure operational performance by the numbers, identifying underperforming metrics and generating strategic solutions in order to drive profitability and meet or exceed operational goals. You have a passion for promoting service excellence by implementing best-practices, establishing priorities and providing support and guidance in order to successfully service our families. In this role you will also :

• Be responsible to take full ownership of all aspects of your portfolios daily operations, including full P&L responsibility in order to facilitate growth within your markets.
• Achieve or exceed budgeted sales and profit levels. Review financial results against monthly and quarterly budget goals to ensure efficient operations and that all expenditures and costs remain within budgeted and cost guidelines. Takes a proactive approach to correct any deviation from financial budgets and performance.
• Act as an example of excellent customer service standards for internal and external customers by taking responsibility for escalated customer issues and working to provide timely and satisfactory resolution to complaints or problems.
• Provide motivational leadership to teams to accomplish goals and objectives while working within company guidelines.
• Facilitate weekly managers meeting to review staffing, development, and training needs and discuss operating and sales plans, objectives and results.
• Proactively recruit, hire, train and retain in accordance with companys standards, programs and materials.
• Write and conduct timely performance reviews, create individual development plans, and provide regular follow up to ensure completion of goals. Provide ongoing follow-up, training and coaching to assist team members in achieving developmental objectives
• Manage merchandise and property inventory for each location within designated portfolio.
• Influence and manage relationships with vendors to ensure effective partnership in addressing needs for location or customers.
• Ensures compliance with workplace health and safety standards and plans
• Select and purchase all necessary material for operations within budgetary guidelines using approved vendors.

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Our Investment in You

Everstory Partners is proud to provide our employees with a quality work environment and opportunity for both personal and professional growth. As part of our ongoing commitment, we offer a competitive benefits package for our Full-Time Employees including : Medical, Dental, 401k with a company match, Life, Short-Term Disability, Long-term Disability, Vision, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discount Programs, Generous PTO Programs, Volunteer Opportunities & much more!

Everstory Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to employing a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.