Vice President Operations - Commercial Paint (Required)

Established in 1968, Cherry Coatings is one of the largest commercial paint contractors in the country. We are a family-owned business that provides architectural, industrial, and maintenance coating services for some of the most recognizable facilities in Texas, Arizona, Tennessee, and beyond. Our strong emphasis on high-quality service and client satisfaction has made us the select partner for general contractors, property management firms, and facility managers.

Purpose of the Role: Essential in ensuring the business operates with a strong focus on Safety, Quality, and Production. The Vice President of Operations will play a key part in supporting City Leaders with the planning, leadership, and oversight of daily operations. The position is responsible for assisting Project Managers, Field Managers, and Foremen in meeting client needs across the various city markets where Cherry Coatings operates.

Deep operations experience in commercial paint environments is required.

CHERRY CORE VALUES: All tasks carried out in accordance with these CORE VALUES

• Servant Heart: Put Others First
• Cultivate: Invest time developing yourself. Always take time to help & mentor others
• Act Promptly: Respond the way you hope others respond to you. Fast & accurate.
• Innovate: Be Creative. Think outside the box.
• Deliver: Follow through, do what you say, honor your commitments. Go beyond expectations with excellence.

Responsibilities:

• 55% Oversee day-to-day commercial painting operations from a high level within your region
  • Maintaining a safety-first culture
  • Help in recruiting and hiring field personnel.
  • Training and mentorship of all paint related Project Managers, FMs & Foremen
  • Work with the PMs and City Leaders to help move men and allocate proper manpower on projects
  • Meet with general contractors to ensure Cherry is delivering but also protecting sequence and solving problems.
  • Attend project meetings for the following reasons:
    • Schedule concerns or sequence issues
    • Change order collection
    • Quality issues
    • Risk management
    • Safety issues
  • Hold accountable change order logs and extra work is accounted for on projects.
  • Review job cost sheets to ensure profitability and control costs
  • Walk jobs with PM and FM and use this as a time to train/grow your team.
  • Review scheduling of all field staff to ensure we are properly staffed with the right people in the right places.
  • Find and onboard subs
    • Know and evaluate their abilities, set pay rates, hold accountable
  • Constantly evaluate and set the standard for safety in your market with employees and subs.
  • Understand unique aspects of each job type and how Cherry executes it
  • Execute and hold teams accountable for Safety, Quality, and Production
  • Review operational problems or inefficiencies and make corrective actions, find lean ways to execute.
  • Conduct Field Manager & Foremen meetings on a routine basis to identify and resolve concerns and opportunities for improvement using the EOS System.
  • Conduct frequent job walks to ensure Safety/ Quality/ Production Standards are being met.
  • Work with your team to implement the vision and execution of the VTO
  • Assists the City Leaders in developing new products, services, and subsidiaries.
  • Innovative approach to projects, problems, and future products.
  • Attend preconstruction meetings to ensure seamless project starts with field leadership.
  • Help in the same way in other markets as they get developed

• 15% Assist PMs and FMs to ensure we approach the job with an innovative spirit, and with the right process
  • Use your expertise to collaborate on project approach
  • Help assist in product selection/education for difficult projects
  • Provide advice on how to approach situations that arise on jobsites
  • Look over schedules for changes for impacts to our bottom line.
  • Assist in forecasting labor costs for projects to ensure profitability

• 10% Take part in buy out meetings or scope review for potential projects
  • Attend meetings to offer expertise in our field
  • Politic with GC's and establish Cherry as the right choice
    • Through meetings, phone conversations and entertainment
  • 10% Leadership of the market
  • Constantly evaluate training needs and provide a solution for training.
  • Attend L10 integrator meetings
  • Lead L10 operations meetings
  • Attend L10 PM meetings as needed

• 10% Leadership of the market
  • Constantly evaluate training needs and provide a solution for training.
  • Attend L10 integrator meetings
  • Lead L10 operations meetings
  • Attend L10 PM meetings as needed

• 10% Problem Jobs
  • Walking problem jobs
    • Provide leadership at a high level to get us back on track.
    • Put systems in place and set milestones to get us back on track.
    • Meet with the general contractors to establish what Cherry needs to be successful.
  • Hold the team accountable
    • Follow-up weekly or daily, as you see fit to secure the win.

Overall Duties:

• Safety and Support of Safety Initiatives
• Quality Control Management
• Production
• Site Walks
• RPRS
• Culture
• Training and Mentoring
• Recruiting & Retention
• Innovation, R&D, Implementor
• Motivating People
• Allocating/Moving Manpower-Aide

Core Skills:

• Problem Solving using critical thinking
• Handles Change Easily Adaptable
• Strategic thinking & planning
• Accountability

• Mentoring and Motivating
• Organization
• Time Management
• Decision Making

Key Deliverables:

• GP of 38% on all projects
• Zero Recordables
• Zero Turn Over of Quality Field Personnel leaders
• Training employees
• Completing Projects Safely, On Time, and On Budget. (with Safety, Quality, and Production as a priority)

Department Scorecard Measurables:

• 35% Gross margins in all New markets in first full year
• Zero Recordables
• Zero General Liability Claims (Overspray, sprinkler heads, water damage)
• Mentorship program in place and 100% buy in
• Proper manpower count - employee to revenue ratio
• Sub to employee ratio under maintained (market specific)

Main ideas:

• The purpose and core values of the role: The role is to help the business operate with safety, quality, and production, and to support the city leaders in planning, leading, and directing day-to-day operations. The role follows the core values of servant heart, cultivate, act promptly, innovate, and deliver.

• The main responsibilities of the role: The role is responsible for overseeing day-to-day commercial painting operations in multiple city markets, maintaining a safety first culture, recruiting and hiring field personnel, training and mentorship of project managers, field managers, and foremen, meeting with general contractors, verifying change order logs and job cost sheets, conducting field manager and foremen meetings, conducting frequent job walks, and working with the team to implement the vision and execution of the VTO.

• The key deliverables and department scorecard measurables of the role: The role aims to achieve zero recordables, zero turnover of quality field personnel leaders, training employees, and completing projects safely, on time, and on budget. The department scorecard measurables include 38% gross margins in all new markets in the first full year, zero recordables, zero general liability claims, mentorship program in place and 100% buy in, proper manpower count, and sub to employee ratio under maintained.