General Manager - Travel Center

General Manager Opportunity At Agtegra Cooperative

Agtegra Cooperative is building a place where neighbors, families and travelers can connect, fuel up and feel at home by constructing a new Travel Center on the east side of Aberdeen. Located at the corner of U.S. Highway 12 and Brown County 14, the Travel Center will serve everyone from truckers to local families on the go.

With construction already underway and an anticipated opening in early 2027, this travel center will offer a welcoming environment with fresh-made meals, clean amenities and well-lit fuel and diesel pumps with easy access for trucks and farm equipment.

As this exciting new Travel Center takes shape, Agtegra is seeking a dynamic and experienced General Manager to help bring this vision to life.

Essential Functions

• Lead and support day-to-day operations across the travel center
• Build, develop, and inspire a high-performing team
• Foster a culture rooted in hospitality, accountability, and community connection
• Deliver a consistent, high-quality experience for all guests
• Support business performance while adapting to evolving services and offerings
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external partners to support long-term success

Knowledge Skills And Abilities

• Business Understanding: Demonstrates understanding of business and how actions contribute to company performance.
• Delivering Team Results: Drives operational excellence by planning, organizing, and owning work assignments from start to finish and holding people accountable for results.
• Developing The Team: Builds team capability, manages team dynamics, recognizes, and rewards high performance.
• Interpersonal Relationships: Relates well to and effectively influences others within and across functions through effective communication and collaboration.
• Professional Conduct: Recognizes impact behavior has on others and demonstrates commitment, adaptability, and resilience.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum Five (5) years of related experience; or combination of education and experience.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
• English Proficiency.
• Must be 18 years or older.
• Valid Driver's License.
• Strong leadership experience in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment.
• An operational mindset with the ability to adapt and problem-solve.
• A passion for delivering excellent customer experiences.
• Interest in contributing to a growing operation with evolving opportunities.

This position provides the chance to help shape not just a new location, but a place designed to bring people together—where convenience meets connection, and every visit feels like coming home.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Agtegra Cooperative is an equal opportunity employer.