Event Services General Manager

Overview

Company Overview:

Kick off your exciting career in Event Security with Allied Universal® Event Services, the go-to leader in crowd management and event staffing. Dive into the action at sports stadiums, concerts, festivals, and convention centers, and thrive on the energy of being where it all happens. Join a lively team that services thousands of venues each year, ensuring safety and fun for everyone. Enjoy the perks of flexible part-time work that fits your lifestyle—ideal for students, retirees, or anyone seeking a dynamic job. We offer job opportunities in event staff, security, and operations. Join our welcoming, collaborative, and innovative team, and benefit from a range of perks depending on your role and hours. At Allied Universal®, every day brings a new adventure. Ready to make your mark in the event industry? Join us and be part of the excitement!

Job Description

Allied Universal® is hiring a General Manager. The General Manager is responsible for direct oversight, compliance, and general positive direction of staff for the assigned branch and accounts within the designated mega market area. The role of the General Manager is to ensure operational, budgetary, and client needs are satisfactorily rendered and consistent across the designated branch and accounts. The General Manager will facilitate and foster positive long-lasting relationships with current and future clients, responding and reacting to their needs, concerns, and expectations. The General Manager is tasked with facilitating this client feedback to the designated account managers to incorporate and facilitate necessary structural and operational changes to increase client retention and satisfaction. The General Manager will assist with guidance, mentoring, coaching, and counseling for the assigned branch operational management staff.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure proper branch monitoring and adherence to required Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Branch performance in the key areas of (1) Revenue $, (2) Gross Profit Margin %, (3) Indirect Costs %$, (4) EBITDA %$, and (5) Collections
• Selection and placement of direct reports; design and implement career development and performance improvement plans
• In partnership with Branch Manager and Recruiting Team, ensure proper staffing levels of qualified, competent, and professional staff designated accounts
• Ensure scheduling practices and procedures are being adhered to in order to ensure client orders are fulfilled in a timely fashion using the work ticket process In WinTeam
• Act as client liaison point of contact for key assigned accounts within the area of responsibility through effective client relationships pertinent to the operational and fiscal success of the branch
• Conduct routine compliance assessments of branch and accounts, including branch/ account management, administration, licensing, and supervision as well as client satisfaction and makes recommendations on any necessary course corrections to improve the overall performance of the branch
• Conduct regular operational meetings with designated account managers and associated pertinent staff on key success topics for the market
• Ensure policies and procedures are being properly disseminated and followed at all pertinent levels; coordinate and align Allied Universal existing policy into the unique event-based industry standards of which Allied Universal Event Services is engaged within
• Act as an ambassador and liaison between Allied Universal Event Services and major current and future clients; visibility at major events is critical to oversight role
• Maintain constant communication with Senior Leadership team regarding client issues or concerns, leadership performance issues, client complaints, budgetary/ fiscal issues, or other important facts related to the branch and any of the accounts in the specified area
• Assist with the ongoing development and modification of a detailed Operations Guide in conjunction with the other departmental function heads
• Foster positive relationships with labor partners, as well as group labor and military, with the end goal of developing and maintaining a reliable network of skilled and trained labor resources in the region
• Approve invoices submitted by management staff
• Promote Allied Universal Event Services’ Grooming and Appearance Policy and Uniform Standards
• Routinely require and review, for day-to-day field operations and consistent delivery of service, all Critical Basic Tasks (CBTs), including but not limited to: Event Box, DES Sheet, Deployment Sheets, Post Orders, etc.
• Ensure proper briefings are conducted before each shift, and that proper information reaches employees
• Ensure all labor laws are being adhered to (rest and meal periods executed per law, check-in/check-