LLC President
Austin Powder
- Little Rock, AR
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Establish safety responsibilities and goals for all levels of management.
- Ensure systems are in place for systematic identification and mitigation of risk.
- Review incidents with respect to any event or condition involving risk to the health or safety of employees, customers or the public, or risk of damage to the environment or our physical assets.
- Monitor the status of investigations or legal proceedings of a material nature.
- Establish agreed upon goals and objectives for direct reports with measurable outcomes and/or key performance indicators.
- Ensure the LLC has the talent to execute its strategies by hiring and developing a strong leadership team and key business managers and making succession planning a core business process.
- Communicate clear and consistent legal and ethical standards and ensure organizational compliance.
- Understand the business drivers and constraints across the business.
- Articulate and quantify the potential impact of changing market conditions and opportunities.
- Drive an aggressively realistic annual budgeting process and routinely review performance against it.
- Gain and maintain knowledge of the economic drivers of the energy & minerals extraction industry and the civil construction industry.
- Understand the regulatory environment impacting the explosives industry.
- Develop knowledge of technology-based drilling & blasting solutions.
- Develop an in-depth knowledge of customer requirements; become invested in customer success, positioning Austin as the preferred provider of blasting services.
- Develop local strategies to grow the business; work closely with LLC managers and their customers in contract bidding and negotiation.
- Determine, execute and continue to monitor successful pricing strategies; an optimal price structure will yield an acceptable trade-off between growth and profit maximization.
- Other duties as assigned.
- A completed bachelor's degree
- Senior management experience in a highly regulated, multi-unit/business environment
- 10+ years of relatable experience
- Strong negotiating skills and the appetite to use them
- Willingness to travel throughout the LLC (some travel beyond the business region)
- Knowledge of commodity markets/supply-demand/pricing
- Good financial analytical skills with ability to budget and forecast effectively, read a balance sheet and understand cash flow
- Demonstrated skills using information technology in both internal and external applications
- Ability to drive change and make decisions with empathy & knowledge
- Ability to delegate, prioritize, and focus
- Strong relationship building and critical thinking skills