Chief Operating Officer

Manufacturing | Columbus, OH

***Must have lived in Columbus, OH before***

Most #2 roles come with the title but not the keys. This one comes with the P&L, the leadership team, and a CEO who is ready to let go of the day to day.

Emerald Resource Group is partnering with a premium, niche product manufacturer in Columbus to hire its first COO/Integrator . The CEO has been running both seats and now wants to focus on vision. You’ll run the business.

The company

• $25M+ manufacturer and distributor, about 50 employees
• Products considered the standard in their market
• Runs on EOS
• Deliberate growth plan of 10 to 15% a year, with new channels, product innovation, and direct-to-consumer on the way
• Employee-owned, so you share in what you build

What you’ll do

• Run the weekly L10, own the scorecard, and hold the Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Finance leaders accountable
• Own the full P&L (revenue by channel, margin by product line, cost by department), forecasting, and cost savings
• Turn the CEO’s vision into annual plans, quarterly Rocks, and 90-day priorities
• Sequence and resource growth initiatives, including a new channel launch and an operations buildout
• Understand why current processes work the way they do, then modernize what’s outdated
• Build the systems that let the company scale (CRM, ERP, reporting), and partner with the CEO on hiring and org structure

What you bring

• Experience as a #2 (COO, President, GM) at a $20M to $60M company
• True P&L ownership
• Experience being the EOS integrator at a product-related company is required
• Experience leading director-level leaders
• Background in a product-based business with physical inventory, ideally B2B or B2B2C, and exposure to multi-channel sales (direct, wholesale, ecommerce, project-based)