Commercial Landscape - Area Manager

**About Landsystems** Landsystems is part of Monarch Landscape Companies, a leading network of landscape brands across the U.S. We proudly serve clients across Southern California, including Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties, and deliver reliable, high-quality landscape maintenance and construction services. At Landsystems, your achievements determine your rewards, your abilities define your success, and your professionalism leads to autonomy! **Job Title:** Commercial Landscape - Area Manager **Location:** Gardena, CA **JOB SUMMARY:** Manage daily operations of sites within assigned territory to ensure delivery of high-quality service to clients. Responsible for client and employee retention, crew productivity, and workplace safety. **MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:** **Education** - Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Landscape Architecture or Horticulture preferred - Equivalent work experience **Experience** - At least 5 years related work experience **License or Certification** - As required by state and federal law - Valid driver license issued by the state where employed - Commercial Pesticide Applicators License, or ability to obtain within 1 year - Certified Landscape Technician (CLT) or ability to obtain within 1 year **Specialized Skills** - Strong relationship building and customer relations skills - Strong management and leadership skills - Experience working the commercial property managers a plus - Effective oral and written communication - Ability to operate commercial landscape equipment and tools - Have a working understanding of irrigation repairs and familiarity with irrigation controller monitoring and adjusting - Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and perform well under deadlines - Organizational skills - Flexibility - Basic understanding of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook - Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions - Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, diagram and/or schedule format - Ability to read, write and comprehend English - Ability to speak effectively before employees and clients - Bi-lingual English/Spanish strongly preferred, including ability to read, interpret and translate documents and verbal presentations - Basic math **Physical Requirements** 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 of this job. - Constantly required to talk, hear, see, sit, stand and walk - Frequently required to drive a vehicle unaccompanied - Must be able to see at close vision, distant vision, peripherally, have depth perception and have the ability to adjust focus - Frequent use of hands to manipulate, handle or feel objects, tools or controls - Frequently required to reach, bend, twist, stoop, crouch, climb and balance - Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and seldom lift and/or move up to 75 pounds - Occasionally required to look at computer screens and operate a keyboard and mouse **Work Conditions** The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. - Occasionally works with mechanical objects and outside in all weather conditions - Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals - Occasionally exposed to loud noise levels **ESSENTIAL DUTIES** 1. Serve as client point-of-contact for day-to-day site issues, and expeditiously and proactively identify, address, and resolve client needs 2. Conduct walkthroughs with client and other company representative as appropriate 3. Schedule, assign, and direct field production staf…