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SavATree

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1985

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏛️ Government

Consulting • Logistics • Government

SavATree is a licensed and accredited tree, shrub and lawn care company that provides residential, commercial, and municipal landscape stewardship and maintenance. The company offers services including tree pruning, cabling and bracing, removal, stump grinding, fertilization, disease and pest treatments (including organic options), lawn care (aeration, seeding, fertilization), irrigation service, deer deterrent programs, tick and insect control, holiday lighting, emergency storm response, and professional consulting from ISA-certified arborists for risk assessments, appraisals, and urban-forest planning. SavATree emphasizes science-based diagnosis, environmental stewardship, and personalized service across local branches.

📋 Description

• Own the enterprise operating model and operational standards across field operations and specialty service lines • Support P&Ls, revenue growth, margin targets, expansion, budgeting, forecasting, and annual operating plans • Lead operational performance improvements involving workforce planning, capacity modeling, crew design, routing, scheduling, labor productivity, technician utilization, and service economics • Build and execute service-line growth, training, product, and market strategies • Partner with Sales, Finance, Operations, Data & Analytics, IT, HR, and Marketing • Lead high-impact cross-functional transformation initiatives from strategy through sustained adoption • Own business standard work, Lean practices, Daily Management, Leader Standard Work, and operating reviews • Establish governance, reporting, KPIs, scorecards, dashboards, ROI metrics, and post-implementation reviews • Build and embed continuous-improvement culture and standardized best practices across branches, districts, regions, and markets • Develop and enforce SOPs and scalable best practices for scheduling, routing, job completion, and service delivery • Lead shared-services, specialization/centralization, cost-reduction, and new-market-expansion initiatives • Maintain approved treatment materials and protocols, define quality standards and audit mechanisms, and serve as senior technical authority on escalated diagnostics and damage events • Partner with IT on routing, scheduling, forecasting, mobile execution tools, AI-enabled workforce optimization, and operational analytics • Lead change management through rollouts, communications, training, and resolution of resistance • Ensure safety, regulatory, pesticide-application, quality, customer satisfaction, and retention standards • Report to the Chief Operating Officer

🎯 Requirements

• 10–15+ years in operations, project/program management, consulting, or continuous improvement • Experience with multi-location or field-based leadership • Proven track record leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives from concept through execution • Experience managing or scaling operations or service lines with P&L impact • Strong operational and financial acumen • Ability to influence senior leadership and drive execution in a decentralized organization • Field-services background in arboriculture, landscape, seasonal décor, or other distributed field services • Relevant certifications • Bachelor’s degree required • Preferred: direct-to-consumer, route-based service business experience • Preferred: private equity-backed or high-growth environment experience • Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies preferred • MBA or advanced degree preferred • Ability to travel 50%+

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual Bonus • Equity • Travel required at 50%+