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DH Pace

Distributes door systems and services nationwide

General Manager

Full-Time
No salary listed
Expert
Bachelor's
Topeka, KS, USA
HybridTravel occasionally to customer job sites and quarterly for senior management meetings.
Business & Strategy

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree is preferred.
  • At least five years of experience managing personnel, preferably in a service organization.
  • A valid driver's license is required.
  • Ability to work with technical applications and mechanical systems and solve problems.
  • Experience conducting meetings with exempt and non-exempt personnel.
  • Experience hiring, training, developing employees, and conducting annual performance reviews.
  • Ability to work in a hands-on, high-activity environment focused on deadlines and customer service.
Responsibilities
  • Manage the day-to-day operations of the Service and Install Departments.
  • Plan, manage, and implement schedules to meet daily customer commitments and ensure execution.
  • Review workload and staffing to meet customer commitments cost-effectively.
  • Ensure installation projects are completed on time, within budget, and to customer satisfaction.
  • Participate in the annual departmental budgeting process and develop plans to execute the budgets.
  • Exceed the financial budget forecast for return on sales for assigned business units.
  • Review monthly financial and operational reports and work with front-line managers to develop improvement action plans.
  • Improve the performance of the field force through daily, monthly, and yearly performance reviews.
  • Improve safety performance by complying with the safety program and consistently emphasizing safety to the team.
  • Improve warranty performance by conducting root cause analysis and implementing plans to reduce warranty numbers and associated costs.
  • Improve customer survey scores and response rates by coaching customer service, recognizing employees who provide strong service, promptly repairing customer relationships after low scores, and improving people and processes.
  • Evaluate and recommend improvements to operational processes and procedures.
  • Assist with hiring, training, and developing new employees.
  • Lead effective field force meetings.
  • Travel occasionally to customer job sites and quarterly to senior management meetings.

About the company

DH Pace provides door-related products and services for both new construction and existing facilities, operating under the Overhead Door Ribbon brand in many U.S. markets. It sells, installs, and maintains doors and related systems through divisions such as DH Pace Door Services, Systems Integration, Construction Services, and the DH Pace Facilities Group, with 24/7 emergency and preventive maintenance. The company partners with Overhead Door Corporation as an authorized distributor since 1926 and also offers services under its own DH Pace brands. Its goal is to improve safety, security, convenience, and aesthetics of buildings to benefit the people who use them, while serving customers, employees, shareholders, and communities.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Olathe, Kansas

Founded

1926

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What believers are saying

  • DH Pace opened a Raleigh location on February 15, 2025, expanding North Carolina coverage.
  • It expanded in Florida on January 1, 2025, through Overhead Door Company of Tampa Bay.
  • Revelio counted 2,916 employees in 2026, showing stable staffing during expansion.

What critics are saying

  • The 2023 Eleventh Circuit trademark fight with OGD keeps DH Pace exposed to brand-enforcement costs.
  • BBB logged 16 complaints in three years, signaling recurring customer-service friction at headquarters.
  • If service quality slips, contractors like McCarthy and school districts can switch vendors quickly.

What makes DH Pace unique

  • Since 1926, DH Pace sells, installs, and services doors, docks, and security systems nationwide.
  • DH Pace combines local operating brands like Carolina Industrial Systems and Overhead Door Company.
  • Its government-contract footprint spans 26 Texas contracts across maintenance, construction, equipment, supplies, and technology.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Holidays
  • Floating Holidays
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Company paid: Life insurance
  • Short-term Disability
  • Long-term Disability