Alliance Laundry Systems

Alliance Laundry Systems

Commercial laundry equipment manufacturer and distributor

General Manager – Multi-Housing

Full-TimeDeadline 9/16/27
No salary listed
Senior, Expert
Bachelor's
United States
In Person

Domestic travel of 50–60% is required to visit customers and attend trade shows, association meetings, and sales events.

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a comparable field is required; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
  • At least 7 years of sales experience in roles with a direct customer relationship.
  • Demonstrated success leading sales teams, including 3–5 years of people-leadership experience, ideally with account volume of $100 million or more.
  • Previous experience in a consumer durables or industrial manufacturing business.
  • The ability to establish, evaluate, and grow strong internal and external relationships.
  • A strong understanding of manufacturing-business operations, including forecasting, supply and demand, and cyclical impacts.
  • Experience negotiating and evaluating key account contracts.
  • Experience with budgeting and profit-and-loss management.
  • The ability to collaborate with cross-functional business partners and influence strategic decisions.
  • The ability to travel domestically 50–60% of the time to visit customers and attend trade shows, trade association meetings, and sales meetings or events.
  • The position involves sitting for long periods, standing, manual dexterity, stooping, bending, and minimal lifting.
Responsibilities
  • Drive profitable growth of the segment and own revenue and margin targets, adjusting the sales strategy to achieve financial goals.
  • Lead hands-on, in-market sales activities, sales strategy, go-to-market approach, and sales channel mix.
  • Build, manage, and maintain relationships with key existing and prospective customers.
  • Personally manage and nurture strategic key accounts and actively manage the sales pipeline against targets and key performance indicators.
  • Develop and execute a strategy and operating plan covering revenue, margin, profitability, continuity, and growth.
  • Lead, motivate, and develop a high-performing sales team; set goals and expectations, provide coaching and feedback, and ensure resources and training are available.
  • Provide segment and customer input to product and solution roadmaps in collaboration with Product and technology teams.
  • Monitor market trends, competitor activity, and customer needs and use those insights in sales strategy and go-to-market decisions.
  • Develop and monitor performance indicators and forecast and explain variances in portfolio and performance measures.
  • Work with Aftersales and Order Desk support services and maintain a close relationship with the FP&A Business Partner.
Desired Qualifications
  • Previous experience in a consumer durables or industrial manufacturing business, with factory-direct understanding strongly preferred.
  • Route or Key Account management experience is strongly preferred.

About the company

Alliance Laundry Systems

Alliance Laundry Systems

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Alliance Laundry Systems designs, manufactures and markets commercial laundry equipment for laundromats, multi-housing facilities, hotels and healthcare sites. It sells commercial washers, dryers and related machinery under brands such as Speed Queen and UniMac, and supports customers through spare-parts distribution, online technical manuals and videos, and advisory services. The company controls the full value chain—from invention and design to production and marketing—and uses a global distributor network to reach customers. Its goal is to provide dependable, scalable laundry solutions and ongoing support to operators worldwide.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Ripon, Wisconsin

Founded

1908

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What believers are saying

  • Q2 2026 revenue rose 7% to $477 million; EBITDA rose 12%.
  • August 2026 guidance lifted to 8%–10% EBITDA growth; leverage target hit 2.0x.
  • Moody's upgraded Alliance June 2026 after deleveraging and steady organic growth.

What critics are saying

  • PayRange sued June 2026 over alleged tying; injunction risk threatens payment-product revenue.
  • Private-equity sponsorship left Alliance public; secondary sales can pressure shares and management.
  • Any recall, cyber outage, or distributor loss would instantly disrupt installed-base parts economics.

What makes Alliance Laundry Systems unique

  • Alliance controls design, manufacturing, parts, and service across five brands, including Speed Queen.
  • ProCapture and Scan-Pay-Wash differentiate through patented lint capture and app-less payment workflows.
  • Its global distributor network reaches laundromats, hotels, hospitals, and multi-housing operators.

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Finviz
Oct 10th, 2025
NYSE Content Advisory: Pre-Market Update + Alliance Laundry raises $826 million in IPO

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Fidelity Investments
Oct 9th, 2025
Alliance Laundry valued at $4.8B debut

Alliance Laundry Systems was valued at nearly $4.8 billion after its shares rose 11.4% in their NYSE debut. The company and its shareholders sold 34.1 million shares in an IPO, priced at the top of its target range. The positive reception indicates growing investor confidence in private equity-backed deals. BDT Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in Alliance in 2015. The U.S. IPO market is recovering, with companies like Klarna and StubHub also going public recently.

Ripon Press
Mar 1st, 2021
PWS, Inc. sells assets to Alliance Laundry Systems LLC

Alliance Laundry Systems, a global leader in commercial laundry equipment, is acquiring the distribution assets of PWS, Inc., the largest distributor of Speed Queen equipment and replacement parts in North America.