Chief Operating Officer – Commercial Landscape Operations

Hermes Landscaping has spent more than 60 years as a premier Commercial Landscape enterprise with an established market presence, experienced teams, and ambitious plans for continued growth.

We’re looking for an accomplished COO to help lead that next chapter.

We want more than an experienced operator. We’re looking for a business leader and builder—someone who sees the bigger picture, develops strong leaders, understands what drives profitable growth, and knows how to turn strategy into execution.

This is an opportunity for an accomplished leader to take on significant responsibility within an established company while helping shape the growth, performance, and future of Hermes Landscaping.

The Opportunity

As our COO, you’ll lead three of our core profit centers: Commercial Landscape Maintenance, Commercial Landscape Construction, and Snow & Ice Management. You’ll have overall responsibility for their performance, including P&L ownership, operational execution, customer satisfaction, leadership development, and profitable growth.

You’ll lead through the senior leaders responsible for each area, creating greater alignment, accountability, and consistency across the business.

Working closely with the CEO and executive leadership team, you’ll translate company strategy into results, identify opportunities to improve performance and profitability, and strengthen the people, processes, and structure needed to support continued growth.

What You’ll Lead

Business Performance & Growth

• Own P&L performance across our three commercial profit centers, driving revenue, profitability, and sustainable growth
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, planning, and performance management
• Use financial and operational data to identify opportunities, improve performance, and guide business decisions
• Partner with the CEO and executive leadership team to set strategy, prioritize investments, and execute long-term growth plans

Operational Excellence

• Provide executive oversight of commercial operations, ensuring strong performance across safety, quality, service, and profitability
• Strengthen systems, processes, accountability, and operating discipline across the business
• Remove operational barriers and align people, equipment, technology, and resources with business priorities
• Drive greater consistency, efficiency, and collaboration across all three profit centers

Leadership & Organizational Development

• Lead, develop, and hold senior operational leaders accountable for results
• Build a high-performing leadership team with clear expectations, ownership, and accountability
• Identify talent and organizational needs and develop the leadership structure required for future growth
• Foster a culture of performance, collaboration, and continuous improvement

Customers & Market Leadership

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key customers and strategic partners
• Partner with sales leadership to pursue opportunities that support profitable, sustainable growth
• Ensure operational performance and customer experience strengthen retention and long-term relationships
• Represent Hermes Landscaping as a senior leader within the company, with customers, and in the marketplace

Who We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a business leader with relevant industry experience—someone who understands the realities of leading a field-based, labor-intensive operation and knows how to lead leaders, manage multiple business units, own a P&L, and drive profitable growth.

The ideal candidate will bring:

• 10 years of progressive leadership experience, including significant senior or executive-level responsibility
• Proven ownership of a multi-million-dollar P&L with demonstrated success improving revenue, profitability, and operational performance
• Experience leading multiple business units, divisions, branches, or profit centers
• Leadership experience within landscaping, construction, snow and ice management, field services, facilities services, or a comparable labor-intensive service industry
• Strong financial and business acumen, including margin management, forecasting, labor productivity, and profitable growth
• A track record of building high-performing teams, developing leaders, and creating accountability
• Experience strengthening organizational structure, systems, and processes to support growth
• Demonstrated success scaling or improving a complex operation
• Strong strategic thinking with the ability to translate strategy into measurable results
• Executive presence and the ability to communicate effectively with employees, customers, leadership, and ownership

Why Choose Hermes?

At Hermes Landscaping, our values guide how we treat our employees, serve our customers, and operate every day:

Our Values: Communication. Relationships. Excellence. Execution. Developing People. (C.R.E.E.D.)

Click the link below to see who we are and what we’re really about: https://youtu.be/6YCmYjzbDsQ?si=ChykbX-Scfy2dOsR

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation
• Hermes Profit Sharing Program—when the company wins, you win
• Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation
• Company vehicle
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Company-provided lawn care services
• Professional development and career growth opportunities
• A collaborative team environment where your contributions matter
• The opportunity to build a long-term career with an industry leader

Hermes Landscaping is an Equal Opportunity Employer.