General Manager
Status: Active
About K-Line Trailers
Headquartered in Langley, British Columbia K-Line Trailers Ltd. is the premier manufacturer of high-quality heavy haul multi-axle truck trailers (low-beds) and dump boxes in Western Canada. K-Line’s reputation within the industry is second to none and their product offering is well diversified. The company serves various industries, including construction, agriculture, food processing, forestry, transportation, military and mining. K-Line’s products include pony trailers, transfer trailers, dump bodies, low-beds, multi-axle heavy haul, side dumps, end dumps, and other specialty truck trailers.
The Opportunity:
K-Line is seeking a hands-on General Manager who brings strong sales leadership together with an operational background. This individual will drive sales, lead manufacturing operations, work closely with engineering to deliver customized solutions, and foster a collaborative, high-performing culture. The successful candidate will combine strong business judgment with technical curiosity and the ability to build lasting relationships with customers, employees and industry partners.
The Responsibilities:
- Spend time with the team to understand K-Line’s culture, products, customers and market position.
- Develop and execute strategies to grow revenue across British Columbia, Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest.
- Lead with a hands-on, approachable style that builds trust across sales, engineering, manufacturing, finance and administration.
- Work closely with customers and engineering to translate customer needs into practical, customized trailer solutions.
- Build and develop a collaborative, high-performing team with clear expectations and accountability, manage financial performance and strategic planning.
- Grow the sales team, strengthen existing customer relationships and expand into new markets, to improve profitability and support long-term growth.
- Lead manufacturing operations with a focus on safety, quality, delivery, profitability and customer expectations.
- Establish and monitor key business and operational performance measures.
- Improve production planning, workflow, systems and processes to increase efficiency and productivity.
The Requirements:
- 10+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership, within a custom or engineered products business.
- Proven sales leader with a track record of growing key accounts, developing new markets and strategic partnerships, with a strong understanding of the dealership model.
- Strong understanding of custom manufacturing and experience working closely with engineering to balance customer requirements with operational capabilities.
- Demonstrated success leading manufacturing operations, including production, quality, scheduling and on-time delivery.
- Experience improving systems, processes and operational efficiency within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, financial reporting and connecting operational performance to business results.
- Proven ability to build and develop high-performing teams, with an approachable leadership style that fosters trust, collaboration and accountability.
- Comfortable in a hands-on, owner-led business where flexibility, initiative, sound judgment and strong relationships are essential.
- Willingness to travel throughout British Columbia, Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest to support customers and business development.
Our goal at People First Solutions is to hire top performers for our clients. To this end, our selection process is thorough, enabling us to collect very detailed information. We base our selection process on Topgrading®, a proven method that allows our clients’ to effectively match top performing candidates to key leadership roles. As well, we integrate TalentSorter®, a behavioural science based assessment tool to help companies hire for “fit.”
If you possess the fundamental skills, experience and education required to be successful in this role we invite you to provide a cover letter and résumé in PDF, in confidence to either Bob
Murray or Adrienne Giffen.
Bob Murray – [email protected] – 604.803.4377
Adrienne Giffen – [email protected] – 604.209.8023
We thank all applicants for their interest in this role.
