Chief of Staff

About the Company

Founded in 1963 as a family-owned business, Poly-Tek has grown into a holding company consisting of a team of small businesses united by the shared, constant pursuit of better. We work with existing small business owners to ensure their legacy through acquisition via permanent equity. For over 60 years, we have been expert manufacturers, delivering high-quality, custom-made products to a diverse set of American Industry.

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Role Overview

The Chief of Staff is a high-impact role, supporting the COO & CEO, leveraging broad functional expertise to address complex challenges, enhance business operations, and align portfolio company processes. The position requires regular context switching through a variety of activities at both the portfolio and holding company levels. It is a hands-on role with daily on-site expectations in a manufacturing environment located in the Bay Area. This role is considered a track position toward a GM/CEO role of an operating company.

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Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning & Execution: Partner with the executive leadership to develop and implement strategic initiatives that drive growth, operational improvement, and organizational alignment.
• Cross-Functional Leadership & Operational Enablement: Oversee and facilitate cross-functional projects, ensuring timely execution of priorities across operations, sales, finance, HR, and technology. Address a wide range of business challenges, providing solutions across multiple disciplines to support both immediate needs and long-term objectives.
• Executive Support: Act as an extension of the COO & CEO, managing internal priorities, facilitating decision-making, and ensuring follow-through on critical initiatives.
• Performance Management: Monitor and evaluate key performance metrics, delivering regular reports to the holding company to ensure transparency and alignment with investment priorities.
• Team Development: Strengthen the portfolio company’s management team through mentorship and guidance, building capacity for sustained operational success.
• Portfolio Collaboration: Contribute insights and best practices to the holding company’s broader portfolio strategy, fostering knowledge-sharing with other executives and operators.

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Qualifications

• Experience: This is a position intended for candidates with an MBA degree or equivalent work experience. Experience in consulting, small businesses or private equity environments is preferred.
• Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, complemented by excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills. Ability to operate with discretion and manage competing priorities.
• Attributes: Highly organized, execution-focused, and intellectually curious. Comfortable in fast-paced, resource-constrained environments. Short-term Urgency; Long-term Outcomes.
• Other: This is not a desk job. You will need to be comfortable rolling up your sleeves and building things from the ground-up with little guidance. We prefer someone seeking true responsibility for tangible outcomes.