Network Company President - Retail - Western Massachusetts

About Teamshares Teamshares is one of America's largest buyers of small businesses from retiring owners and is on a mission to make employee ownership the future of small business. We buy promising companies from retiring owners, gifting employees an immediate 10% ownership stake in the business, and supporting their ongoing growth through proprietary software, education, financial products and best-in-class leadership support. We're building a network of 10,000 employee-owned small businesses, creating $10 billion of stock wealth for wage workers and supporting generations of business owners into confident retirement. Together, we will reduce global wealth inequality while ensuring vital small businesses—and the communities they serve—continue to flourish. Learn more at teamshares.com The Opportunity Teamshares is searching for a President to lead Yankee Mattress Company, a long-standing mattress manufacturer and retailer in Western Massachusetts. The company builds premium, hand-made, custom mattresses and sells them across three retail locations and online. This business has been part of the Teamshares network for five years. Sales have grown over the last two years, and it continues to sell high-quality mattresses to a loyal customer base. What it needs now is a leader who can continue its growth, while providing stability and building a healthy, lasting company culture. The team has been through a lot of change and is ready for steady, consistent leadership. The right person will earn trust by showing up, supporting the Employee Owners, listening, and following through. You will bring clear structure, and build consensus in determining where the company goes next. We are especially interested in candidates with experience in: Leading teams through change, building trust, and setting a company’s culture Multi-location retail, especially high-ticket or consultative sales Light manufacturing or production operations Mattress, bedding, furniture, or home furnishings industry experience This is a full-time, onsite role based at the flagship store and its attached factory, with regular time at the other two showrooms.

What You Will Do: As President, you will have full responsibility for the company's strategy, operations, and P&L, reporting to a Teamshares Industry Lead. You will lead a small, tenured team of employee owners across the flagship store and factory and two additional showrooms.

- Build the Culture: Build a workplace where people feel respected, informed, and accountable. Set clear expectations, communicate openly, and be consistent so the team can count on you.

- Coach and Align the Management Team: Partner with the leadership team. Clarify roles, decision rights, and goals so the team operates as one.

- Bring Structure and Rhythm: Put simple, repeatable systems in place: weekly meetings, scorecards, clear processes, and regular one-on-ones.

- Rebuild Trust in the Ownership Model: Help employees understand what being an owner means and how Teamshares supports them. Connect daily work to shared results.

- Drive Retail Sales: Support a consultative sales team. Keep improving conversion and average ticket while protecting the custom, made-locally customer experience.

- Oversee Production and Margins: Keep the factory running efficiently. Manage material costs, pricing, and gross margin as input costs rise.

- Grow New Channels: Lead the launch of a wholesale and B2B sales program to add volume and improve operating leverage.

- Collaborate on Financial Decisions: Work with Teamshares and the company's controller on budgets, expenses, cash management, and growth investments.

- Manage HR and Personnel Matters: Handle hiring, performance reviews, raises, bonuses, and difficult conversations fairly and promptly.

- Build Community Relationships: Represent the company in the local business community and strengthen its reputation as a proudly local manufacturer.

What You Bring: - Steady, People-Firs