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Painting Biz Owners: Your first big hire when scaling your biz, let’s chat w-Mike at PainterGrowth

Name: Painting Biz Owners: Your first big hire when scaling your biz, let’s chat w-Mike at PainterGrowth
Uploaded: 2024-02-01T16:47:14+00:00
Duration: 42 s
Channel: Daniel Honan
Description: In this conversational interview, the speakers discuss the pivotal role of hiring a production manager as the first major hire for painting business…

1 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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In this conversational interview, the speakers discuss the pivotal role of hiring a production manager as the first major hire for painting business owners looking to scale beyond the $500K revenue plateau toward $1M. They explain that while businesses can grow without this role, doing so becomes increasingly complex. The production manager typically costs around $80,000 per year, but when properly trained, they free the owner from day‑to‑day production tasks, allowing the owner to focus on sales and strategic growth. This delegation can dramatically improve both business performance and the owner’s personal life by reclaiming time and reducing operational headaches. The dialogue also notes the typical hiring sequence—crews first, then the production manager—as the point where owners truly hand over operational control.

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It was life-changing as soon as I brought on that production manager. There's a lot of painters who are kind of like teetering on that level of, should I bring on a production manager or not? Part of what I want to talk about is how to scale beyond $500K. Anywhere from like that $500K to a million, you can do that without a production manager, but it gets pretty hairy. Whereas as soon as you bring on that production manager, it might seem expensive because they're not necessarily pushing paint, but that $80K a year that you're investing in that production manager completely frees up your time. If you train them right, that can revolutionize not only your business, but your life and how you spend your time.
That is something that I have seen. The first big hire, obviously you have your crews that you're probably hiring first, but that production manager, that's where you really let somebody else drive your business. Obviously you might still be involved in sales, which is key, but the production manager is a big hire.