Rugby Architectural Building Products is a wholesale distributor of specialty building products operating out of 27 branches throughout the United States. Our primary business is nonstructural architectural grade building products sold principally to customers who create and produce endproducts for the commercial industrial retail residential and institutional markets. (In Lenexa KC Lebanon TN Kansas City MO and Rockford IL we do business as: Olathe Millworks Warren Brother Sash & Door Pacific Mutual Door River City Millworks respectfully.
Position Summary:
As a highly motivated sales and distribution entrepreneur you will be responsible for directing and coordinating all activities as Branch Manager of our Wilsonville Branch.
You will have the satisfaction of providing daytoday supervision and leadership plan and assign work; implement policies and procedures; increase employees skills and capabilities; and continuously improves productivity equipment operating procedures and working conditions. Ensure inventory and shipping/receiving functions of branch are operating at levels which exceed customers needs and expectations while also maintaining the company mission to be the best supplier the best partner to our vendors. The Branch Manager will report to the Area Manager.
Whats in It for You:
- Salary: $120k$125k
- Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays
- Competitive Medical Dental Vision
- Short Term LongTerm Disability Life Insurance
- 401(k) Traditional & Roth with Match
- Voluntary Identity Theft & Legal Services
- Appreciation Program
Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions):
- Drive new business development with intensity increase sales and profitability of the distribution center increasing market share
- Understanding of the P & L and will have full responsibility
- Provide superior customer service
- Optimize performance of Inside and Outside Sales Teams to maximize sales and gross margin per employee.
- Manage both distribution centers operating costs to minimize operating expense per employee.
- Evaluate coach and develop all personnel to assist them in realizing their maximum individual potential and meet the Rugby mission of best place to work.
- Manage Rugby safety policy.
- Manage our distribution center assets including inventory and accounts receivable to established inventory turns and earns dead stock shrinkage DSO and bad debt targets
- Represent Rugby to all business partners to the highest professional standard and strive for the Rugby mission of Best Customer status to our manufacturer supplier.
Knowledge Skills & Experience:
- 5 years of distribution or manufacturing management experience including sales management and business development responsibilities.
- Candidate must have a documented management and sales profile.
- Ability to thrive in a highly entrepreneurial decentralized highaccountability and performancedriven culture.
- Proven experience providing branded and generic products in a B2B environment.
- Proven success transitioning from high individual sales performance to a coaching/leadership role.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal written presentation) including the ability to communicate effectively to all levels of an organization both internally and externally. Must have strong telephone skills.
- Proven customer relationship building skills both internally and externally with outstanding influencing and negotiation skills.
- Experience with physical inventory and cycle counting procedures
- Proficient with Microsoft Word Excel and Outlook.
- Proven leadership skills and demonstrated ability to successfully lead largescale departmental or company initiatives.
- Outstanding project management and organizational skills with the ability to work across multiple functions in an organization.
- Excellent forecasting and reporting skills.
- Strong management problemsolving and leadership skills with demonstrated ability to successfully lead largescale departmental or companywide initiatives.
- Ability to teach train and cultivate future leaders for the organization.
- Must have an intense passion for success and growth.
- Knowledge of Agility software a plus
At Rugby our goal is to lead the industry! We will accomplish this goal by creating an environment where each team member is challenged to achieve their personal best using their talent together building a community based on our values of Fairness Commitment to Excellence and maintaining Rugby as a Performance Meritocracy.
Required Experience:
Manager