Branch Manager
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Airgas an Air Liquide company is a leading U.S. supplier of industrial medical and specialty gases as well as hardgoods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products. Air Liquide is present in 78 countries with approximately 64500 associates globally.
Through the passion and diversity of its 18000 associates Airgas fosters a culture of safety customer success sustainability and innovation. Airgas associates are empowered to share ideas take initiative and make decisions.
The Branch Manager has overall responsibility for the critical issues of branch operations and profitability including: sales sales growth budgeting gross margins operating expenses safety customer service inventory equipment building and vehicles community relations accounts receivable and resolution of personnel issues.
Directly manages the day to day branch retail operations including safety retail sales warehousing and distribution. Leads and manages a team consisting of Counter Sales Warehouse Drivers and Customer Service employees.
Assists with development and execution of marketing plans to support the penetration of key market segments in collaboration with our Sales and Operations teams and outside vendors.
Coordinates sales promotion activities merchandising and displays also opportunities for Airgas-wide conversions. Manages inside sales sales growth and sales margins.
Collaborates with outside sales to ensure order accuracy and properly scheduled customer deliveries by Airgas trucks.
Manages branch inventory daily hard goods inventory cycle counts and maintain showroom and warehouse appearance.
Manages all hard goods receiving and all dynamic deployment (hard goods inter-branch orders) for completion timely and daily.
Leads and manages the annual/bi-annual physical hard goods inventories.
Monitors SAP reports daily such as open order/delivery reports billing and delivery block reports and open Purchase Order (PO) reports. Provides Daily Cash Reconciliation (DCR) ensuring daily completion addressing any issues prior to deposit.
Oversees employee training in procedural areas such as following all Airgas Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) and safety regulations. Partners with Airgas hardware vendors to schedule and hold monthly vendor product training sessions.
Manages branch operating expenses including overtime and office supplies. Works with corporate accounts receivable to manage branch credits and collections.
Other duties as assigned.
Are you a MATCH
Qualifications and Competencies:
Demonstrated knowledge of order entry data research and computer skills for efficient customer service.
Familiarity with industry products services and technologies or willingness to learn.
Effective leadership skills for managing and engaging staff.
Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word Excel PowerPoint and Outlook).
Education and Experience:
Bachelors Degree in Business Management Accounting or a related field or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 5 years experience in the welding industry and/or sales with 2 years of supervisory experience preferred.
SAP knowledge and experience are advantageous.
Communication and Critical Thinking Skills:
Strong communication skills both written and verbal to interpret business documents and safety instructions.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with limited standardization.
We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical dental and vision plans vacation sick time floating holidays and paid holidays for full-time employees.
We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.
Additionally we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds tuition reimbursement discounted college tuition for employees dependents and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
Your differences enhance our performance
At Airgas we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees our customers patients community stakeholders and cultures across the world.
We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants regardless of their race gender sexual orientation religion disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.
Equal Employment Opportunity Information
We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic.
Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Companys written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.
Airgas an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process please contact us by email at .
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
