Branch Manager

Airgas • Williston Park, NY

12d • $75 - $85 • Onsite

About The Position

Airgas is Hiring for a Branch Manager in Williston, VT! 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. 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 are looking for you!

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in sales and/or distribution of gases and welding supplies or similar industrial products.
• Two (2) years of prior demonstrated management or leadership experience.
• Demonstrated planning skills: Identifies requirements; allocates, and effectively uses information, personnel, time, and other resources necessary for mission accomplishment; establishes appropriate courses of action for self and/or others to accomplish specific goals; develops evaluation criteria and tracking systems for monitoring goal progress and accomplishment; and specifies objectives, schedules, and priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Prior SAP experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• 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, short-term and long-term disability, life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), pre-tax commuter transportation benefit, parental leave, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave, and paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees.
• Additionally, we offer our eligible employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
• Associates who are members of collective bargaining units should review their bargaining agreement to determine whether they are eligible for some or all of the benefits described here and to see any special terms or conditions for eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees