Location Manager I

US LBM•West Chicago, IL

About The Position

Manage and direct all store operations and personnel, including sales, service, purchasing, and manufacturing, while ensuring maximum productivity and profitability. The role typically manages locations with annual sales up to $15 million.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
3–5 years of management experience in a related industry.
Knowledge of the building industry and support operations and/or distribution-industry operations.
Understanding of logistics management and fleet-management systems and practices.
Excellent oral communication and positive interpersonal skills.
Ability to motivate others and work with minimal supervision.
Ability to maintain and enhance positive customer relations.
Accounting and basic math skills.
Detailed knowledge of building materials and dimensional lumber products.
Competencies in driving vision and purpose, optimizing work processes, strategic thinking, planning and aligning, business insight, collaboration, and effective communication.

Responsibilities

Manage and coordinate daily store activities and resolve operating difficulties by implementing solutions.
Assign, instruct, train, and direct managers and supervisors; review personnel assignments and allocate work according to production and service needs and sales plans.
Monitor inventory to ensure sufficient quantities of materials are available.
Monitor sales activities to support profitability and effective sales practices.
Serve as the store’s safety officer, audit work-area safety, and attend monthly store or department safety meetings.
Establish operational goals and develop schedules to meet them; ensure on-time delivery and job completion.
Review sales, production, expense, labor-cost, attendance, and other store-operation reports and documents.
Monitor equipment operation and develop and enforce preventive-maintenance schedules.
Work with customers to promote sales and resolve problems; follow up on complaints and seek mutually satisfactory outcomes.
Monitor costs and establish cost controls.
Perform personnel-management duties, including training, hiring, termination, disciplinary actions, performance reviews, and wage recommendations; direct supervisors in their personnel-management duties.
Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures and monitor work performance and quality assurance.
Review reports with supervisors and discuss successes and areas for improvement.
Coordinate workflow between departments and work areas and promote excellent customer relations.
Prepare the location budget, monitor compliance, and review variances with department supervisors.
Perform other duties as assigned, comply with policies and standards, adhere to the company’s workplace-safety commitment, and complete assigned training.