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. In particular, you will directly manage the day to day branch retail operations including safety, retail sales, warehousing and distribution. You will lead and manage a team consisting of Counter Sales, Warehouse, Drivers and Customer Service employees. You will assist with the 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. You will coordinate sales promotion activities, merchandising and displays also opportunities for Airgas-wide conversions. You will manage inside sales, sales growth and sales margins. You will collaborate with outside sales to ensure order accuracy and properly scheduled customer deliveries by Airgas trucks. You will manage branch inventory, daily hard goods inventory cycle counts and maintain showroom and warehouse appearance. You will manage all hard goods receiving and all dynamic deployment (hard goods inter-branch orders) for completion timely and daily. You will lead and manage the annual/bi-annual physical hard goods inventories. You will monitor SAP reports daily such as open order/delivery reports, billing and delivery block reports and open Purchase Order (PO) reports. You will provide Daily Cash Reconciliation (DCR) ensuring daily completion addressing any issues prior to deposit. You will oversee employee training in procedural areas such as following all Airgas Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) and safety regulations. You will partner with Airgas hardware vendors to schedule and hold monthly vendor product training sessions. You will manage branch operating expenses including overtime and office supplies. You will work with corporate accounts receivable to manage branch credits and collections. Other duties as assigned.