Regional Branch Manager

Lakes Gas Co•Miltona, MN

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Family owned for over 60 years, Lakes Gas is among the largest propane providers in the Midwest. This role operates with a small-town, local feel, with employees who live in the communities they serve. The Regional Branch Manager role has a wide scope of responsibilities that encompass a larger market area. This position covers Miltona, MN and Richmond, MN Lakes Gas locations. This is a promoted position and will have a larger scope of responsibility inclusive of all Branch Manager functions with added duties including: Larger, More Diverse Market Area, Larger Asset Responsibility, Larger Leadership Role to Direct Employee Responsibilities, Support to Assist Other Branches as Directed, All Spare Company Vehicles and Excess Customer Tanks Under Regional Branch Manager Control.

Requirements

Thorough knowledge of: NFPA 58 Codes, NFPA 54 Codes, DOT Federal and State Codes and Laws, CFR 49 – Jurisdictional Pipeline as needed.
10 ton road.
High ground free of water problems.
Access to actual market.
Typically 20-30 mile by air from main office.
Place in a location that is not at the outside fringe of the market.
Consider locating near a town that is not served by natural gas.
Electrical power readily available.
Prefer to own the land, try not to lease.
Minimum ½ acre lot, prefer 1 acre.

Nice To Haves

Manage dedicated sales staff.

Responsibilities

Conducting sales, safety, maintenance, customer service, employee scheduling, training, reviewing and extend support to other company needs.
Manage company interest.
Maintain company assets at the highest level.
Lead employees to success.
Accept nothing but the best customer service.
Ensure honest staff that functionally meets customer concerns.
Ensure driver courtesy on delivery sites.
Treat customers like you want to be treated.
Not hindered in the scheduling of customer delivery and service requirements.
Effectively schedules personnel to meet the service territory.
Understands how to operate larger customer geography, with quality service and support.
Sales minded for growth and profit.
Knows the market conditions and responds with sound judgement.
Has the ability to competitively meet the challenges.
Recognizes the ability to know the competitive players strengths and weaknesses.
Manage dedicated sales staff.
Can properly filter and select employees needed.
Effectively trains employees to meet standards.
Can highlight positives of employee’s performance.
Recognizes poor performance and can retrain to acceptable levels.
Knows when to separate from poor performing employees.
Recognizes the need to extend help to other branches in need.
Record and report effective practices to better employee performance.
Promote good employees who are high achievers in performance, proficiency, procedure, safety, company minded and people friendly.
Uncompromising to people and property for safety and code compliance.
Ensure customer and employee well-being.
Awareness of conditions and contingencies for stressed situations.
Maintain vehicles to the highest standards.
Ensure delivery trucks are reliable for a minimum 20 year lifecycle.
Ensure vehicles are Fully DOT Compliant at all times.
Manage spare equipment and trucks.
Maintain bulk storage to the highest standards.
Supports for piping, pumps and hose.
Ensure domestic tanks are blocked, accessible, properly stored and ready.
Ensure gates, fencing, locks are in a high state of security and functionality.
Ensure electric lighting, switches, conduit, outlets are up to code and well maintained.
Ensure storage tank, manual valving, pneumatic valves, relief valves and Emergency Shutdown valves are fully functional, code compliant and well maintained.
Strategically looks to improve the service area.
Assess how to better schedule customer needs: Tank Sizing, Clustering of unique accounts.
Delivery/Service software integration.
Bulk storage reloading points to effectively manage customer needs and company expenses.
Maximize the use of Company Equipment.
Reduce the cost of physical delivery.
Help the company to reach more market share.
Ensure visual reminder that we are here.
Reduce the pressure off the driver.
Must be up to date on all current technology the company is using.
Must be open to and willing to learn new technology Lakes Gas is looking to implement.
Must be able to teach managers under their region all technology in company use.
Will be responsible for all technological devices in your region.
Liquid propane accountability.
Bulk Storage accountability.
Bobtail Storage accountability.
Cylinder Float accountability.
Merchandise management; mark up and accountability.
Ensure company tanks/cylinder and equipment meets expectation.
Manage customer lease of equipment.
Tank/equipment asset performance (rent).
Maintenance and care of all containers.
Field maintenance, meet OEI compliance.
Yard maintenance, meet OEI compliance.
Readiness to deploy.
Tank/cylinder evacuation of pressurized gas.
Yard counts accurate and consolidated.
Stored as close to plant as possible.