Branch Manager

R10054154 Branch Manager (Open) Location: Atlanta, GA (Cham) - Retail shop How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW? The Branch Manager has overall responsibility for the critical issues of branch operations and profitability including: safety, sales, sales growth, budgeting, gross margins, operating expenses, 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. Lead and manage a team consisting of Counter Sales, Warehouse, Drivers and Customer Service employees. Assist 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. Coordinate sales promotion activities, merchandising and displays, also opportunities for Airgas-wide conversions. Manage inside sales, sales growth and sales margins. Collaborate with outside sales to ensure order accuracy and properly scheduled customer deliveries by Airgas trucks. Manage branch inventory, daily hard goods inventory cycle counts and maintain showroom and warehouse appearance. Manage all hard goods receiving and all dynamic deployment (hard goods inter-branch orders) for completion timely and daily. Lead and manage the annual/bi-annual physical hard goods inventories. Monitor SAP reports daily such as open order/delivery reports, billing and delivery block reports and open Purchase Order (PO) reports. Provide Daily Cash Reconciliation (DCR) ensuring daily completion addressing any issues prior to deposit. Oversee employee training in procedural areas such as following all Airgas Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) and safety regulations. Partner with Airgas hardware vendors to schedule and hold monthly vendor product training sessions. Manage branch operating expenses including overtime and office supplies. Work with corporate accounts receivable to manage branch credits and collections. Are you a MATCH? High School Diploma or GED. Associate's or Bachelor's degree preferred. 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. Prior SAP experience preferred. 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. 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 childbirth 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.

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