R10053127 Branch Manager (Open)

Location:

Sulphur, LA - 2210 Swisco Rd - Retail shop

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The primary purpose of the Branch Manager is to coordinate and direct the day-to-day store operations to meet or exceed sales and margin targets by promoting sales and good customer service, maintain adequate inventory levels, and monitors purchases to control expenses. Ensures both facility and staff are in compliance with Safety and Regulatory standards. Provide guidance to team members on how to provide effective and efficient service to customers, good housekeeping, and overall operating efficiency.

In particular, you will:

• Provide consistent professional customer service to all walk-ins or call-in customer inquiries regarding products, price, and technical information.

• Support the outside sales force as needed in servicing and obtaining new business.

• Oversee and ensure that cash reports, charge tickets, coding, costing, pricing, daily cash summary, bank deposits are processed accurately daily.

• Responsible for maintaining the accuracy of back order report, open order report, and PO expedite report.

• Establish and manage cylinder and hard goods inventory levels for the branch.

• Supervise the training of inside sales associates in areas including product knowledge, company policies, processes, and procedures; and safety; ensures that all associates are trained to perform critical branch functions.

• Ensure branch store shelves and displays are kept neat and clean and adequately stocked and properly organized, exposing customers to all new and featured products.

• Perform periodic performance reviews of branch associates.

• Serve as liaison between employees and management, providing performance advice and direction in conjunction with the Human Resources department and senior management.

• Oversee general housekeeping of showroom, offices, warehouse, break room, restroom, and grounds.

• Maintain a safe work environment; organize required monthly safety meetings; and strictly enforces all company safety rules and regulations.

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Are you a MATCH?

Are you a MATCH?

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in sales and distribution of industrial gases and welding supplies or similar industrial products; at least two (2) years of experience in a managerial capacity.

• College degree preferred or High school diploma (or equivalent) with additional industry experience.

• Knowledge of welding applications and equipment with strong retail sales/customer service skills.

• Able to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment and be detail-oriented with good organizational skills.

• Must be able to work with a wide variety of people with different personalities and backgrounds while promoting a team player attitude.

• Must be able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, MSDS, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

• Must be flexible to adjust work schedules to meet operational requirements, may include “on call’ weekend work and overtime on an as-needed basis.

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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 child birth 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.

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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.

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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. 

Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company’s written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.

Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at [email protected].

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