R10049928 District Manager - Lafayette, Louisiana (Open)

Location:

Lafayette, LA - Filling industrial

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The District Manager leads sales teams, ensures customer satisfaction, enforces safety standards, manages inquiries, maintains product knowledge, and upholds company policies. Other responsibilities include supporting branch operations, assisting in personnel management and preparing sales analysis, budgets, and reports.

• Lead, coach, and guide sales team to achieve top safety standards and performance.

• Ensure exceptional customer service, product knowledge, and problem resolution.

• Champion safety measures through meetings and strict enforcement.

• Maintain and enhance selling skills and product knowledge for staff.

• Enforce company policies, aid in customer service, and address performance issues.

• Support Branch Manager in hiring, training, and managing employees.

• Assist outside sales reps, prepare sales data, and forecast for leadership.

• Manage budget, monitor fiscal performance, and control expenditures.

• Oversee paperwork, inventory, pricing, and profitability.

• Handle personnel matters and facility upkeep.

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Are you a MATCH?

• Bachelor's degree or 7+ years of relevant experience.

• 7+ years in welding and/or sales, preferably both.

• Proficient in computer usage.

• Minimum 3 years of supervisory experience, adept at managing personnel.

• 3+ years of successful sales team management with growth.

• Track record of achieving double-digit annual sales growth.

• Skilled in data entry and order extraction.

• Strong verbal and written communication, self-motivation, organizational skills.

• Analytical and financial reporting abilities.

• Effective prioritization and multitasking skills.

• Moderate to excellent public speaking capabilities.

• Numerical proficiency for practical s

• Strong PC skills

• Negotiation and selling prowess.

• Flexible schedule for customer and management needs.

• Physical capability to lift 25-75 lbs., work independently under pressure, and interact with diverse personalities.

• Valid driver's license, insured personal vehicle.

• Comfortable working in a drug-free environment.

Benefits
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. 

We provide a progressive parental leave package for our Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children. Birth mothers receive 14 weeks of leave at 100% pay, while other eligible associates receive up to 2 weeks of birth partner leave. 

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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