Veterans Preferred - Branch Manager

Company: Airgas
Location: Chattanooga
Posted on: January 21, 2025

Job Description:

Military Veterans are Encouraged to Apply. -R10059377 Branch Manager (Open)

Location:
Chattanooga, TN - Retail shop

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

Are you a results-driven leader who thrives on building strong teams, driving sales growth, and ensuring operational excellence?

At Airgas, we're looking for a Branch Manager who will take ownership of branch operations, profitability, and customer satisfaction. This role is perfect for someone who is passionate about leading people, delivering top-notch service, and achieving business goals in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Lead and Inspire:
- Mentor, and motivate a high-performing team.
- Conduct regular performance evaluations and provide coaching to help employees excel.

Drive Sales Excellence:
- Support outside sales teams by preparing quotes, maintaining product knowledge, and providing exceptional customer follow-up.
- Identify and penetrate target accounts while maintaining and growing relationships with existing customers.

Ensure Operational Success:
- Develop and monitor branch budgets, ensuring fiscal performance aligns with company goals.
- Manage inventory, accounts receivable, and operational expenses efficiently.
- Oversee customer service to ensure every interaction exceeds expectations.

Champion Safety:
- Promote and enforce safety practices, lead safety meetings, and ensure a safe working environment for your team.

Deliver Results:
- Use market insights and competitor data to forecast sales and set strategies.
- Drive gross margin and net income goals by managing pricing, costs, and resources effectively.

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Are you a MATCH?

Experience:
- 5+ years in sales or the welding industry (preferably both).
- 2+ years in a leadership role managing teams and resolving personnel issues.

Skills:

• Proven ability to manage diverse teams and deliver results.
  
• Strong organizational, communication, and negotiation skills.
  
• Ability to analyze financial reports and translate them into actionable plans.
  
• Knowledge of SAP and proficiency in MS Office are a plus.
  
• A customer-focused mindset with a sense of urgency to solve problems and deliver results.
  
• A team-oriented attitude with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
  
• Willingness to continuously improve skills and techniques through training.
  
  
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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 us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com .
  
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