Branch Manager - Poway

Reporting to the Vice President of Operations, the Branch Manager - Poway provides strategic leadership and oversight for warehouse, transportation, administrative, and security operations for the Corodata Poway location. This role partners with sales and leadership to drive business growth, improve operational efficiency, and expand service offerings, including the development of new product lines. A key responsibility is overall financial performance, including P&L management, budgeting, and achieving productivity targets. The role also focuses on employee engagement, fostering a positive work culture, and maintaining high standards of safety, service, and operational excellence. This person will manage the teams at the Poway and Escondido branches to achieve business results, ensure safety and maintain high employee engagement. This position will also have the responsibility for developing and implementing strategies to develop and coach employees, to improve employee engagement, and to foster a positive work environment for their direct reports.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership & Operations Leads and develops transportation, warehouse, and administrative teams to achieve performance goals. Sets the tone and demonstrates skills building employee engagement, coaching, training and development of key people. Oversee daily operations, including scheduling, inventory control, and distribution. Ensures compliance with company policies, procedures, and operational standards. Drives process improvements, efficiency, and technology adoption. Develops a detailed understanding of current products and processes, then contributes to improvements with a full understanding of the implications of changes. Manages and drives P&L, budgets, forecasts, and financial performance. Monitors KPIs, productivity metrics, and cost controls, reports on issues and seeks to resolve potential problems before they upscale. Identifies growth opportunities and supports new service line development. Customer & Business Development Maintains strong customer relationships and ensures service excellence. Supports sales teams, resolves escalations, and participates in client engagements to secure new business and retain current customers. Evaluates and manages third-party partnerships and vendors. Creates win‑win conflict resolution with open communication to all parties. Experience/knowledge of sales and the sales process that informs a supportive viewpoint towards and alignment with the sales team, ensuring business and revenue growth. Experienced and comfortable in meeting onsite with existing and prospective customers, building strong customer relationships, and proactively working to find solutions to meet customer needs. People & Culture Develops leadership teams and oversee training programs. Trains, coaches, and deliver effective performance feedback to managers and supervisors on how to improve their approaches and interactions with subordinates and customers. Build a strong team that can grow with the business. Partners effectively with other functional departments and seek positive solutions. Promote employee engagement, retention, and a positive work environment. Effectively collaborates with team members to understand their skills and capabilities to achieve company goals. Ensures ongoing safety training and compliance. Follows Federal and State human resources laws and policies. Excellent at educating employees about the purpose of the business, the value of customer satisfaction and explaining the reasons that policies about safety and compliance are in place for the protection of all. Leads process improvement initiatives (including Six Sigma). Teams with leaders in other sites throughout California and other business lines to support Corodata’s business success. Enhance operational systems, reporting, and performance tracking. Maintains professional knowledge and industry best practices. Use available data to understand customer needs, trends, driving routes, and is always optimizing for all parties, balancing managing costs with customer/employee needs. Security & Compliance Interacts with physical security systems (access control, CCTV, alarms) and facility safety processes. Actively understands and promotes the importance of safety, compliance and the protection of company and customer assets. Conducts vulnerability and risk assessments; implements corrective actions. Ensures compliance with information security policies and PCI requirements. Coordinates annual security reviews and disaster recovery planning. Participates in annual SOC 2, HIPAA, and NAID audits. People Management Leads the Poway and Escondido Operations and Warehouse teams of both direct and indirect reports to perform work delivering operational goals and customer requirements. Provides supervisory coaching and guidance to the warehouse and operations team. Develops performance objectives to measure and give feedback to each employee and provides annual performance reviews for each team member including providing any necessary coaching and counseling. Hires, trains, schedules, reviews, and coach’s employees directly accountable to his/her/their position to maintain the highest possible level of employee morale and department productivity. Manages timekeeping system approvals to ensure payroll and timesheets are accurate for their direct reports and manage exceptions. Organize and oversee employee schedules. Partners with Human Resources to handle discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy and applicable laws. Act as a catalyst for change and improvement in quality utilizing Six Sigma methodology. Ensures established policies and procedures are adhered to in accordance with company procedures and guidelines. Provides leadership to the team and sets a culture of engaging and respecting employees. Customer Relations Participates in warehouse facility tours for current and potential customers. Interacts with customers in person and via telephone, fax and email to ensure complete customer satisfaction in all matters related to the operation. Works closely with Sales team to address any customer issues or concerns. Acts as point contact person for all warehouse and operation escalation issues and resolve them in a timely manner. Must be courteous, helpful, and professional to all existing and potential customers, by interacting with customers in person and via telephone, fax, and email to ensure complete customer satisfaction in all matters related to the operation. Maintains excellent customer service with the customers, vendors, sales, transportation, and operation teams to establish solid relationships. Skilled in resolving conflicts with a win‑win outcome with employees, customers and vendors. Technology Leads designated process improvement initiatives and technology enhancements as needed to improve margins or customer service. Manages technology adoption to improve the business performance and productivity. Proficient and comfortable with software packages and data analysis. Learns various software packages as needed and relevant. Training Participates and leads Six Sigma projects, as required to improve processes and efficiencies. Accountable for the management and development of the leadership team. Ensures all direct reports receive training, and that Customer Service, and Safety classes are conducted weekly by direct reports for all warehouse, customer service and transportation teams. May act as a backup to training. Determine the training needs of team and may lead some training sessions. Promotes Corodata’s Mission and Vision Statements. Continuously promotes compliance with company policies and procedures. Employee Engagement Ensure interactions with staff and customers are always professional to promote company’s values and expectations. Proactively engages team to promote a positive work environment, by developing and implementing engagement plans to retain high‑performing employees. Aligns the culture of the department with the overall company strategy and structure. Safety Ensures the highest standards of safety, productivity and customer service are exceeded daily. Oversee direct reports to ensure safety training compliance for all involved staff. Other Duties #J-18808-Ljbffr Corodata Record Management Inc.