District Manager

District Manager (Open)District Manager for: Kansas City and Overland Park, KS, Independence and St. Joe, MO branches and sales teamsHow will you contribute and grow? The District Manager has responsibility to lead, direct, and motivate all Branch, Administrative, Operating, and Sales associates within the District to achieve the highest safety standards, top line growth, EBITDA performance and operational excellence. The DM is responsible to execute on plans and strategies designed to meet and exceed customer needs. The DM has full P&L responsibility for their branches/territory.In particular, you will:Responsible for ensuring a safe environment at all Airgas facilities. Ensure that all branch personnel are walking the talk with regard to safety.Manage the sales force for organic top line growth. The DM may have direct responsibility for key customer accounts.Manage branch assets to ensure Airgas will be the fastest to market.Responsible for execution of Core Strategy I and II activities in the branches and throughout the District. Ensure branch planners are in place at all branches and take responsibility for execution. Maintain the stocks of gases and HGs at all locations to ensure high fulfillment. Ensure that branch associates and field sales associates are adequately trained and focus on the details of our customers' needs and requirements. Focus on increased accuracy and SAP proficiency.Optimize profit margins through execution of plans and strategies communicated from Regional and Area. Maintain operation expenses in line with Gross Profit goals, customer service, and growth plans.Execute on plans to realize the strategic pricing targets.Provide support for the transition of sweet spot customers to the Total Access program as well as target customers for any new TA initiatives that are developed.Ensure effective collaboration, teamwork, and communication throughout the District.All other duties as assigned.Are you a match?Are you a match?Four-year college degree from an accredited institution in Business, Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Sales Management, Engineering, or related field.Three to five years of sales or sales management experience in a business-to-business sales environment, a Branch or Plant leadership role, or comparable experience within the distribution industry.Working knowledge of SAP.Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office products.Effective verbal and written communication and presentation skills.Team player; strong collaboration skills; ability to influence.Self-starter; self-motivated, operates with a sense of urgency; ability to work independently.Comfortable interacting with a wide variety of people with different personalities and backgrounds within Airgas and outside the Company.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.Your differences enhance our performanceAt 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 InformationWe 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.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 View email address on click.appcast.io.