Floating Assistant Branch Manager

Floating Assistant Branch Manager

Location: Winchester, VA - Retail shop Hagerstown, MD - Retail shop

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

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.

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General Summary:

The Floating Assistant Branch Manager assists with the day to day responsibility for the critical issues of branch operation and profitability, including sales, sales growth, budgeting, gross margins, operating expenses, safety, customer service, inventory, equipment, building and vehicles, community relations, accounts receivable and resolution of personnel issues. This position will operate between multiple branch locations to facilitate gaps in day-to-day operations oversight (i.e. vacations, training, etc.)

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assists with managing the day-to-day operations the retail store including compliance, retail sales, warehousing and distribution.
• Oversees the daily schedule of the branch location.
• Participates in the development and execution of marketing plans to support the penetration of key market segments in collaboration with our Sales and Operations teams and outside vendors.
• Coordinates sales promotional activities, merchandising and displays.
• Collaborates with outside sales to ensure order accuracy and properly scheduled customer deliveries.
• Manages branch inventory, daily hard goods inventory cycle counts and maintain showroom and warehouse appearance.
• Manages all hard goods receiving and all dynamic deployment (hard goods inter-branch orders) for completion in a timely and daily.
• Monitors SAP reports daily such as open order/delivery reports, billing and delivery block reports and open Purchase Order (PO) reports.
• Responsible for Daily Cash Reconciliation (DCR). Ensures daily completion and that all errors are addressed and bank deposits are initiated.
• Work with our hardware vendors to schedule and hold monthly vendor product training sessions.
• Oversee retail employee training in procedural areas such as following all Airgas Operating Standards and safety regulations.
• Leader/manager of annual/bi-annual physical hard goods inventories.
• Work with corporate accounts receivable to manage branch credits and collections.
• Other duties as assigned.

Are you a MATCH?

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED. Advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in an industrial retail, inside sales, customer service and/or inventory control related position.
• One (1) year of prior supervisory experience.