Branch Manager chez Air Power

The Branch Manager is responsible for the planning, supervision and operation of a successful industrial supply sales and sales support branch.

Essential Functions:

• Participates in the personnel process for branch staff, including, but not limited to hiring, supervision and evaluation of staff performance and identification of staff training needs.
• Provides customer service and Service ticket processing.
• Develops plan to enhance workflow in local branch (service, ship/receive, and customer service).
• Completes daily branch tasks including - shipping/receiving, customer service, and service ticket processing.
• Monitors branch expenditures and works with financial officers to set and maintain budget limits.
• Maintains awareness of current sales trends and developments and reports these to the sales manager for marketing plans.
• Interpret Air Power policies and procedures to branch employees.
• Establish effective communications with outside salesmen, subordinates, and customers.
• Monitors physical location, initiates facility maintenance and repair as necessary, alerts administration to major problems.
• Responsible for facility security and response to alarms.
• Ensures compliance with standard operating procedures.
• Controls and/or facilitates sourcing, expediting and item maintenance for new and current items.
• Manage and maintain inventory at levels that are in the best interest of Air Power.
• Enforces all safety issues as mandated by our safety committee.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of two years of increasingly responsible professional experience.
• Knowledge of the basic elements of branch administration and the ability to apply such knowledge to work performed.
• Knowledge of Air Power's policies and procedures.
• Analytical abilities sufficient to perform problem solving for customer and equipment issues.
• Independent judgment to set priorities and work independently.
• Interpersonal skills to deal effectively with the public and staff.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Manual dexterity to operate office equipment.
• Concentrates on a task despite frequent distractions. 

Education:

• Associate degree in business or equivalent, and/or equivalent work experience.

Working Conditions:

• Work in all areas of the branch location.
• Move intermittently during working hours.
• Subject to frequent interruptions.
• Attend and participate in continuing educational programs designed to keep you abreast of changes in your profession.
• Position may require out of town travel.  Travel will be planned associated with training and/or Air Power Corporate functions.

Specific Requirements:

• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
• Valid driver's license.
• Must be able to effectively communicate with the public.
• Must be able to communicate clearly and concisely, orally and in writing, including formal communications and making presentations.
• Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant.
• Must be able to perform basic math skills, adding, subtracting, dividing etc.
• Must be able to operate office equipment including information management tools (Windows applications, database, etc.).
• Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, visitors, sales staff, and customers.

Physical And Sensory Requirements (with or without the aid of mechanical devices):

• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday.
• Must be able to see and hear, or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to assure that the requirements of this position can be fully met.
• Must function independently and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with personnel, visitors, sales staff, and customers, etc.
• Must pass drug test.
• Must be able to push, pull, move and/or lift a minimum of 30 lbs. to a minimum height of 2 feet and be able to push, pull, move and /or carry such weight a minimum of 5 feet.

Responsibilities (not all-inclusive) all the duties listed above are essential job functions for which reasonable accommodations will be made. 

All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor subject to reasonable accommodations.