Veterans Preferred - Assistant Branch Manager

Company: Airgas
Location: Portland
Posted on: April 1, 2025

Job Description:

Military Veterans are Encouraged to Apply. -R10063425 Assistant Branch Manager (Open)

Location:
Portland, OR - NE Columbia - Retail shop

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The Assistant Branch Manager provides day to day support to the Branch Manager with the critical issues of branch operations, profitability, sales growth, budgeting, managing gross margins, operating expenses, safety, customer service, inventory, equipment, building and vehicles, community relations, accounts
receivable, and resolution of personnel issues by performing the following.

The salary range for this role is $54,000- $66,500.
--- Responsible for adherence to company policies including safety and the use of personal protective equipment.
--- Directly supervises two or more employees in the day-to-day operations of the retail store including compliance, retail sales, warehousing and distribution. Supports both the scheduling and performance management efforts for retail store personnel.
--- Recruits, retains, and develops the necessary team within your region to ensure your team and region succeed in achieving results.
--- Creates a safe work environment by contributing to zero preventable accidents, and by continuous compliance with company safety rules, standard operating procedures and governmental regulations required for the position.
--- Interprets job orders to drivers, and assigns duties; Assigns deliveries to drivers according to customer needs, current delivery schedule and availability of supplies.
--- Works closely with Branch Manager, ABOM, and partnering Plant to make sure delivery schedules are efficient and meeting the needs of the customer.
--- Participates in the execution of marketing plans to support the penetration of key market segments in collaboration with our Sales and Operations teams and outside vendors. Assists with sales promotional activities, merchandising and displays.
--- Collaborates with outside sales to ensure order accuracy and properly scheduled customer deliveries.
--- Assists with managing the branch inventory, daily inventory cycle counts and maintains showroom and warehouse appearance.
--- Assists with managing all hard goods receiving and all dynamic deployment (hard goods inter-branch orders) daily.
--- Helps monitor 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.
--- Works with our hardware vendors to schedule and hold monthly vendor product training sessions.
--- Assists with associate training in procedural areas such as following all Airgas Operating Standards and safety regulations.
--- Works in partnership with corporate accounts receivable to manage branch credits and collections.
--- May cover partnering branches when staffing is short or unforeseen circumstances occur.
--- All employees are expected to perform any reasonable work request that falls within the qualifications but not specifically described.

--- Manages a team of 2+ employees

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Are you a MATCH?

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties

Required Education:
--- High school degree or the equivalent preferred, with one to three years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Length and Type of Experience:
--- Prefer one to three years of experience in an industrial retail, inside sales, customer service and/or inventory control related position; or equivalent years of experience and successful completion of Airgas Branch Management Trainee program.
--- SAP or similar software system experience. Intermediate skills operating a computer in a Google Platform environment is recommended.
--- One year of prior supervisory and/or demonstrated leadership experience.
--- Basic product knowledge of welding, safety, gases, and supplies.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's):
--- Excellent oral and written communication skills; well organized; creative problem solving; strong service orientation; strong interpersonal skills and ability to influence, work independently and as part of a team.
--- Must be able to excel in a deadline oriented environment and demonstrate a high level of competence in organizing and prioritizing multiple work assignments. Ability to deal effectively with a diversity of individuals at all organizational levels.

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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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