Branch Manager (Geismar, LA)

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• Provide consistent professional customer service to all walk-ins or call-in customer inquiries regarding products, price, and technical information.

• Support the outside sales team as needed in servicing and obtaining new business.

• Oversee and ensure that cash reports, charge tickets, coding, costing, pricing, daily cash summary, bank deposits are processed accurately daily.

• Responsible for maintaining the accuracy of back order report, open order report, and PO expedite report.

• Establish and manage cylinder and hard goods inventory levels for the branch.

• Supervise the training of inside sales associates in areas including product knowledge, company policies, processes, and procedures; and safety; ensures that all associates are trained to perform critical branch functions.

• Perform periodic performance reviews of branch associates.

• Serve as liaison between employees and management, providing performance advice and direction in conjunction with the Human Resources department and senior management.

• High school diploma or equivalent. College degree preferred.

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in sales and distribution of industrial gases and welding supplies or similar industrial products; at least two (2) years of experience in a managerial capacity.

• Strong retail sales/customer service skills desired.

• Knowledge of welding applications and equipment is a plus.

• Able to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment and be detail-oriented with good organizational skills.

• Must be able to work with a wide variety of people with different personalities and backgrounds while promoting a team player attitude.

• Must be able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, MSDS, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

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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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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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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.

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