Assistant Manager - Deforest

Job Description: Assistant Manager

Assistant Manager Job Summary: Responsible for assisting the Location Manager with the overall day-to-day operations of the store, warehouse, and yard to ensure achievement of company goals and objectives by performing the following duties.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Primary job duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Builds and maintains a work environment that encompasses safety, teamwork, and a high level of coworker morale and communication.

• Brings to the Branch Manager any personnel and/or discipline issues.

• Forecast product demand and efficiency.

• Assistant Manager is responsible for performing high volume of sales through estimates, both residential and commercial.

• Solicit and value customer feedback, address deficiencies, and strive for continuous improvement.

• Observe and enforce compliance of company programs and procedures.

• Monitor operations to ensure that staff members comply with administrative policies, safety rules, and government regulations.

• Attend and participate in company-sponsored training, when required.

• Maintains key customer relationships to ensure quotes and orders are properly handled.

• Other reasonable directives, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

• Cover when Manager is out of the office.

• Help with Payroll when Manager is not present.

MANAGE DRIVER SAFETY PROGRAM FOR LOCATION:

• Provide assistance, support, and crisis management for drivers

• Adhere to safety regulations and comply with state and federal transportation regulations, procedures, and laws

• Maintain accurate documentation and records to include monitoring drivers daily logs for accuracy or any violations and to ensure post-trip inspections are properly completed

QUALIFICATIONS:

An Assistant Manager must:

• Assist dispatcher when necessary

• Perform this job successfully and must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

LANGUAGE ABILITY TO:

• Read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations. Effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public, and respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members.

• English speaking, reading and comprehension skills required for daily interaction with customers vendors, suppliers, co-workers and management.

MATH ABILITY TO:

• Calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations, and apply mathematical operation to such tasks as analysis of variance.

REASONING ABILITY TO:

• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; interpret and extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables; and interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

COMPUTER SKILLS;

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should be knowledgeable of inventory software; vendor order processing systems; and company Point-of-Sale System. Ability to operate networked computer systems and specialized software application programs.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND OTHER ABILITIES:

• Natural leadership talent for motivating and developing teams

• Strong time-management skills

• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills

• Able to work in a fast-paced office and prioritize tasks

• Ability to work independently and in a team environment

• Strong customer service skills

• High level of flexibility

• Ability to adapt

• Strong math skills

• Have 3 years of commercial estimating experience

• Have 1 year sales experience

• Great written and verbal communication skills

• Strong computer and organizational skills

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• The physical demands described here are representative or those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands, reach with hands and arms and talk or hear, is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Is occasionally required to stand; walk and sit; lift and/or move up to 80 pounds. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly be exposed to work in an office, yard, and warehouse environment. Is frequently exposed to outdoor weather conditions. Is occasionally exposed to work near moving mechanical parts and travel in a vehicle

• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and occasionally loud.

Position Type

Full-time

• Company Benefits

• Paid vacation and holidays
• 401K -Employer match
• $15,0000 Company paid Life Insurance Policy
• Company Paid Short-term disability
• Annual bonus and Annual increase
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Company Paid Profit Sharing
• Medical and Prescription drug insurance
• Company Paid Dental if enrolled in Medical,
• Vision insurance
• Supplemental Life Insurance (Employee, Spouse, Children)
• Long-term disability insurance