What are the responsibilities and job description for the Branch Manager position at Insco Distributing, Inc.?
Job Summary: Exercises responsibility for planning, organizing, developing plans for increasing sales, profitability and branch development. Directs production, distribution, and marketing operations for branch/assigned territory. Builds a great team and establishes good rapport with new and existing clients in the area.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Confers with potential and existing customers, dealers, vendors, and representatives of associated industries to evaluate, promote, improve, and expand services in area
- Help establish market plan for branch market in order to achieve financial objectives, business plans, and required gross margin targets
- Works with Regional Manager to set objectives, train employees and educate customers
- Assist Territory Manangers in account management for equipment based dealers
- Maintains an awareness of local market and competitive conditions of local competitors, customer preference and desires, industry trends, and to communicate such information promptly, with recommendations to management
- Ensures compliance with company and industry policies and procedures
- Implement and support product promotions with current and new vendors
- Communicate daily with staff on goals, plans, procedures and protocols
- Effectively controls inventory, conduct required counts, proper product level setting and product management
- Inspire, develop and motivate employees for future growth within the organization
- Able to instruct and train all branch functions and computer-based sales programs
- Assist in the recruitment and selection of capable branch personnel
- Manage the opening and closing of branch. Set 24 hours opening procedure for branch and assign staff according to business needs
Requirements:
- Minimum 1 year of experience required in HVACR industry, products and services
- Minimum 3 years of previous management experience preferred
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Team skills effectively utilized as a respected manager, mentor, coach, motivator and achiever
- Lead by example style, great work ethic, dedicated to business success
- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and work in a fast paced environment
- Good decision making skills, problem solving and people skills
- Must be able to pass a DOT physical, drug test, MVR and background check
