What are the responsibilities and job description for the General Manager-(Saco-ME) position at Woodgrain?
Principal Responsibilities
Results Management
The employee is regularly required to sit, stand, and walk. Additionally, the employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds
Results Management
- Demonstrates effective budgeting, goal-setting, planning, coordination, and execution
- Achieves consistent positive results in Safety, Sales, Operations, and Service
- Communicates company, branch, and individual performance to all associates on regular basis
- Leads the branch transformation process
- Instills a culture of continuous improvement in all areas of business
- Develops and implements a Branch Improvement Plan – A branch SWOT analysis and activities to address them
- Communicates workflow expectations, priorities, and progress to all warehouse associates
- Drives organic sales growth by successful execution of the sales planning process
- Develops and constantly refreshes a deep knowledge of the competitive landscape
- Implements customer and market- based service level agreements with the goal of leading the market
- Builds a culture of high performance and high engagement
- Develops and implements branch workforce (staffing) plans to include: interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees, addressing complaints and resolving problems
- Implements effective interviewing, assessment and selection techniques to identify the best available talent
- Provides a clear vision, effective training, targeted coaching and high-potential mentoring
- Manages a group of subordinate manages who will supervise an employee population between 15 to150 employees per branch
- Manages performance through effective goal-setting, timely feedback and prompt corrective action, if needed
- Develops and implements branch succession plans and associated activities with the goal of providing career advancement opportunities to our best talent
- Other duties as described by manager
- High school diploma /GED with 6 years of experience REQUIRED; Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Successful track record with leading teams in sales and operations
- Experience in managerial assignments with P&L accountability for sales and operations within the distribution industry
- Must have business acumen to create and understand financial statements, branch budgets, and technical journals
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Ability to effectively communicate to all levels of branch operations
The employee is regularly required to sit, stand, and walk. Additionally, the employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds
