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Airgas · 18 hours ago

Assistant Branch Manager

Airgas is a leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases, and they are seeking an Assistant Branch Manager. The role involves managing route drivers, customer deliveries, and ensuring safety compliance while driving sales and developing staff.

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Responsibilities

Demonstrates and ensures staff alignment with Airgas Safety Pledge and 12 Live Saving Rules
Exemplifies, promotes and develops safe work behaviors
Provides coaching to improve associates safety behaviors resulting in an improved safety culture
Performs safety incident investigations recommending corrective actions to eliminate recurrences
Ensures all applicable regulatory (OSHA, FDA, EPA, DOT) requirements are met and applicable training and recordkeeping is performed to meet departmental and location deadlines
Provides supervision of direct reports in accordance with the organization’s policies, procedures and applicable laws
Ensures sufficient operations staffing levels; works with the Human Resources Department to develop recruitment, staff development and retention strategies
Delegates duties and responsibilities when appropriate for increased business efficiency and staff development
Major accountabilities include interviewing, hiring and training associates, planning, assigning and directing work; managing performance; addressing complaints and resolving problems
Ensures subordinate matters/concerns are effectively handled
Consults with Human Resources regarding personnel issues including coaching, counseling and performance management
Ensures all customers receive superior quality customer service from plant associates
Ensures customer inquiries are promptly and courteously handled, providing follow-up to ensure complete customer satisfaction
Oversees completion of sales-related paperwork (shippers, invoices, cylinder audits, month end reports, etc.) in a timely manner
Promotes increased sales activity at the retail store (walk-in business)
Assists with inventory management at the plant
May assist outside sales representatives in all areas, including but not limited to preparing quotes, maintaining all literature required, providing customer follow-up, and gathering sales leads
Assists the Plant Manager with plant operation and profitability, including appearance, cleanliness, functionality of facilities, sales maintenance and growth, safety, customer service, community relations, and leadership of personnel
Generates daily shipments using TRIPS; downloads to driver handhelds for routing
Reviews and references monthly dashboard results when making business decisions
Assists the Plant Manager with maintenance of the plant and scheduling and execution of preventative maintenance; including company vehicles (trucks, forklifts, etc.)
Adheres to a sustainable process for operational files and records; completes all required paperwork accurately, timely and in compliance with various company policies and procedures, to ensure full regulatory compliance
Continuous improvement of all applicable safety, environmental, quality and compliance programs

Qualification

Supervisory experienceSafety managementCustomer serviceMicrosoft OfficeSAP knowledgeBusiness improvementCoaching skillsMathematical skillsCommunication skillsCritical thinking

Required

Demonstrated ability as a highly motivated individual to create and execute action plans that drive business improvement in key metrics
Must be able to work with a wide variety of people with different personalities and backgrounds
Demonstrated knowledge of all order entry, data research and computer skills necessary to service customers and suppliers
Demonstrated understanding of products, services and associated technologies, or the willingness/ability to learn
Associates' Degree in Business, Management, Accounting or related field, or equivalent combination of experience and/or training and education required
Supervisory experience with six or more employees and demonstrated ability to effectively manage a wide array of personnel issues, such as coaching, disciplinary action, performance reviews, etc

Preferred

Basic knowledge of Microsoft/Google Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
SAP knowledge and experience a plus

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision plans
Short-term and long-term disability
Life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Pre-tax commuter transportation benefit
Parental leave
Vacation
Sick time
Floating holidays
Jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave
Paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees
401k plan with company matching funds
Tuition reimbursement
Discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents
Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children

Company

Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is a leading U.S. single-source supplier of gases, welding equipment and supplies, and safety products.

H1B Sponsorship

Airgas has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (7)
2024 (8)
2023 (12)
2022 (10)
2021 (8)
2020 (6)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
2015-11-17Acquired
1986-12-26IPO

Leadership Team

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Robert McLaughlin
CFO
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Jay Worley
Chief Operating Officer
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