ASSISTANT BRANCH MANAGER / BACKUP CDL DRIVER

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Safety Leadership and Compliance

• Inspire a safety-focused culture, championing Airgas' Safety Pledge and 12 Life Saving Rules.

• Drive safe work behaviors, offering coaching to elevate associates' safety practices and nurturing a strong safety culture.

• Conduct safety incident investigations, proposing corrective actions to prevent recurrences.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (OSHA, FDA, EPA, DOT), overseeing training and recordkeeping.

Personnel and Talent Development

• Lead and supervise direct reports in alignment with organizational policies and applicable laws.

• Maintain optimal staffing levels, partnering with Human Resources for recruitment, staff development, and retention strategies.

• Delegate tasks to enhance business efficiency and staff growth.

• Manage performance, handle complaints, and resolve issues, fostering a positive work environment.

Customer Service and Business Management

• Uphold superior customer service standards, ensuring prompt, courteous handling of customer inquiries.

• Oversee sales-related paperwork and inventory management.

• Collaborate with outside sales representatives, supporting their efforts and identifying sales leads.

• Support Branch Manager in operations, profitability, appearance, cleanliness, and customer service.

• Utilize TRIPS for daily shipments and coordinate preventative maintenance for company vehicles.

• Maintain accurate records and adhere to company policies to ensure regulatory compliance.

CDL Route Driver

• Meet required physical driver qualifications.

• Proficiency in English language for communication, signs, and documentation.

• Strong verbal skills, self-motivation, attention to detail, and goal-oriented.

• Analytical problem-solving for customer inquiries.

• Positive team player with adaptability.

• Ability to comprehend MSDS and perform lifting tasks.

• Must be able to drive Hazmat cargo for up to 8 hours, frequent bending is also required.

• Ability to routinely lift 25 - 75 lbs., and occasionally lift 76 to greater than 100 lbs.

• Must be able to work overtime when necessary.

• Outdoor work in varying temperatures.

• Operation of warehouse equipment including forklift and pallet jack.

• Adherence to safety regulations and policies.

• Valid driver's license and necessary endorsements.

• Willingness to work outdoors in changing temperatures.

• Ability to maintain a drug-free workplace.

• Safely load/unload, deliver, and retrieve cylinders and hard goods.

• Maintain accurate load manifests and documents.

• Foster strong customer relationships, provide cost and delivery information.

• Monitor and adjust cylinder levels to prevent emergencies.

• Assist in inventory, housekeeping, and showroom tasks.

Qualifications and Competencies:

To excel in this role, you should possess the following qualities:

• Proven ability to create and execute action plans for business improvement.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, a self-starter with a sense of urgency.

• Organized, detail-oriented, and goal-driven.

• Capability to work independently and under pressure to meet deadlines.

• Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with diverse individuals.

• Familiarity with order entry, data research, and computer skills.

• Willingness to learn about products, services, and associated technologies.

• Basic leadership skills for effective staff engagement and management.

• Financial acumen.

Education and Experience:

• Associates' Degree in Business, Management, Accounting, or related field, or equivalent combination of experience and education.

• Supervisory experience with demonstrated ability in personnel management.

• Retail experience with a focus on customer service and sales improvement.

• Welding/safety supply industry experience is a plus.

Computer Skills:

• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

• Demonstrated data entry skills.

• SAP knowledge is advantageous.

Communication and Critical Thinking Skills:

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business documents and regulations.

• Effective written and verbal communication in English.

• Problem-solving skills in situations with limited standardization.

• Strong comprehension of safety rules, instructions, and product literature.

Join us at Airgas and be a driving force behind our success. Apply today!

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

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Must have at least one year of CDL Class A or B driving experience with like equipment or graduated from an accredited truck driving school.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the Company.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, and to calculate percent.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions.

Airgas is a drug-free workplace

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability

Airgas USA, LLC, an Air Liquide company, is the leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, as well as hard goods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products; and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals.

Dedicated to improving the performance of its more than 1 million customers, Airgas safely and reliably provides products, services, and expertise through its more than 18,000 associates, over 1,400 locations, robust e-Business platform, and Airgas Total Access tele sales channel. As an Air Liquide company, a world leader in gases, technology, and services for Industry and Health, Airgas offers customers an unrivaled global footprint and industry-leading technology and innovations. Airgas' customer base includes but is not limited to: manufacturing, health care, construction, energy, hospitality, food service, and many more.

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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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Your differences enhance our performance

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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Equal Employment Opportunity Information

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.

Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company's written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.

Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com.

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