What are the responsibilities and job description for the Branch Manager position at Default Board?
Essential Job Duties:
• Comply with all safety standards and requirements to assure a safe and hazard-free warehouse environment with focus on safe driving and injury prevention. Experience with a forklift and order picker.
• Utilize lean concepts and good 5S/Housekeeping to ensure efficient flow of products/materials through the warehouse with minimum waste and to provide an organized, safe, and clean workplace. Key metrics include operational review score, housekeeping checklists, and 5S audit score.
• Ensure accuracy of inventory records by participating with the Supply Chain team in ongoing management of branch inventory to provide guidance and leadership to branch personnel concerning inventory management practices. Required experience with Automotive paint and refinishing.
• Monitor Key Metrics relative to inventory, which include inventory shrinkage, inventory turns, and fill rate percent, to maintain accurate records of finished goods inventory.
• Recruit, train, coach, and motivate a qualified warehouse staff; instill the desire to provide customers with excellent service, courteous treatment, and quality products.
• Manage branch labor such that customer requirements can be met with minimal overtime to meet budgeted labor costs.
• Monitor branch expenditures on purchases of materials, products, equipment, and utilities to ensure cost controls are in place and remain within budget amounts. Key metrics include CPU, Profitability vs. Plan, and Overhead Cost vs. Plan.
• Maintain daily contact with key branch customers and proactively work with Sales Representatives to support the market sales strategy and ensure customer requirements are met. Key metric is Revenue vs. Plan.
• Maintain compliance all with Federal, State, and Local laws, statutes, and regulations, as well as all Company policies and procedures.
• Scope of position is responsible for sales greater than 2.2 million dollars
• Assume other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
• Manage the work of others, including planning, assigning, scheduling, and reviewing work, ensures quality standards. Responsible for hiring, terminating, training, developing, reviewing performance, and administering corrective action for staff.