Distribution Manager

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• Quarterly Bonus Potential!

• Monday-Friday, Day Shift

• Comprehensive Family Benefits: Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
• Support for Parents: We offer up to 14-week paid child birth benefits to support growing families.
• Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
• Early Access: Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Creates a safe work environment by contributing to zero preventable accidents, and by continuous compliance with company safety rules, standard operating procedures and governmental regulations required for the position.

• Responds quickly to Lytx coaching events for continuous quality coaching per Airgas policy.

• Investigates customer complaints. Analyzes and resolves work problems, or assists drivers in solving work problems.

• Performs monthly ride-alongs with drivers, providing coaching on Smith Safe Driving principles, DOT paperwork compliance, pre-trip and post-trip inspections, material handling, and customer service relations. Coordinates driver coaching with local safety fleet specialists as needed.

• Conducts monthly safety meetings with drivers. Interprets company policies to drivers and enforces safety regulations.

• Interprets job orders to drivers, and assigns duties; Assigns deliveries to drivers according to customer needs, current delivery schedule and availability of supplies. Uses tools in Power BI, SAP and Google to assure routing is efficient and complies with Airgas standards.

• Ensures delivery schedules are efficient and meet the needs of the customer. Coordinates with other departments to ensure seamless follow through customer service requirements and expectations.

• Manages work hours and approves entries in the timekeeping system. Responsible for maintaining hours within the established budget. Reviews attendance for policy adherence and consistent application of progressive discipline for every associate.

• Maintains all required DOT inspection reports and manifests, verifies and releases tickets, and any additional documentation needed in the supervision of drivers.

• Maintains and balances shipping papers/manifests; Verifies or prepares records such as routing slips, material requisitions, and job orders.

• Processes cylinder orders from branch stores for STO routes; Process cylinder orders for local routes.

• Communicates with the Plant Manager to maintain appropriate on-hand stock of required gas cylinders.

• Works closely with Branch Manager, ABOM, and partnering Plant to make sure delivery schedules are efficient and meeting the needs of the customer.

• Confers with supervisors of other departments to coordinate flow of materials or products.

• Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules, using knowledge of capacities of trucks.

• Analyzes and resolves work problems, or assists drivers in solving work problems with deliveries and product shortages.

• Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of drivers.

• Provides leadership direction to all levels of associates in the plan including; positive motivation and performance evaluations, coaching, providing regular feedback through one-on-one meetings, communication of goals, leading regular team meetings and calls.

• Provides coaching and corrective action promptly, to ensure that poor performers are identified, documented and improved to acceptable performance, or released.

• Trains new employees and cross trains associates to continue deliveries during personnel shortages.

• Maintains a safe driving record and appropriate driver's license classification while operating company vehicles and equipment.

• The Distribution Manager role ideally holds a CDL license with the proper endorsements to make deliveries and cover routes as needed.

• Maintains a safe driving record and appropriate driver's license classification while operating company vehicles and equipment.

• Works safely and meets the requirements of all safety procedures and rules as prescribed by State, Federal, and the Company.

• Acts as a secondary resource for the Branch Manager, providing necessary assistance during their absence or when encountering significant obstacles and complexities.

Required Education:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred or High school degree with five years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Length & Type of Experience:

• Prefer five years' experience distributing industrial gas/packaged gases, or related industries.

• Recommend a minimum of two years supervisory experience.

• Knowledge of DOT regulations regarding hours of service and the handling of hazardous materials.

• Experience using google systems in the workplace (docs, google sheets, slides) is preferred.

• Ability to operate forklift and maintain appropriate forklift certifications.

• Prefer CDL license and endorsements to make deliveries and cover routes as needed. Must meeting driver qualification policy and criteria.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSA's):

• Ability to work independently and under some pressure to meet deadlines

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Must be able to work with a wide variety of people with different personalities and backgrounds.

• Must be able to operate in a drug-free workplace.

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

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Benefits

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, 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, and paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees.

Additionally, we offer our eligible employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for eligible employees' dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

Associates who are members of collective bargaining units should review their bargaining agreement to determine whether they are eligible for some or all of the benefits described here and to see any special terms or conditions for eligibility.

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Your DIFFERENCES enhance our PERFORMANCE

At Airgas, we are committed to building a 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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About Airgas

Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is a leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods 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. Through the passion and diversity of its 18,000 associates, Airgas fosters a culture of safety, customer success, sustainability and innovation. Airgas associates are empowered to share ideas, take initiative and make decisions.

Airgas is a subsidiary of Air Liquide, a world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and healthcare. Present in 60 countries with approximately 66,500 employees, Air Liquide serves more than 4 million customers and patients.

Join us for a stimulating experience: At Airgas, you matter and so does the work you do. As a member of our team, you play an important role in the success of your team, making sure our products are created sustainably and delivered safely and efficiently. In turn, you'll find a welcoming workplace where you're valued for who you are and where you can fill your potential while growing a fulfilling career - whatever path you choose.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Information

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Airgas, an Air Liquide Company is a Government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Airgas 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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