Branch Manager

at  Gescan

ABOUT US:

With over 60 years of industry experience, Gescan has 29 branches located across Western Canada. At Gescan, we leverage our strong global resource base, our local expertise, and our family-oriented values to deliver the best service to our customers and suppliers.
We are a proud member of the Sonepar Group, the world’s largest privately-held electrical distributor. The Sonepar Group is present in more than 40 countries with over 45,000 employees. In Canada, we are represented by 9 locally managed electrical and industrial distributors and have over 110 locations with coverage in 8 provinces.
To explore and learn more about Sonepar opportunities, please visit www.career.sonepar.com

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

• High School Diploma required.
• College/University Diploma required (Business, and/or Sales & Marketing, or Technical focus preferred)
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office required.

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 5-7 years of related experience, preferable in a Sales/Distribution environment. Previous Management experience required.

• Providing guidance, direction and monitoring of internal staff, ensuring departments are working effectively towards common goals.
• Ensuring all staff are properly trained for their roles and the training is updated as required.
• Growing sales through developing, coaching and motivating sales and support teams.
• Maintaining inventory levels at optimum.
• Ensuring that customer satisfaction is maintained as per the required Branch Operational Scorecard level.
• Participating in customer calls for sales and technical support (if applicable).
• Assisting with Warehouse and physical plant planning.
• Vendor relations and planning.
• Strategic and future management planning.
• Pricing Maintenance.
• Participating in and/or recommending product training.
• Solving customer / staff / company disputes.
• Maintaining and growing business.
• Outside sales – developing key relationships with customers including frequent on site visits.
• Managing the Inside Sales staff.
• Managing administrative and CSR functions within the branch.
• Determining sales projections for fiscal year and tracking progress.
• Conducting weekly sales meetings.
• Resolving day to day personnel issues where management decisions are required.
• Representing the Company to the local and industry community.
• Other duties as required.