Branch Manager - Fort Dodge IA

Sonepar USA; Fort Dodge (IA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off and paid holidays

401K match

Profit Sharing

Tuition reimbursement and employee dev

Annual Safety Shoe Reimbursement

Employee Discount on products

Training for personal development

Job summary

Echo Electric, a Sonepar brand, seeks a Fort Dodge Branch Manager to lead sales, logistics, and administrative functions. You will drive profitability, optimize operations, and build strong customer and supplier relationships while managing budgets and inventory.

The role emphasizes staff development, performance evaluations, and adherence to company policies, with travel as needed and competitive compensation. Fort Dodge, IA is the location for this leadership opportunity.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in business, sales or operations management.
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Management, Sales and Marketing or related field.
• Demonstrated ability to lead people and develop talent.
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds with or without accommodation.
• Travel may be required, valid driver’s license with safe driving record.

Responsibilities

• Manage branch performance to align with policies and culture.
• Oversee preparation of branch budget and monitor performance.
• Develop and maintain relationships with customers and suppliers.
• Monitor territory conditions and gain market share in new areas.
• Oversee branch inventory status and reconcile discrepancies.
• Interact with customers to drive service and hit sales goals.
• Support training and qualifications of branch staff.
• Conduct performance evaluations and address personnel issues.
• Hire applicants for branch roles.
• Report accidents and follow safety protocols.

Skills

Sales leadership

Operations management

Budget management

People development

Customer relationship

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

RF system

Job description

Your career grows here.

At Echo Electric, a brand owned by Sonepar, we are a leader in electrical distribution. Echo Electric represents over $1.2 billion in sales covering Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska, and Southern South Dakota. As part of Sonepar, the worldwide leader in electrical distribution, we have a global reach that allows us to offer excellent benefits and develop innovative solutions, while maintaining our strong local roots and close-knit culture. We empower our associates to contribute to our success by adopting the adapt, dare, learn mindset-- adapt to new situations and people, dare to appropriately challenge the status quo, and learn from others and our own experiences.

Our 6 legacy brands known as Echo Electric Supply, Holt, PEPCO, Richards, Shaw Supply, and Springfield Electric have become one brand moving forward with a shared culture, strategy, and vision. We are now going to the market under one bold new brand, Echo Electric.

We are looking for the next Branch Manager in Fort Dodge, IA. As a Branch Manager, you will focus on sales & territory management and developing strategic & tactical plans to achieve optimum efficiency, economy of operations, and maximization of profits. To achieve this, you will direct, coordinate, and/or delegate functions such as sales, logistics and administrative activities of the branches. You will also manage sales, profitability, customer service levels, inventory turns and other metrics to achieve the desired branch results.

Compensation

In addition to an annual salary, this position is eligible for an incentive plan.

Location

Fort Dodge, IA

How you will contribute

• Manage branch performance to assure alignment with all policies, practices and culture of the organization
• Oversee preparation of branch budget for Hastings, and monitor actual performance to ensure that the branch achieves objectives
• Develop and maintain business relationships with current and potential customers and suppliers
• Monitor competitive conditions in the territory, and build relationships to gain market share in new areas in the industrial and contractor market
• Oversee branch inventory status (e.g. cycle counts with RF system), including daily reconciliation of discrepancies and adjustments
• Interact regularly with customers to drive customer service and achieve sales goals through addressing, mediating, and resolving customer concerns, complaints, and issues
• Support initial and ongoing training and qualifications of all branch employees
• Conduct performance evaluations and address branch personnel issues
• Interview and hire applicants for branch positions
• Report accidents in a timely manner & conducts the appropriate accident investigation process and follows up with associate in accordance with guidance provided by the Safety and HR team

What you bring

• 5 years of experience in business, sales or operations management including the application of management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, sales forecasting, and coordination of people and resources. Experience in the electrical distribution industry is desired.
• Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, Management, Sales and Marketing or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and job experienced as determined by the company.
• Demonstrated customer and vendor relationship building and maintenance skills.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, associates, or regulatory agencies.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret financial reports, general business documents, legal documents or governmental regulations and implement a plan to enhance business and course correct as needed.
• Demonstrated ability to lead people, coach to get results through others and motivate and develop talent.
• Demonstrated customer and vendor relationship building and maintenance skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate, orally and in writing, and present information to top management, customers, vendors, associates and the general public.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions to solve practical problems where only limited information and standardization exists.
• Conflict management and diffusion skills to foster a solution-oriented environment that does not take matters personal.
• Demonstrated time management and organization skills, including the ability to plan and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds with or without accommodation.
• Characteristic of passion for learning products electrical products and their applications, as well as learning the electrical distribution industry.
• Travel may be required on occasion, valid driver's license required with proven safe driving record.

What we offer

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plus employer paid short term and long-term disability and life insurance.
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• 401K match
• Profit Sharing
• Tuition reimbursement and employee development.
• Annual Safety Shoe Reimbursement
• Employee Discount on products
• Access to a variety of trainings for personal development

Who we are

We're the world's number one distributor of electrical products, solutions and related services. Echo Electric is owned by Sonepar, a global company with over 500 locations nationwide. Whether you grow at one of our local Opcos or at one in another region, we want you to grow with us! All associates are regularly trained and we value promoting from within when possible.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Sonepar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, or any other categories protected by federal, state or local law.

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