Market General Manager: Distribution & Growth Leader

Interstate All Battery Center; Dodge City (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Interstate Batteries is looking for a Market General Manager I in Dodge City, KS to lead a company-owned distributorship and drive growth. You will manage P&L, budgets, inventory, and key accounts, while guiding a team toward operational excellence and superior customer service.

Responsibilities include financial analysis, AR management, market strategy development, and collaboration with sales to grow business within the region.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years proven managerial experience is required.
• Previous experience in a Warehouse or Distribution environment a plus.
• Computer skills including Word and Excel preferred.
• Knowledge of battery or automotive systems a plus.
• Fosters teamwork – Interest, skill and success in getting groups to learn to work together cooperatively.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Detail-oriented
• Interpersonal awareness – Notice, interpret and anticipate others’ concerns and feelings.
• Plans and organizes - Lays out tasks in a logical and orderly sequence. Establishes and follows through on priorities.
• Results oriented - Is intent upon achieving practical results. Concentrates attention on making things happen.
• Responsive - Reacts promptly to suggestions and requests.
• Actively and frequently seeks input from others.
• Manage performance – Takes responsibility for team members performance. Utilize clear goals, expectations, feedback and addresses performance problems and issue promptly.
• Customer Focused – Focuses on customer satisfaction
• Entrepreneurial Orientation – Looks for and seizes profitable business opportunities; willingness to take calculated risks to achieve business goals.
• Initiative – Identifying what needs to be done and doing it before being asked to or required by the situation.
• Battery business knowledge

Responsibilities

• Responsible for successful management of company owned distributorship to meet or exceed all operational and financial goals.
• Manage P&L and budget performance for the operation.
• Review, monitor and analyze weekly scorecard and monthly financials to identify variances and implement action plans.
• Actively manage AR to maintain acceptable level for operation.
• Develop and implement action plans for accounts with unacceptable AR balances.
• Participate in developing annual operation budget.
• Manage inventory to coincide with selling activity and ensure proper levels.
• Plan for and identify root causes of inventory deviation through analysis and implement action plans.
• Manage Dealer Inventory Optimization (DIO) for maximum sales efficiency.
• Review, monitor and analyze tools on smart dashboard to identify markets that may be declining and design and implement action plans.
• Understand key account hierarchy, visit and maintain relationships with key account decision makers.
• Manage dealer erosion and develop market strategies.
• Investigate complaints and respond to customers within a reasonable timeframe.
• Work with sales team to acquire new business within region.

Tools

Excel

Job description

Interstate Batteries is looking for a Market General Manager I in Dodge City, KS to lead a company-owned distributorship and drive growth. You will manage P&L, budgets, inventory, and key accounts, while guiding a team toward operational excellence and superior customer service.

Responsibilities include financial analysis, AR management, market strategy development, and collaboration with sales to grow business within the region.