Branch Manager – Sanger

Taiga Building Products at Sanger, California, has a FULL-TIME, PERMANENT opening for BRANCH MANAGER

The Branch Manager, this role requires the complete ownership of the operations of the facilities in the specified region. This includes sales, back office operations including shipping/receiving and administrative functions. This is a full profit and loss (P&L) responsibility job for the entire region encompassing your branch. The role requires doing whatever it takes using the Assistant manager (if applicable) as a business partner to make the business successful.

Our Company

We are a respected International Wholesale Distributor of Building Products with branch offices throughout Canada and in various locations in the United States. With a 50-year track record of dependable service to the retail and industrial, building material industry, we are an equal opportunity employer offering a competitive compensation package including company benefits. Taiga supports and encourages sound forest practices and the effective management of the forest resource for future generations to enjoy. We are a public company, listed on the TSX and were awarded winner of 2014 Canada’s Top 50 Small and Medium Employers.

Job Duties:

• Ensure good purchasing procedures are in place and upheld. All purchases must have multiple vendor bids working with several branches in order to ensure lower prices and economies of scale.
• Ensure that all personnel understand the company mission and objectives and work towards that common goal.
• Ensure that all personnel have the right tools, information and knowledge in order to work effectively, serve our customers and uphold the company objectives.
• Develop a working understanding of the company’s clients through telephone calls, meetings and industry events. Ensure that all reasonable client requests are met diligently.
• Ensure that all branch employees work in a safe environment and that every necessary precaution is taken to uphold that aim.
• All personnel must understand safe working practices and also know the necessary procedure to take if accidents do occur.
• Ensure that all branch personnel understand the overall company objectives as well as their individual departmental objectives and that they work together to achieve the stated objectives. Be available to help resolve conflicting objectives. Reinforce continuously respectful communication between all departments.
• Prepare appropriate annual, monthly and weekly plans and ensure that each person understands how he or she fits into those plans. Set reasonable goals with deadlines for completion and monitor the compliance with such plans and achievement of such deadlines.
• Work alongside Human Resources to ensure that the most qualified applicants are hired for open positions.
• Set an example by following all company procedures and policies.
• Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Core Competencies:

• Customer Focus
• Communication
• Energy & Stress
• Team Work
• Quality Orientation
• Time Management
• Adaptability/ Flexibility
• Creative and Innovative Thinking
• Decision Making and Judgement
• Planning and Organizing
• Problem Solving
• Result Focus
• Accountability and Dependability
• Ethics and Integrity
• Mediating and Negotiating
• Providing Consultation
• Leadership
• Coaching and Mentoring
• Staff Management
• Enforcing Laws, Rules and Regulations
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Development and Continual Learning

Requirements

• Safety: ultimately owns responsibility for the development, implementation and oversight of a safety program that exceeds local standards and at minimum meets Taiga Building Products’ company standards where local standards are inferior.
• Entrepreneurship: has the capacity and willingness to develop, organize and manage a business venture along with any of its risks in order to make a profit.
• Initiative: assesses situations/circumstances and initiates action independently
• Resourcefulness: finds quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties
• Delegation/empowerment: willing to entrust a task or responsibility to another person and grant authority or power to another person
• Coaching/Mentoring: gives instruction or advice and acts as a wise and trusted counselor to staff
• Oversight/Monitoring: observes and checks the progress over a period of time; keeping things under systematic review

Working Conditions:

• Some travel may be required.
• Ability to attend and conduct presentations.
• Manual dexterity required to use desktop computer and peripherals.
• Overtime as required

Dimensions of Performance/Evaluation:

• Quality of Work
• Timelines of work
• Use of resources/Efficiency
• Customer (External and Internal) Impact/Value add
• Self-Reliance
• Department contribution
• Production work habits
• Adding skills and capabilities
• Alignment and Compliance
• Safety record
• Revenue
• Margin dollars
• Expense management
• Turns/Earns
• Employee Survey results

How to Apply:

Please email your resume to hr@taigabuilding.com. We wish to thank all applicants for their interest but advise that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Why Work for Taiga?

We are an equal opportunity employer with a competitive salary and benefits package. As a Canadian leader in building product distribution, we offer an exciting and challenging work environment where you can grow and develop your skills.

Check us out at www.taigabuilding.com.

Application Deadline:
Posting date: March 23, 2023
City: Sanger
Prov/State: California

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