Regional Branch Manager

Responsibilities

• Schedule personnel to meet the service territory.
• Manage company interest.
• Maintain company assets at the highest level.
• Lead employees to success.
• Accept nothing but the best.
• Understand how to operate larger customer geography, with quality service and support.
• Know the market conditions and respond with sound judgement.
• Manage dedicated sales staff.
• Can properly filter and select employees needed.
• Effectively train employees to meet standards.
• Recognize positives of employee’s performance.
• Recognize poor performance and can retrain to acceptable levels.
• Separate from poor performing employees.
• Promote good employees who are high achievers in performance, proficiency, procedure, safety, company minded and people friendly.
• Uncompromising to people and property for safety and code compliance.
• Awareness of conditions and contingencies for stressed situations.
• Thorough knowledge of:
• NFPA 58 Codes
• NFPA 54 Codes
• DOT Federal and State Codes and Laws
• CFR 49 – Jurisdictional Pipeline as needed
• Maintain vehicles to the highest standards.
• Deliver trucks are reliable for a minimum 20 year lifecycle.
• Comply with all DOT regulations at all times.
• Support for piping, pumps and hose.
• Domestic tanks blocked, accessible, properly stored and ready.
• Gates, fencing, locks, high state of security and functionality.
• Electric lighting, switches, conduit, outlets up to code and well maintained.
• Storage tank, manual valving, pneumatic valves, relief valves and Emergency Shutdown valves fully functional, code compliant and well maintained.
• Strategically look to improve the service area.
• Assess how to better schedule customer needs:
• Tank Sizing
• Clustering of unique accounts.
• Integrate delivery/service software.
• Maximize the use of Company Equipment.
• Reduce the cost of physical delivery.
• Help the company to reach more market share.
• Visual reminder that we are here.
• Reduce the pressure off the driver.
• Look for:
• 10 ton road
• High ground free of water problems
• Access to actual market
• Typically 20-30 mile by air from main office
• Place in a location that is not at the outside fringe of the market
• Consider locating near a town that is not served by natural gas
• Electrical power readily available
• Prefer to own the land, try not to lease
• Minimum ½ acre lot, prefer 1 acre
• Must be up to date on all current technology the company is using.
• Must be open to and willing to learn new technology Lakes Gas Co is looking to implement.
• Responsible for all technological devices in your region.
• Control inventory liquid propane.
• Manage bulk storage.
• Bobtail Storage
• Cylinder Float
• Merchandise management; mark up and accountability.
• Company tanks/cylinder and equipment meets expectation.
• Customer lease of equipment.
• Tank/equipment asset performance (rent).
• Maintain and care of all containers.
• Field maintenance, meet OEI compliance.
• Yard maintenance, meet OEI compliance.
• Readiness to deploy.
• Tank/cylinder evacuation of pressurized gas.
• Yard counts accurate and consolidated.
• Stored as close to plant as possible.

Qualifications

• Competency to manage company interest.
• Maintain company assets at the highest level.
• Lead employees to success.
• Customer Service: Accept nothing but the best.
• Driver courtesy on delivery sites.
• Treat customers like you want to be treated.

Benefits

• Full Benefits Package available includes: competitive wages, paid time off, health insurance for employees and their families with employer contributions, dental, vision, flex spending, pet insurance, referral incentives, 401(k) profit sharing/match, product discounts and more.