Area Vice President

## Area Vice President Apply locations:
Theodore, AL
- Retail shoptime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
RR Area Vice President (Open)

Location:

Theodore, AL
- Retail shop## How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

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** Airgas is Hiring for an Area Vice President in Theodore, AL!
***** We are looking for you !***
* **** Comprehensive Family Benefits:
**** Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
* **** Support for Parents:
**** We offer up to 14-week paid child birth benefits to support growing families.
* **** Future Security:
**** 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
* **** Early Access:
**** Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment.
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* Job Description:

** The Area Vice President (AVP) provides leadership to an assigned business area developing and directing the business plan and strategy in conjunction with the executive management team. The AVP maintains full profit and loss responsibility for the business area and regularly provides review and corrective action plans to executive management. This position identifies and leads the planning and execution of growth strategies in the assigned business area.
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* Key Responsibilities:

*** Develops and executes area business strategies and annual plans in conjunction with the Regional President and executive team consistent with the Airgas Core Strategy and Strategic Products plans.
* Provides regular review of the business area operations to the Regional President and executive team to include:
Profit & Loss (P&L) review and analysis of sales, margin, expense and EBITDA trends; analysis of major variances to plan performance and executes corrective action plans.
* Delivers overall top line performance in line with established field sales goals and branch business plans actively leading all sales efforts in the area.
* Manage and navigate 50% regional travel across the territory.
* Establishes, communicates and maintains the safety culture at assigned business area consistent with regional, divisional and national policies, procedures and direction.
* Responsible for execution of Area Accident and Injury Reduction Plans consistent with Airgas Safety Council and SAFECOR guidelines.
* Provides leadership, management direction, motivation, training and ongoing development to all Airgas field associates in the AVP’s assigned business area.
** Jeff Starr /  / **## ________________________## ## Are you a MATCH?
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* Required Qualifications:

*** College degree from an accredited institution in Business, Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Sales Management, Engineering, or related field
* Minimum 10 years of increasing responsibility in business to business sales-related or sales operations
* Ability and willingness to travel 50% of the time within the regional territory
* A track record of achieving profitable sales growth and managing the dynamics of change
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* Preferred Qualifications:

*** Outstanding negotiation skills
* Good leadership skills and ability to motivate the sales team________________________
** Benefits
* * We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, short-term and long-term disability, life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), pre-tax commuter transportation benefit, parental leave, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave, and paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees.

Additionally, we offer our eligible employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

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