Assistant Branch Manager, Wholesale Distribution

Position Title: Assistant Branch Manager, Wholesale Distribution

Location: Denver, CO (fully onsite)

Classification: Full-Time, Exempt

Work Schedules: Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM. The role sometimes requires early mornings, weekends, or on-call availability. Customer visits can also run into the evening. Travel to corporate headquarters is expected about one to two times per month.

Summary

This company is an established wholesale distributor of fresh and frozen seafood, with locations in several U.S. markets. Its customers include distributors, grocery retailers, and foodservice businesses. The Denver branch opened recently and is now growing. The focus is on building a full team and expanding the customer base.

This is a newly created position. The Assistant Branch Manager works closely with the Branch Manager to lead a branch of fewer than 20 employees across Sales, Office, Warehouse, and Delivery teams. The Branch Manager firmly believes that delivering high-quality products is the key to growing the business. The company is looking for someone who shares that view and wants to build the Denver branch with them.

The atmosphere is relaxed, with a disciplined, detail-focused side. New hires are trained on the job.

The company offers a competitive benefits package to eligible full-time employees. It includes medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums paid 100% by the company for employees and eligible family members, a 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, paid company holidays, and employee product discounts.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Branch Operations

• Help the Branch Manager run the branch from day to day.
• Work with corporate headquarters and other departments so branch operations run smoothly.
• Oversee sales, warehouse, delivery, inventory, and purchasing activities.
• Spot operational problems and help put corrective actions and process improvements in place.
• Help build out the branch's staffing and team structure as the business grows.

Team Leadership

• Help supervise the Sales, Office, Warehouse, and Delivery teams.
• Manage employee schedules and workloads, and make sure daily tasks get done.
• Support employee training, development, and performance management.
• Keep communication open between employees and management.

Customer Relations and Sales Support

• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing customers, especially key accounts.
• Help the sales team with customer concerns, pricing, product availability, and service issues.
• Find new customers and grow the business, including visiting customer accounts in person.
• Resolve escalated customer complaints and operational issues.

Operations and Compliance

• Supervise the staff who handle warehouse, inventory, receiving, shipping, and delivery. This role does not do receiving or delivery work directly.
• Monitor product quality, food safety, sanitation, and facility standards.
• Make sure the branch complies with federal, state, local, and company requirements.
• Follow through on corrective actions that come out of inspections, audits, or operational reviews.

Documentation and Compliance Review

• Check that the responsible employees keep branch records and documentation properly.
• Audit operational, food safety, sanitation, temperature, inventory, training, and other required records on a regular basis.
• Confirm that licenses, permits, inspections, certifications, and regulatory documents are current and on file.
• Track documentation deadlines and follow up with employees so items are completed on time.
• Keep the branch ready for internal, customer, and regulatory audits and inspections.

Financial and Performance Oversight

• Track branch sales, gross profit, expenses, and overall performance.
• Monitor accounts receivable collections and customer credit status.
• Review operational, inventory, sales, and financial reports.
• Find unusual trends or discrepancies and follow up with the responsible department.
• Report significant issues and performance updates to the Branch Manager and corporate headquarters.

Acting Branch Leadership

• Make day-to-day operational and sales decisions within company guidelines when the Branch Manager is absent.
• Work with corporate headquarters on significant financial, personnel, customer, compliance, or operational matters.
• Keep branch operations and communication running without interruption.

Qualifications

Required

• Proven experience managing departments, teams, and financial results such as sales, budgets, or profit. The company values the depth of this experience more than a set number of years.
• Background in wholesale distribution, logistics, food distribution, branch operations, or a related industry. Experience in general distribution or wholesale is fully considered.
• Strong skills in leadership, customer service, communication, organization, and problem solving.
• Ability to coordinate several operational functions, balance competing priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to read sales, inventory, expense, and accounts receivable reports and identify issues that need action.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, email, and business systems for order processing, inventory, or reporting.
• Willingness to work fully onsite, travel one to two times per month, and be available for occasional early mornings, evenings, weekends, or on-call needs.
• Ability to meet the physical requirements of an office role, including extended computer work.

Preferred

• Experience in seafood or other perishable food distribution.
• Experience with warehouse and delivery coordination, cold storage operations, food safety documentation, or audit preparation.
• Experience with account development, purchasing, inventory control, or managing a branch's financial performance.
• No certifications are required at hire. Any needed certifications, such as food safety credentials, can be earned after hire.

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