Manager Trainee

About the Role

Ignite your career at Builders FirstSource, America’s largest supplier of building materials, value-added components and building services to the professional market. This role is considered entry-level operations management where company training will be provided.

Purpose

Gains knowledge and experience required for promotion to management or supervisory roles. Shadows employees and rotates through various departments observing, learning, and performing responsibilities to gain industry knowledge, functional processes, and practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Shadows assigned employees/management to learn and perform assigned duties to become familiar with company processes and procedures.
• Receives training and performs duties in all operational areas such as: yard operations, millwork, production, dispatch/scheduling/delivery, safety, sales, finance, and human resources.
• May participate in the development of operating budgets and capital expenditure recommendations to meet operational and financial goals.
• Participates in and completes assigned training programs.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• This role is "On-Site" at the location detailed in the job post.
• Work is performed on both company and customer sites and involves driving to customer locations.
• Subject to both typical office environment and outside locations with temperature and weather variations, and may involve walking on uneven ground of a potential customer construction site.
• Noise level is usually moderate.

Qualifications

• High School/GED required.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field; Or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong customer service skills both face-to-face and telephone.
• Previous selling experience helpful.
• Good mathematical aptitude.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills, including tact and influencing, with internal and external contacts.
• Good computer aptitude, particularly with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) and ERP applications.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds frequently and on occasion up to 80 pounds.
• May be required to perform specific tasks that involve climbing, lifting, pushing, or kneeling.

Location

• Show Low, Arizona