Area Manager - Birmingham, AL

Job Title: Area Manager - Birmingham, AL

Posting Start Date: 6/5/26

Division: Distribution

Posting Area: Field Service Reps

Job Location: Alabaster, AL, Birmingham, AL

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About Woodgrain:

Woodgrain is one of the top millwork operations in the world, with locations throughout the United States and Chile. With 70 years of quality manufacturing craftsmanship and service, Woodgrain is a top producer of mouldings, doors, and windows, as well as a premier distributor of specialty building products. Woodgrain Inc. is headquartered in Fruitland, Idaho with six divisions and over 45 manufacturing and warehouse facilities in the United States and South America. Since 1954, Woodgrain is proud to be family owned and operated.

JOB OVERVIEW

Directly supervise and motivate Field Service Representatives (FSR) to provide top quality service for their stores by accomplishing the following tasks:

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Working hands on with one FSR on one route per day.oSchedule and conduct weekly conference calls to train, instruct, and direct field service representatives.o

Schedule and conduct in-store training on safety and job performance for new hires and existing employees

• Resolves all issues in the stores related to Woodgrain Distribution
• Conducts continual FSR performance evaluations and is responsible for all disciplinary actions up to and including termination for FSRs.
• Recruitment duties for your area including screening, interviewing, and candidate selection.

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The Fun Stuff:

SHIFT WORK: Primarily M-F Days. Overtime is a requirement based on territory demands.

TRAVEL: This is a remote position with required travel to stores daily and some overnight travel time to cover outlying areas in the region. This isn't a desk job!

BENEFITS: Woodgrain offers a comprehensive benefits package to include medical, dental, and life insurance, 401k, vacation, and paid holidays, AND an Annual Incentive! See your hard work pay off!

What you have:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• A Bachelor's degree or technical undergraduate degree required and/or two to four years of management or supervisory experience.
• The ideal candidate must be willing to relocate to the service area as needed.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job:

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The employee is regularly required to talk or hear; stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach; and to sit.

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The employee must frequently lift and/move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift/move up to 50 pounds

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Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
• The hazards in the workplace environment include forklifts, moving freight and other mechanical hazards.