Branch Manager Imagine yourself Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you. Thriving in an entrepreneurial team environment that inspires you to grow the business, develop people, and deliver exceptional customer service. Building trusted customer relationships while leading a branch that supports environmental, engineering, industrial, and construction markets. We offer: Health, dental, vision, and 401(k) matching starting Day 1!Career advancement opportunities A collaborative, entrepreneurial culture focused on growth and innovationand more! It's possible with a role at Ajax Rentals, an Ott company where you'll have the chance to shape the future of your careerand the future of our planet. At Ott, a Veralto company, you'll help protect the world's water resources with trusted, decision-ready intelligence. Join a team delivering decision-ready intelligence that helps customers manage water with clarity and confidencefrom one site to global networks. As part of Ott and the broader Veralto network, you'll do work that mattershelping deliver solutions with real-world impact while building your skills and growing your career.
About the Role:
As Branch Manager, you'll drive growth, build customer partnerships, develop a talented team, and create a best-in-class customer experience. This role is ideal for a hands-on, entrepreneurial leader who enjoys growing revenue, improving operations, solving customer challenges, and making a meaningful impact on the success of the business. Working alongside a collaborative leadership team, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of the Austin branch while accelerating your own career growth. In this role, success means building a strong, growing business, developing a highly engaged team, creating lasting customer partnerships, improving operational performance, and helping expand Ajax Rentals' impact throughout Central Texas and beyond. The Branch Manager will report to the General Manager and this position is part of the Ajax Rentals team located in Dallas, Texas. The Branch Manager will travel as business needs require with limited overnights for conferences and/or meeting customers at office locations.
What You'll Do:- Grow the business by winning new customers and strengthening existing relationships.
- Help customers solve challenges across environmental, industrial, utility, and construction markets.
- Be the face in your region through customer engagement and industry networking.
- Lead day-to-day branch operations to deliver a seamless customer experience with value-added solutions, championing a customer-first culture
- Drive branch performance by improving revenue, profitability, and equipment utilization, monitoring operational metrics
- Hire, coach, and develop a team that delivers outstanding results.
- Foster a culture built on teamwork, integrity, continuous improvement, safety, and customer service, encouraging associate development
- Ensure rental equipment is inspected, maintained, calibrated, and delivered according to company standards, maintaining a clean, organized, safety-focused operation
- Partner with leadership to shape strategy, execute priorities, and support sustainable long-term growth.
- Are you Qualified?5+ years of leadership experience in branch management, operations, sales management, rental equipment, industrial services, environmental services, or a related industry.
- Proven track record of growing revenue, improving profitability, and developing customer relationships.
- Strong business acumen with experience managing budgets, KPIs, and operational performance.
- Demonstrated success leading, coaching, and developing high-performing teams.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and customer relationship management skills.
- Ability to balance commercial growth with operational excellence while driving continuous improvement.
- Experience in industrial, environmental, rental, construction, water, instrumentation, or related customer-facing industries, with proficiency using CRM, ERP, and business reporting tools.
Ott is proud to be part of the Water Quality segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5.5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto's vibrant global network of 17,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you'll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we're Safeguarding the World's Most Vital Resourcesand building rewarding careers along the way.
US ONLY :The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate's position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.
The compensation range for this role is $90,000 - $105,000 USD per year. This job is also eligible for Bonus Pay.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Note:
No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law. Veralto Corporation and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.
