About EMCO Corporation
EMCO Corporation is one of Canada's leading construction wholesale distribution businesses, serving contractors and partners across the country. Backed by more than 115 years of experience, we combine the strength and stability of a national organization with the agility and entrepreneurial spirit of a growing business.
Our purpose is to help build stronger communities by delivering the products, expertise, and service that support critical systems in residential, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure projects across Canada.
What makes EMCO Corporation different is our people and culture.
Our teammates are empowered to make decisions, develop customer relationships, drive growth, and shape the future of their business. We provide the tools, support, and mentorship needed to succeed, while encouraging initiative, accountability, and innovation.
Our culture is built on four core values:
- Fairness & Caring
- Trust & Respect
- Generous Listening
- Straight Talk
Diversity, Inclusion & Opportunity
EMCO Corporation is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where every teammate can succeed. We believe that diverse backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and ideas make us a stronger organization and better partner to our customers.
We actively encourage applications from women, Indigenous peoples, visible minorities, persons with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ2S+ community, and individuals from all backgrounds. We are particularly committed to increasing representation of women in leadership and throughout the construction wholesale industry by creating an environment where talent, performance, and potential drive opportunity.
Why Join EMCO Corporation?
- Learn from experienced leaders and mentors!
- Participate in industry-leading training and development programs.
- Competitive salary, benefits, pension, and profit-sharing programs
- Long-term career growth with one of Canada's most respected organizations
- Team-oriented culture that supports work-life balance.
Job Description
As a Profit Centre Manager, you will develop and lead all business operations at the Profit Centre. The Profit Centre Manager is accountable for growing the business while sustaining consistent profitability.
To experience success in the position, you will:
- Lead by example and represent the Profit Centre in a professional manner
- Uphold our core values and ethics with every interaction
- Inspire teammates in the Profit Centre towards strategic initiatives and operational objectives
- Recruit, develop, coach, mentor and lead a world-class team
- Act like an entrepreneur to develop new strategies, market opportunities and business processes
- Build strong customer and vendor relationships
- Generously listen, communicate, collaborate and influence teammates, customers, and business partners
- Act in a safe manner, following all safety guidelines at the Profit Centre and at all customer locations including job sites
Additional duties involve:
- Achieve sales, gross profit- and profit-sharing goals through the recruitment, development, training, coaching, evaluation, and management of the Profit Centre Team
- Determine targeted customer account potential, establish sales goals for those accounts and hold the sales team accountable for achieving those goals
- Analyze available financial reports and information; develop and implement appropriate strategies to increase sales and margins, improve productivity and manage assets and expenses
- Build relationships in the community to understand the marketplace, increase market share and identify new markets
- Ensure the Profit Centre meets or exceeds service expectations of customers
- Take ownership of all marketing plans and purchasing agreements
- Understand and follow all safety regulations at all customer locations as well as at the Profit Centre
- Safeguard and maintain all Profit Centre assets – buildings, trucks, equipment, inventory, and receivables
- Perform other tasks as requested by the Regional Manager
What we are looking for from you:
- College and/or University degree
- A minimum of 3 years of wholesale distribution experience
- A minimum of 2 years in a management or leadership role
- Valid driver’s licence with a clean driver’s abstract
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software
- Possess a strong work ethic and a high standard of integrity
- Driven to succeed with a strong entrepreneurial spirit
- Possess excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to make sound business judgments
- Create and nurture a positive team environment, inspiring all teammates to do their best work and to achieve the highest levels of customer and teammate satisfaction
- Strong desire to strive for operational excellence
- Understand purchasing and inventory control processes
- Ability to learn and operate the applicable software system used to process orders
- Ability to learn how to operate material handling equipment
Preferred Skills
- Previous experience with or knowledge of products sold at the Profit Centre
- Knowledge of the construction industry
- Experience using M3
Salary Range - $65,000-$75,000
EMCO is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a discrimination, harassment, and barrier free workplace where all employees can contribute to their fullest potential. EMCO is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workplaces. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, colour, creed, place of origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, family or parental status, or any other characteristic protected by the law. We welcome applications from all minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, neurodiversity, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
Skills Required
- College and/or university degree
- At least 3 years of wholesale distribution experience
- At least 2 years of management or leadership experience
- Valid driver's licence with a clean driver's abstract
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office software
- Strong work ethic and high standard of integrity
- Strong entrepreneurial spirit and drive to succeed
- Excellent interpersonal skills and sound business judgment
- Ability to create and nurture a positive team environment
- Strong desire to achieve operational excellence
- Understanding of purchasing and inventory control processes
- Ability to learn and operate the applicable order-processing software
- Ability to learn and operate material handling equipment
- Experience with or knowledge of products sold at the Profit Centre
- Knowledge of the construction industry
- Experience using M3
Emco Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Emco Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Emco Corporation.
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Feedback suggests hard work and strong branch performance can translate into substantial profit-sharing bonuses that meaningfully lift overall pay at successful locations. In these cases, modest base salaries are seen as offset by high annual payouts.
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Retirement Support — Job postings and benefits listings indicate an employer-contributed pension plan is available for eligible roles, enhancing long-term total compensation. This element is viewed as a potential advantage for salaried or management-track employees.
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Flexible Benefits — Some roles are advertised with comprehensive packages and options, including health coverage, life and disability insurance, paid time off, and an employee assistance program. Work-life flexibility is also noted in postings and is seen by some as a plus.
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What We Do
EMCO Corporation is one of Canada's largest integrated distributors of products for the construction industry, offering products in plumbing, waterworks, industrial, and HVAC.
