Designate Centre Manager - Wakefield Area

Halfords; Wakefield; On-site; AUD 72,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Structured induction and onboarding

Generous annual leave

Staff and partner discounts

Wagestream salary access

Share save scheme

Pension and Life Assurance

Career progression and training

Health Cash Plan

Discounts across goods

Cycle to Work scheme

GP Access

Hybrid training opportunities

Job summary

Halfords Designate Centre Manager – Wakefield Area is a key leadership role within our Autocentre business. You will oversee in-centre teams, support multiple centres within a travel radius, and drive customer experience alongside operational performance.

The role requires excellent leadership, a coaching approach, strong financial acumen, and a valid driving licence. You will contribute to an inclusive culture focused on delivering service excellence and safety compliance across centres.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership and team management within automotive or similar industry.
• Track record of delivering high customer satisfaction.
• Engaging, coaching-based approach to team development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop in-centre teams across designated Wakefield area.
• Support local centres within reasonable travel time; ensure centres operate professionally.
• Drive customer experience improvements and ensure safety and compliance.
• Manage centre performance, KPI delivery and profitability.

Skills

Leadership

Customer Service

Coaching

P&L Management

Health & Safety

Sales/KPIs

Communication

IT Proficiency

Time Management

Driving Licence

Job description

Designate Centre Manager - Wakefield Area

Job no: 568781
Work type: Full time
Site: Wakefield
Categories: Autocentre Management
Location: West Yorkshire
Salary: £37,500 - £51,600 per year
Business Area: Autocentres

Brilliant at leading a team?

Join the UK’s largest Automotive service, maintenance and repair business with great career opportunities, benefits, and an uncapped bonus scheme!

A newly created role within our Autocentre business, our Designate centre managers will be a vital support to our management team. As a Designate centre manager, you will be supporting local centres within the area within a reasonable travel time and leading the in centre teams with support, encouragement, and motivation. No two days are the same so you will need to be open to change, adaptable, and ensure that the team are on board and motivated to constantly move forwards with the everchanging environment that adapts to meet our customers’ needs and demands. This experience will set you up to successfully run your own allocated centre when an appropriate vacancy arises.

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, you will be there to support and engage the team to drive a culture that is professional and ensures that the customer’s journey delivers a fantastic customer experience, helping the team to focus on achieving amazing results and building your centres reputation for excellence. We expect nothing but the best to be delivered in terms of service and meeting demand, whilst delivering centres that are not just great for our customers in terms of commercial excellence, but safe and compliant.

• On-target earnings up to £51,600
• Comprising a base salary of £37,500 - £40,000
• An uncapped monthly bonus scheme with average additional earnings of £11,600 per year.
• 5 days a week
• Earn extra with our refer a friend scheme – T&C’s Apply.

Benefits Include:

Structured 12 week induction into our business

5.6 weeks’ annual leave

Up to 50% off garage bills in our Autocentres and 25% off most our Halfords products in our retail stores

Discounts on everything from groceries, shopping, insurance, days out, restaurants and more

Family & Friends Discount Events

Opportunity to buy a Trade Price Bike & enrol in the Cycle to Work Scheme

Financial planning support via Wagestream - access up to 30% of your salary in advance

GP Access, 364 days a year, 24 hours a day

Join the Share save scheme with a 20% discount on shares

Health Cash Plan – to access wellbeing services and claim back healthcare costs

Pension Scheme & Life Assurance

You will be given every opportunity to progress your career at Halfords. This includes access to hybrid training plus the ATA & MOT Tester Qualifications too.

Skills and experience

• Fantastic leadership and team management skills within the automotive or similar industry
• Experience delivering high customer satisfaction and displaying effective management.
• Engaging and motivational, coaching-based approach to team development and able to provide in the moment training.
• Strong financial acumen with experience of managing P&L and optimizing profit
• Experience of meeting compliance standards across Health and Safety
• Experienced with high sales turnover and managing KPI’s
• Excellent communication skills, verbally and written.
• IT Proficient, with the willingness to learn in-house systems.
• Good time management
• A current valid driving licence

We’re in an exciting chapter – rapidly growing our business with a focus on motoring services and electric mobility. We’re the UK’s leading retailer of motoring and cycling products and services, and the UK’s largest vehicle service, maintenance, and repair business. Join us and be part of our success story in getting the nation safely back on the move.

At Halfords we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for our colleagues. We're an equal opportunities employer and proud to welcome applications from all backgrounds and embrace diversity within our one Halfords Family.