Area Manager

Mccarthy Recruitment; Bath; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Bonus

Job summary

McCarthy Recruitment is seeking an experienced Area Manager to own a portfolio of sites across the South West, with Bath as your base. You will lead multi-site operations, develop management teams and drive performance across locations.

You’ll be accountable for improving results, raising standards and turning insights into action. This role offers genuine autonomy within a large UK organisation and opportunities to shape outcomes across the region.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multiple locations or sites across a geographical area.
• Strong track record of improving operational and commercial performance.
• Experience coaching, developing and challenging managers.
• Confident with performance data and commercial conversations.
• Hands-on, visible leadership with the ability to drive impact.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the commercial and operational performance of your area.
• Lead, coach and challenge managers to deliver stronger results.
• Identify opportunities to improve performance and implement clear action plans.
• Understand the numbers—what’s working, what isn’t and why.
• Raise standards and drive consistency across locations.
• Build capable management teams with clear succession plans.
• Manage costs without compromising performance.
• Address underperformance quickly and constructively.
• Share best practices and drive continuous improvement.
• Spend time across your area, staying close to teams.

Skills

Multi-site leadership

Commercial awareness

People management

Performance data

Job description

Area Manager

Location: Bath

Salary: Up to £70,000 per annum + Car + Bonus

Role: Permanent | Full-time

Ready to take ownership of a region and really make it your own?

We’re looking for an experienced Area Manager to lead a portfolio of locations across the South West, joining a successful, well-established organisation where strong leadership, commercial thinking and great execution make a real difference.

This is a role with genuine responsibility. You’ll have the autonomy to shape performance across your area, develop your management teams and identify where things can be done better. Whether that’s improving results, raising standards, developing future leaders or turning around an underperforming location, you’ll have the influence to make things happen.

You won’t be leading from behind a desk either. You’ll be visible across your area, close to your teams and trusted to understand what’s happening on the ground before turning that insight into action.

What you’ll be doing as an Area Manager

• Taking ownership of the commercial and operational performance of your area
• Leading, coaching and challenging your managers to deliver stronger results
• Identifying opportunities to improve performance and putting clear action plans in place
• Getting under the skin of the numbers to understand what’s working, what isn’t and why
• Raising standards and driving greater consistency across your locations
• Building strong, capable management teams with clear succession and development plans
• Managing costs effectively without compromising operational performance
• Tackling underperformance quickly and constructively
• Sharing best practice and creating an environment where teams continuously look for ways to improve
• Spending time across your area, staying close to your people and maintaining a strong understanding of each location

What we’re looking for

You’ll already have experience leading multiple locations, branches or sites and be comfortable taking accountability for performance across a geographical area.

More importantly, you’ll know how to get the best out of managers.

You’ll be someone who can look at the numbers, spot where the opportunities are and then work with your teams to turn those opportunities into results. You’ll be equally comfortable having a commercial conversation, coaching a manager or rolling your sleeves up to understand an operational challenge.

• Proven multi-site leadership experience
• A strong track record of improving operational and commercial performance
• Experience coaching, developing and challenging managers
• Strong commercial awareness and confidence working with performance data
• A visible, hands‑on leadership style
• The confidence to make decisions and take ownership
• Resilience and the ability to operate at pace
• The ability to balance immediate priorities with longer-term improvement

Experience within retail, hospitality, leisure, logistics, distribution or another fast‑paced multi‑site environment could all translate well into this opportunity.

Why join?

This is an opportunity to take on a sizeable leadership role where you’ll be trusted to run your area, develop your people and influence results.

You’ll receive:

• Salary up to £70,000 per annum
• Company car
• Performance‑related bonus
• Genuine autonomy across your region
• The opportunity to lead and develop established management teams
• A role where your decisions have a visible impact on performance
• Career opportunities within a large and successful UK organisation

If you’re an experienced Area Manager who enjoys getting out into the business, developing great managers and driving performance, this could be the opportunity you’ve been looking for.

Comutable Locations:

Bristol, Swindon, Bridgwater, Frome, Salisbury, Weston-super-Mare

The Legal Bit:

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. By applying for this role, you are explicitly consenting for McCarthy Recruitment to hold and process your data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations. Your details will be added to our holding database. We process certain personal information about you for our legitimate business interests to identify and contact suitable candidates about positions that may be relevant to them. Details are set out in our privacy policy. If you wish to exercise your right to access, erase or restrict the processing of your data, please contact us at the office and we will respond to your query.