Area Manager

Octane Recruitment Ltd; Cambridge; In loco; GBP 59.000 - 72.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Company car

IMI courses funded

Staff discounts on servicing, tyres, M

Vouchers & Insurance

Pension & Eye Care

Descrizione del lavoro

Octane Recruitment Ltd on behalf of our client is seeking an Area Manager to lead automotive aftersales across Cambridgeshire to Norfolk & Suffolk. Based from Cambridgeshire, you’ll drive performance across multiple sites, shaping a premium customer journey while transforming a fast-fit operation.

You’ll coach teams, embed vehicle health checks and forward planning, and influence senior leadership on future processes.

Competenze

• Drive change without losing people.
• Commercially sharp but customer-focused.
• Hands-on leader who leads from the front.

Mansioni

• Leading multiple sites, driving performance & profitability.
• Moving teams from "quick turnover" to a premium customer journey.
• Embedding processes like vehicle health checks & forward planning (MOT/service).
• Coaching teams to identify opportunity without hard selling.
• Influencing senior leadership on future processes & improvements.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Change management

Coaching

Commercial awareness

Customer focus

Descrizione del lavoro

Area Manager – Automotive Aftersales | Up to £65k + £90k OTE + Car

Our client, a major fast fit company within the UK is on a major transformation journey — and we’re looking for an Area Manager to help lead it.

With 185 sites across the UK, this is an opportunity to step into a business that’s evolving from a traditional fast-fit model into a customer-first, aftersales-driven operation.

This position will be covering from Cambridgeshire over to Norfolk & Suffolk.

This role is about changing mindsets — not just hitting numbers.

Benefits

• Company car, A chance to earn a regular bonus
• Career development: we offer a variety of fully funded IMI courses
• Staff discounts on servicing, tyres, and MOTs
• Retail vouchers, Finder’s fee, Life Insurance, Pension, Eye Care Vouchers, Buy/Sell Holiday, Flu Jab, Employee Assistant Program
• Long Service Recognition, Enhance Maternity and Paternity, Cycle to Work
• Bonus- £30,000 OTE.
• Guaranteed 3-month bonus of £1000 per month, paid altogether on month 3 (£3000 in 3rd pay slip)
• Holiday- 32 days (24 days + bank holidays)

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading multiple sites, driving performance & profitability
• Moving teams from "quick turnover" to a premium customer journey
• Embedding processes like vehicle health checks & forward planning (MOT/service)
• Coaching teams to identify opportunity without hard selling
• Influencing senior leadership on future processes & improvements

What we’re looking for:

• Someone who can drive change without losing people
• Commercially sharp but customer-focused
• Hands-on leader who leads from the front