Assistant Manager

Epwin; Worthing; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus scheme

24 days annual leave

Company pension

Lifeworks benefits

Monthly awards

Training programs

Job summary

Epwin Group is seeking an Assistant Branch Manager for our Worthing branch. You will support the Branch Manager to deliver excellent customer service, manage the trade counter and warehouse, and help achieve branch targets.

The role requires a full driving licence; forklift training can be provided. We offer a competitive salary, 24 days’ holiday, a company pension, Lifeworks benefits and ongoing training.

Qualifications

• Experience in customer service environments is essential.
• Full valid driving license is required.
• Forklift license is preferable; training will be provided if needed.
• Good IT literacy and strong organisational skills expected.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent customer service with the Branch Manager.
• Maintain high standards in the trade counter and warehouse.
• Lead by example within a small team and hit branch targets.
• Assist with health and safety compliance.
• Provide cover for the Branch Manager in their absence.
• Support with day-to-day branch operations and customer relations.

Skills

Customer service

Driving license

Forklift license

Teamwork

IT literate

Organisational skills

Job description

Who are we?

With nearly 30 branches nationwide and endless opportunity for personal progression, working with National Plastics is an exciting prospect. We supply quality plastic building products to the trade and public, including roofline, rainwater, windows, doors and roofing. As part of the Epwin Group Plc, we’re proud to be part of a much larger family of successful businesses.

Our trade counters

Our trade counters are a positive and thriving environment where we put customers at the heart of everything we do and know that the team in our branches play a vital role in that. We are a growing, dynamic business and we’re looking for team players to grow with us. If you’ve got a can-do, will-do attitude and an eagerness to learn, you’re exactly the kind of person we’re looking for.

The role of an Assistant Branch Manager:

• Works together with the Branch Manager to provide excellent customer service.
• Maintain high standards within the trade counter area and warehouse.
• Has a can-do/will-do attitude and able to work within a small team.
• Assist with health and safety compliance.
• Lead by example.
• Work with the Branch Manager and the rest of the team to achieve branch performance targets.
• Provide cover for the Branch Manager in their absence.
• Will have a friendly, welcoming attitude and have energy and passion that is required to deliver what our customers require.
• Must have a full valid driving license. A forklift truck license would be preferable but if not, training will be provided.
• Good organisational skills and be IT literate.
• Experience in a trade counter environment would be preferred but not essential as the right attitude and drive will overcome any lack of this experience. Full training will be provided

What you’ll get

• A competitive salary with the potential to earn a performance related bonus.
• 24 days annual leave, plus statutory bank holidays.
• 44 hour per week contract.
• Company pension.
• The chance to join a vibrant, progressive company that looks after their people.
• The opportunity to voice your ideas and help shape the future of the business.
• Real career prospects for the right people within any of the many businesses within the Epwin Group Plc.
• Enrolment within “Lifeworks” which entitles the employee to discounts at many high-street and online retailers as well as a wider range of additional benefits.
• Monthly awards where our people are recognised for outstanding contributions.
• On the job and on-line training. We invest in our people.

The Company

Epwin Group is one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of low maintenance building products with some of the best-known manufacturing and service names in the sector.
We are one of the UK’s largest manufacturers and suppliers of windows, doors and fascia systems with some of the best-known manufacturing and service names in the sector.
The principal activities of the Group are the extrusion of PVC-U and roofline products as well as the manufacture of windows, doors, conservatories and sealed units. Group businesses also produce high quality cladding, guttering, decking and prefabricated GRP building components.
At Epwin, we believe our success has come from the hard work and dedication of our employee’s, we wouldn't be where we are today without them.

We take pride in our people

At Epwin, we believe our success has come from the hard work and dedication of our employee’s, we wouldn't be where we are today without them.

We’re interested in our future, constantly investing and innovating in new products, processes and our employee’s and we like to give back to our employee’s as much as they give us.

The Benefits

Telus Health (Lifeworks) is a confidential employee support platform to help employees and their family’s deal with life challenges.

Holidays

Your holiday entitlement will be detailed in your contract of employment.

Cycle to Work

Obtain a bike and/or cycling accessories to use for cycling to work whilst making income tax and National Insurance savings.