Branch Manager

Stark Group; Alnwick; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading building materials distributor is seeking a Branch Manager in Alnwick, England. The ideal candidate will lead and coach a team, driving sales and providing outstanding customer service. Responsibilities include building strong relationships with customers and ensuring health and safety standards. The role offers a competitive salary, career growth opportunities, a retirement savings plan, employee discounts, and comprehensive life assurance coverage.

Benefits

Retirement Savings Plan

Life Assurance

Employee Discounts

Health and Wellbeing App

Car Salary Sacrifice scheme

Cycle2Work

Qualifications

• Experience in motivating and driving sales.
• Ability to build and maintain customer relationships.
• Commitment to health and safety at work.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the team to deliver success.
• Collaborate with the wider network to meet customer needs.
• Build effective relationships with customers and suppliers.

Skills

Leadership

Sales Motivation

Strong Communication

Commercial Awareness

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and support the team to deliver success and promote opportunities for continuous improvement
• Collaborate with the wider network to support Customer requirements and business activities
• Adjust the nature of services delivered according to developments in customer needs and expectations in line with our Jewson Values
• Build and develop great relationships with new and existing Customers, understanding their needs and providing proactive advice and solutions so that you can deliver the best experience possible
• Build effective relationships with suppliers
• Get to know the local market to support plans for sales growth
• Ensure accurate stock levels are maintained, carrying out regular stock counts
• Lead your team to make Health & Safety a priority and demonstrate how you can keep yourself and others safe at work

What's in it for you?

• Retirement Savings Plan (Pension) - with Legal & General
• Life Assurance - From your first day of employment with us you are automatically covered for a lump-sum death in service benefit of 2 x your basic salary. However, if you join the STARK Building Materials Retirement Savings Plan (including if you are automatically enrolled) and contribute a minimum of 4% of your Pensionable Earnings, your lump sum death in service benefit will be increased to 4 x your Pensionable Earnings.
• First and foremost, we always want to recruit great people that really understand our values and ways of working.
• It is important you have can evidence experience in motivating and driving sales for this role.
• You will already have strong communication and commercial awareness to be able to empower the team to provide great customer service.
• Jewson is a leading building materials distributor in Northern Europe, is on the hunt for a Branch Manager who's as passionate about great leadership as we are., At Jewson we're proud to be part of STARK Building Materials UK and dedicated to providing top-quality products and exceptional service to our customers. We're a friendly and collaborative team, passionate about what we do and committed to doing it well.
• We provide a fulfilling and enjoyable work environment with ample opportunities for career growth, along with a competitive salary, staff discount, life assurance, and 34 days of holiday (inclusive of bank holidays).
• WorkPerks - A platform home to hundreds of all your favourite high street and online discounts via the provider Reward Gateway
• Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App (Access to a digital GP, second medical opinions, Mental Health consultation, bereavement service, nutritional consultation)
• Voluntary company benefits such as Car Salary Sacrifice scheme with VWFS, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare, Critical Illness Cover
• Employee Discount