Branch Manager

Connells Group; Colchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job description

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£40,000 - £45,000, Profit Share, Uncapped Commission

We're looking for a highly motivated Branch Manager - Estate Agent to lead our fantastic residential sales team in Colchester working in our well-known Abbotts estate agency.

This is a great opportunity for an established Estate Agent looking for progression and to step into branch management appointment in residential sales. This is a branch that can give you the platform to excel as a manager with a supportive Area Manager and team to help you grow market share and develop your career. The main purpose of the role of a Branch Manager - Estate Agent is to maximise the overall income and profitability of your branch.

What's in it for you as our Branch Manager - Estate Agent?

• Industry leading training and development
• Demonstrable career ladder
• Supportive and rewarding environment
• Compete for top achievers awards
• Competitive basic salary with uncapped commission

Key responsibilities of a Branch Manager - Estate Agent:

• Running a profitable and well-organised office providing an effective, efficient, and professional estate agency service to customers.
• Leading by example and delegating tasks with the aim to exceed standards of performance and targets set.
• Optimising every opportunity to secure market appraisals, instructions, viewings, reservations, sales and mortgage introductions.
• Motivating your team and new recruits, ensuring they receive the training and support they need to flourish in their career.

Skills and experience required to be a successful Branch Manager - Estate Agent:

• Preferably an experienced Branch Manager, Assistant Branch Manager, Residential Sales Manager or Sales Negotiator, Estate Agent, Lister, Valuer looking to progress.
• Demonstrable Sales Management experience.
• Able to generate new business in a target-driven environment.
• Proven experience managing, leading and mentoring a team.
• Outstanding customer care / customer service experience.
• Resilient, positive, organised, numerate and detail-oriented.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• IT literate (MS Office, internet, email systems).
• A Full UK driving licence.

Established in 1850, Abbotts is the agent of choice in the Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire property markets.

Connells Group UK is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.