Branch Manager

Experis LTD; Southampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK staffing firm is seeking a Branch Manager to oversee their operations based in Southampton. The role involves leading a team dedicated to delivering temporary workforce solutions while driving business development across various verticals. Candidates should have substantial experience in managing staff within a sales environment and a proven track record of maximizing business growth. This position requires strong collaboration and coaching skills, as well as a commitment to achieving business goals.

Qualifications

• Previous experience managing staff in a sales environment.
• Proven track record of maximizing business development.
• Experience in developing businesses with temporary staffing workforce.

Responsibilities

• Lead a dedicated team of consultants delivering temporary workforce solutions.
• Ensure strong business mix of Manpower Specialisms.
• Translate and implement strategy set by the Head of Staffing.

Skills

Sales experience

Staff management

Business development

Collaboration

Coaching and influencing staff

Job description

Location: Southampton (Based fully on site)

Role level: Senior - Reporting to Head of Staffing

Driving License ESSENTIAL

Role Summary: The Branch Manager is responsible for Manpower's UK brand delivery within a designated region of the UK for Convenience temporary and permanent business across all verticals within the Manpower specialisms - driving, logistics, manufacturing and ancillary, you will be expected to maximise GP opportunity throughout your client base in each of these core areas.

You will lead a dedicated team of consultants focused on delivering temporary workforce solutions to both national accounts and retail business. Your dedicated team may be made of pure 360 retail consultants along with pure delivery consultants that have separate focus driving a high ROI.

The region will be managed from one central office with your consultant team being based within this with the wider geography of regional responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

Sales

• Ensures strong business mix of Manpower Specialisms
• Actively leads business development through the team
• Meets clients and drives new business opportunity across all verticals

Strategy

• Translates, implements and drives strategy as set by the Head of Staffing
• Influences strategy through active feedback
• Delivers regional goals as set by the Head of staffing in line with wider strategy

Collaboration

• Performance accountability
• Works with the Operational excellence team to drive efficient business
• Works with the head of driving to maintain logistics footprint and ensure legal compliance

People

• Builds a diverse talent pipeline
• Coach direct reports to build capability
• Creates time for wider team that enables a coaching environment to focus and achieve performance expectations
• A "One Manpower" mind-set is critical - you will be collaborating with peers across the brands and support functions to drive successful outcomes across the wider business. You will also be directly responsible for implementing the Manpower brand strategy and ensuring alignment across your peer group developing your area of responsibility with a corporate mind-set. You will demonstrate flexibility and agility, embracing corporate initiatives and gaining support and followership from your teams, and will adopt digital recruitment strategies, ensuring your teams are using up to date and relevant channels to recruit for our clients.

Self-Development

• Develops relationships across front and back office and ManpowerGroup brands
• Demonstrates growth mind-set
• Builds profile through thought leadership and networking within region.

Efficiency

• Understanding P&L including ratio management
• Drives system adoption and utilisation
• Data Analytics/ metrics as part of business thinking.

Experience/Skills required

• Previous experience managing staff in a sales environment
• Proven track record of maximising business developmentExperience in developing businesses with temporary staffing workforce
• Understanding the importance of collaboration
• Coaching and influencing staff.

Our Standards

Clarity

Takes time to understand and share our organisation's vision and strategy with others, holds themselves and others accountable to deliver on our common goals, mindfully gives honest and regular feedback and openly receives it so we can all learn and deliver our best.

Care

Leads themselves and