Branch Manager Designate

Travis Perkins; Bracknell; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Travis Perkins is seeking a Branch Manager Designate in Bracknell to lead a team, drive operational excellence, and deliver outstanding customer service. You will coach staff, nurture customer relationships, and ensure safety and efficiency across daily branch operations.

The role requires energy, adaptability, and a commercial mindset to maximise sales opportunities while maintaining a safe, compliant working environment. This is a path to a senior leadership position within the group.

Qualifications

• Leadership and people development capabilities.
• Experience translating product knowledge into customer value.
• Strong customer-service orientation with a commercial mindset.

Responsibilities

• Coach and develop a branch team to deliver high standards of service.
• Build and nurture relationships with customers to understand needs and drive sales.
• Safely manage branch operations and control costs while ensuring compliance.
• Oversee all branch activities to achieve profitability and growth.

Skills

Leadership

Operational management

Sales experience

Customer service

Commercial acumen

Job description

The Branch Manager Designate role at Travis Perkins is one of the most challenging yet rewarding positions in our business in which you will play a vital role in our continued success.

You’ll support the delivery of our Doing What Matters strategy at a local level through amazing operational effectiveness, leading your team from the front, making sure we are working better for customers and providing a first class service, controlling costs, and keeping colleagues and customers safe within branch at all times.

You do need a full UK Drivers Licence for this position.

What will I be doing?

• Our success is built on strong relationships with our colleagues and customers so it’s essential you can coach and develop a team to deliver the highest standards of service.
• With your learned knowledge of the products and services we offer, you will be a pivotal contact for our customers, nurturing great relationships, understanding their needs in order to offer expert advice and recommending alternatives to profitably maximise the sale of goods.
• Safety is at the forefront of everything we do, your aim will be to ensure that all our colleagues and customers leave the Branch safely, by adhering to all stay safe policies and procedures.
• Being able to commercially manage all aspects of a Branch and business.

What experience do you need?

Previous experience within a builders’ merchant is advantageous, but not essential. It doesn't matter what sector you come from, we just need transferable skills - inspirational leadership, operational management, sales experience, great customer service and commercial acumen.

Does this sound like you?

• Passionate, inspirational and an engaging leader, who has the ability to create and cultivate a “one team” approach through collaboration and motivation.
• Someone that is highly adaptable, resilient and tenacious with high levels of energy and drive.
• Someone who thrives in a dynamic and fast paced environment, who is naturally curious with an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Able to spot a great commercial idea, influence, persuade and deliver it.
• Career focused and want to build a career to become a key player in the success of a large PLC?

Cornerstones

• Working For Our Customers
• Upholding Family Values
• Being The Best
• Keeping People Safe
• Making Decent Returns

You may not know much about Travis Perkins, but if you look a bit closer you might be surprised. We have been recognised as one of the UK’s Top Employers every year since 2010, and we can offer employees access to extensive career opportunities across our Group with 5 leading businesses. We operate out of more than 1400 outlets nationwide and have over 20,000 colleagues.

We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer. We want everyone to be at their best and it’s our ambition that everyone within our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves.

You be you, it makes us, us.

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