Branch Supervisor

Wolseley UK Limited; Northampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension (matched up to 9%)

Bonus potential

Maternity / adoption leave

Discounts (online & high street)

Healthcare access

YuLife app

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Wolseley UK Limited’s Plumb Centre in Northampton is seeking a Branch Supervisor to help manage daily operations and lead a small team. You will advise customers, share product knowledge, and drive sales at the trade counter.

Key duties include supervising staff, coordinating stock and warehouse tasks, and building strong rapport with customers and suppliers. Occasional delivery driving may be required.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a Face to Face customer service/sales environment.
• Excellent communication skills and confidence interacting with customers.
• Willingness to step up to run the branch in the Branch Manager's absence.
• Keenness to learn, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude and a strong work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Assisting the Branch Manager with the day to day running and operations within this small branch.
• Supervise and support branch staff, providing guidance, training, and performance feedback.
• Serving customers on the trade counter, offering advice and product knowledge.
• Building rapport with customers & suppliers, responding to any queries and processing sales.
• General warehouse duties including, goods in & out, picking and packing customer orders.
• Occasional relief delivery driving, 3.5 tonne van.

Skills

Customer service

Sales

Product knowledge

Team leadership

Branch operations

Job description

Salary: Competitive Salary + Bonus + Excellent Benefits Branch Supervisor - Northampton - Plumb Centre

So, who are we?

We are Plumb Centre, a part of the Wolseley Group - a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves in putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do – and best of all, provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award-winning Wolseley Talent Guild.

Also, did we mention? In addition to the competitive salary there are also benefits on tap - including…

• Annual leave (increasing with length of service)
• a generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%)
• potential to earn bonuses
• enhanced maternity / adoption leave
• access to a great range of online and high street discounts
• free access to healthcare
• our popular YuLife app
• our Cycle to Work scheme
• and more!

We also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme and more!

Responsibilities

• Assisting the Branch Manager with the day to day running and operations within this small branch.
• Supervise and support branch staff, providing guidance, training, and performance feedback.
• Serving customers on the trade counter, offering advice and product knowledge.
• Building rapport with customers & suppliers, responding to any queries and processing sales.
• General warehouse duties including, goods in & out, picking and packing customer orders.
• Occasional relief delivery driving, 3.5 tonne van.

This is a full-time, permanent role working 40 hours per week Monday to Friday 08.00am - 5.00pm and Saturday on a rota basis 08.00am - 12.00pm.

Requirements

• Previous industry or merchant experience is preferable
• Prior experience in a Face to Face customer service/sales environment
• Excellent communication skills and confidence interacting with customers
• To be a team player who is happy to take on a diverse role to carry out all jobs in the branch to ensure it runs smoothly
• Willingness to step up to run the branch in the Branch Managers absence
• Keenness to learn, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude and a strong work ethic
• Full UK Manual Driving Licence

Wolseley UK is the country’s largest plumbing, heating and cooling trade specialist merchant and we aim to be the first choice specialist merchant for trade customers. We supply 180,000 different products to over 100,000 customers every year. Join us and you’ll be part of a team that gets the right products to customers at the right price, in the right place, and at the right time. You’ll also enjoy extensive training and an award-winning pension and great rewards package. And, as part of the world’s largest specialist distributer of plumbing and heating products, you’ll have access to a wide variety of career opportunities.