Depot Manager

Travail Employment Group; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional Material Handling company in Doncaster is looking for a Depot Manager to oversee operations, manage staff, and ensure exceptional customer service. The role demands experience in Materials Handling and requires strong leadership skills to empower the team and drive profitable growth. Benefits include a salary up to £55k per year, plus a company car, bonus, and extensive holidays. Working hours are Monday to Friday, offering a balanced work environment.

Benefits

Salary: Up to £55k

Company car with private use

33 days holidays per year

4% contributory pension

Life assurance at 4x death in service

Health Cash Plan

Qualifications

• Background in Materials Handling or a related field is essential.
• Experience managing teams and promoting effective communication.
• Ability to plan and forecast for profitable growth.

Responsibilities

• Oversee depot operations including profit and loss responsibilities.
• Lead and train staff to ensure high performance.
• Interact with customers and manage service delivery.

Skills

Management of remote and in-house workforce

Health and Safety focus

Commercial outlook

Customer service skills

Job description

Depot Manager - Doncaster - up to £55k plus company car and bonus

The role of Depot Manager is with a Material Handling Equipment company in South Yorkshire and applicants must have experience from within this industry. Benefits include a salary of up to £55k plus a car, bonus, Pension, Health Cash Plan and Life Cover.

Depot Manager - Materials Handling - the job

Responsible for a busy MHE sale and hire depot, its facilities, people, customers and profit. This includes full responsibility for profit and loss, budgets, health and safety, service, after sales and rental, administration, reporting and compliance.

Around 90% of your time will be spent at the depot and roughly 10% within the region, interacting with customers, engineers, sales, service management and inter‑company colleagues.

You will lead by example in a way that empowers the team, ensuring they are trained and equipped with the skills and knowledge necessary to ensure that, no matter what customers' need, they can handle it.

In order to apply for the Depot Manager position, you must have:

• A background within Materials Handling or similar.
• Experience of managing a remote and inhouse workforce, with a focus on H&S and with the ability to motivate and organise while promoting communication, performance and providing the best customer service.
• A demonstrable commercial outlook and mindset which facilitates profitable growth with planning and forecasting from a number of perspectives including financial, workforce, aftersales and service.

Benefits of the Depot Manager include:

• Salary: Up to £55k p/a plus bonus (details TBC)
• Holidays: 33 days per year (25 plus 8 stats)
• Hours: Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm with 1 hr for lunch (40hrs per week)
• Company car: (including private use)
• Extras: 4% contributory pension, life assurance at 4x death in service, Medi-Cash
• Environment: Busy MHE sale, hire and service depot