Depot Manager

Speedy Hire; Manchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Speedy Hire is seeking a Depot Manager to oversee operations at their Warrington location. This role combines team management and a strong customer service focus, requiring candidates with hire or engineering backgrounds. The successful applicant will enjoy flexible working hours and a commitment to work-life balance, as well as numerous benefits including generous holiday and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

26 days holiday (plus bank holidays)

Life assurance

Pension Scheme

Canteen facilities

95% discount across the Speedy brand

Opportunities for training and career progression

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Green Commute Initiative

Qualifications

• Experience managing a team and maintaining customer focus.
• Excellent communication, organizational skills, and ability to prioritize.
• Understanding of health and safety practices in the workplace.

Responsibilities

• Manage the depot team and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Drive business forward while delivering excellent service.
• Understand and manage profit and loss accounts.

Skills

Team Management

Customer Focus

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Health and Safety Management

Profit and Loss Management

Adaptability

PC Literacy

Construction Industry Knowledge

Job description

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Flexible hours available this includes job shares/ amended hours, we will consider all. Offering a work/life balance is of great importance to Speedy!

Job Title - Depot Manager

Location - Warrington

Working Hours - Monday to Friday - 07:30 - 16:30 - 42.5 hours per week

Speedy are the UK’s leading hire provider with the widest range of tools, specialist hire equipment, plant and support services – everything for every job!

We are looking for an experienced and knowledgeable Depot Manager preferably with a background in hire or engineering to manage our busy depot in Warrington.

As a Depot Manager you will ensure that the customer is at the heart of everything we do, you will proactively manage the team, have the independence of running your own depot, drive the business forward and continue to deliver the first class customer service that makes Speedy the best in our sector!

What you’ll need

• Experience in managing a team
• Customer focused
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Ability to prioritise work load and work under pressure to strict deadlines
• Demonstrate understanding and experience of managing Health and Safety practices at work
• Ability to understand and work with profit and loss accounts and budgets
• Capability to take ownership and responsibility
• Ability to adapt to individual and operational change in a diverse and fast-paced organisation
• PC literate
• General knowledge of the construction industry and trades including products.
• Previous experience of the hire process would be an advantage.
• Ability to support your business unit/team to deliver our ESG Strategy – Decade to Deliver.
• Driving licence
  
  

What We Offer

• 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Life assurance
• Pension Scheme
• Canteen facilities
• 95% discount across the Speedy brand
• Opportunities for training, development and career progression
• My Staff Shop: discounts and offers for shopping etc. across many suppliers
• Green Commute Initiative: Work scheme for cycling
• PAM – Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Offers free and confidential support and counselling to help you through matters such as wellbeing, divorce, legal, and financial management
  
  

Speedy operates an industry leading Work Life Balance initiative, demonstrating our commitment to reducing core contracted hours, supporting colleague wellbeing, and identifying more balanced work patterns for our colleagues which is a huge step in realising our ambition of putting our People First. Talk to us about a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements to suit your needs including flexible start/finish times, shorter days, term time hours and job share opportunities.

Speedy offer a Career Line of Sight which enables a detailed understanding of the route to progression and growth within the Speedy Group.

Please be aware Speedy reserves the right to close our vacancies earlier than the listed date if we have received a high level of applications. We would recommend that if you wish to be considered that you complete the application as promptly as possible.

Please be aware that some roles withinThe Speedy Group UK&I may require a DBS, Credit or Security Clearance Check.The Speedy Group is an equal opportunity employer where we embrace diversity in all its forms and fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us.

Link below to our policies in line with our ESG Governance.

https://www.speedyservices.com/esg/governance

All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status. All roles within The Speedy Group require proof of right to work in the UK by the start of employment.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Construction

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