Depot Manager

Kevin Edward Associates; Minworth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a high-calibre Depot Manager for its operations in the West Midlands. The successful candidate will have total ownership over depot performance, managing service, sales, and customer relationships. Ideal applicants will have proven experience in managing materials handling or plant hire operations and must demonstrate strong commercial acumen. This role offers a competitive salary, bonus linked to depot performance, and opportunities for progression within a growing business.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus linked to performance

Company car

Full benefits package

Clear progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Depot Manager or Branch Manager.
• Background in materials handling, forklifts, or plant hire.
• Strong understanding of financial metrics and margins.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of depot performance and operations.
• Lead teams in service, sales, and admin to achieve targets.
• Drive revenue growth and manage customer relationships.

Skills

Depot Management

Commercial Acumen

Leadership

Customer Relationship Management

Job description

Depot Manager - Materials Handling

Location: West Midlands

My Client is looking for a high‑calibre Depot Manager to take full ownership of its West Midlands operation.

This is not a caretaker role. You'll run the depot as if it's your own business accountable for people, profit, performance and customer delivery. If you've managed a materials handling, plant, or equipment hire depot before, you'll know exactly what this involves.

The Role

You will have end‑to‑end responsibility for depot performance, covering service, sales, parts, engineers and customers.

• Full P&L responsibility for the depot
• Leading and developing service, sales, parts and admin teams
• Driving revenue growth, utilisation and margin improvement
• Ensuring service delivery, uptime and SLAs are met
• Managing engineer productivity and depot efficiency
• Owning customer relationships and resolving escalations decisively
• Enforcing H&S, compliance and operational standards
• Recruiting, coaching and retaining high-performing staff
• Reporting on performance and executing regional strategy locally

What We're Looking For

• Proven Depot Manager / Branch Manager experience
• Background in materials handling, forklifts, plant, powered access or hire
• Strong commercial acumen ,understands numbers, margins and recovery
• Confident leader who holds people to account
• Comfortable making tough decisions and managing pressure
• Customer‑focused but commercially firm

The Package

• Competitive basic salary (dependent on experience)
• Bonus linked to depot performance
• Company car
• Pension, holiday and full benefits package
• Clear progression within a growing, ambitious business