Designate Business Manager

Olra Recruitment Solutions Ltd; Bromley; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Profit share

Pension

Career progression

Job summary

Olra Recruitment Solutions Ltd in South East London / Kent seeks a Designate Business Manager to work closely with senior group leadership, developing toward increased responsibility and autonomy. The role focuses on leading a team, driving sales growth, managing client relationships and profitability within a decentralised group structure.

Candidates should have proven management experience and a strong commercial background, with backgrounds in wholesale, distribution, manufacturing or

Qualifications

• Proven management experience in a commercial environment.
• Strong sales orientation and ability to drive growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and develop a team.
• Drive sales growth and improve business performance.
• Develop existing customer relationships and identify new opportunities.
• Support budgets, margins and profitability management.
• Recruit, coach and develop people and build stakeholder relationships.
• Identify opportunities to improve performance and grow the business.
• Make commercially sound decisions and take ownership of results.
• Progress towards full responsibility for a business unit.

Skills

Management experience

Commercial focus

Sales leadership

People development

Leadership skills

Job description

South East London / Kent

Highly Competitive Package + Company Car + Profit Share + Pension

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join a highly successful privately owned group with annual turnover in excess of £1 billion, operating across specialist wholesale, distribution and technical product markets.

The group is looking to appoint a Designate Business Manager in the South East London / Kent area as part of its continued growth and long-term management development plans.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and commercially driven manager who is ready to take the next step in their career and progress towards broader business leadership.

Operating within a highly decentralised structure, individual businesses are given significant freedom to make decisions locally, develop their teams and respond quickly to commercial opportunities. The successful candidate will progress towards full responsibility for a business, combining sales leadership, people management and overall commercial performance.

The Role

As Designate Business Manager, you will work closely with senior group leadership while developing towards increasing responsibility and autonomy.

Responsibilities will include:

• Leading, motivating and developing a team


• Driving sales growth and improving overall business performance


• Developing existing customer relationships and identifying new business opportunities


• Supporting the management of budgets, margins and profitability


• Recruiting, coaching and developing people


• Building strong relationships with customers, suppliers and key stakeholders


• Identifying opportunities to improve performance and grow the business


• Making commercially sound decisions and taking ownership of results


• Developing towards full responsibility for the management and performance of a business

The Person

We are looking for someone with proven management experience and a strong commercial background.

You may currently be working as a Business Manager, Branch Manager, Profit Centre Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Area Manager, Sales Manager, Commercial Manager or Business Unit Manager.

Experience within wholesale, distribution, manufacturing or technical product markets would be particularly relevant, ideally within sectors such as electrical, building services, plumbing and heating, HVAC, industrial products, building products, controls and automation, lighting, cable and technical products, or wider trade distribution.

You should be able to demonstrate:

• Established experience leading and developing people


• A strong sales and commercial focus


• Experience taking meaningful responsibility for business performance


• The ability to develop customer relationships and identify growth opportunities


• A good understanding of margins, profitability and commercial decision-making


• Strong communication and leadership skills


• Ambition to progress into broader business management and take increasing ownership and responsibility

The Opportunity

The group has a strong track record of developing managers and operates a decentralised structure that gives its businesses considerable autonomy. This provides the opportunity to run a business with genuine responsibility for its people, customers, commercial performance and future growth.

Package & Benefits

• Highly competitive package


• Company car


• Highly attractive profit share / bonus scheme


• Pension


• Excellent long-term career progression


• Significant autonomy and responsibility

All applications and conversations will be handled in the strictest confidence