Head of Garage Operations & Growth (Equity Eligible)

Longford Garage Group; England; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity potential

Car allowance

Pension

Laptop

Travel expenses

Job summary

Longford Garage Group seeks a Head of Operations to drive performance across bought garages in the UK. You’ll be the ground-based leader, report to the Founder, and have autonomy within budgets to optimise each site’s performance.

You will own site P&Ls, drive improvements in labour efficiency, pricing and margins, and lead a hands-on, data-driven approach while coordinating with site managers and central teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years managing multiple garages, workshops or sites.
• Proven site P&L responsibility with examples.
• Strong grasp of workshop economics: labour efficiency, pricing, parts margin and MOT operations.
• Hands-on: comfortable in a workshop and in a spreadsheet.
• Full UK driving licence and willing to travel extensively.
• Willing to obtain AEDM status.

Responsibilities

• Integrate every garage we buy: lead the handover and first 100 days, move each site onto group reporting, and get contracts, payroll, insurance, health and safety and MOT compliance right from day one.
• Own the P&L of every site: set budgets with site managers, review the numbers weekly and monthly, and act early on labour efficiency, effective labour rate, parts margin, MOT volumes and bay utilisation.
• Be the first point of escalation for site managers, and recruit, coach and hold them to account.
• Grow revenue through pricing, local marketing, Google reviews, online booking, fleet and trade accounts, and MOT capacity.
• Cut costs that don't add value, including group buying power as we scale.
• Keep every site compliant with DVSA, health and safety, environmental and data protection rules, and hold or obtain AEDM status.
• Join the Founder on acquisition visits and give an operator's view.

Skills

P&L management

Garage operations

Workshop economics

Budgeting

People leadership

Travel willingness

Driving licence

Tools

Spreadsheet

Job description

Longford Garage Group seeks a Head of Operations to drive performance across bought garages in the UK. You’ll be the ground-based leader, report to the Founder, and have autonomy within budgets to optimise each site’s performance.

You will own site P&Ls, drive improvements in labour efficiency, pricing and margins, and lead a hands-on, data-driven approach while coordinating with site managers and central teams.