Olton Branch Manager

Eh Smith (builders Merchants) Ltd.; Olton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Profit Share Bonus

Private Medical Insurance

Company pension scheme

23 days’ paid holiday + 8 paid Bank Holidays

Life Assurance Scheme

Health Cash Plan

Company workwear/PPE

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Eh Smith (builders Merchants) Ltd. is seeking a Branch Manager for its Olton delivery depot. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated and effective team leader, responsible for health and safety, managing a team, and ensuring targets and budgets are met. Key benefits include a profit share bonus, private medical insurance, and 23 days of paid holiday plus bank holidays. A proactive individual with heavy-side building materials knowledge and strong customer service skills is essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Strong communicator with excellent customer service skills.
• Highly motivated self-starter and effective team leader.
• Knowledge of heavy-side building materials.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Health and Safety standards.
• Manage, inspire and lead the team effectively.
• Monitor fleet utilization and seek improvements.
• Ensure targets and budgets are met and exceeded.
• Oversee company stocktake and manage stock.
• Create relationships with surrounding branches.
• Identify new sales opportunities.

Skills

Team leadership

Customer service

Health and safety knowledge

Relationship building

Communication

Job description

An exciting opportunity for a Branch Manager has become available based at our Olton delivery depot, reporting to the Shirley General Manager.

The Person

The applicant must be a highly motivated self-starter who is an effective team leader and has the ability to build good relationships with colleagues, customers and suppliers. As a strong communicator, the ideal candidate will possess excellent customer service skills and be a good people manager in order to successfully motivate and lead the team. The role will require a proactive team player with knowledge of heavy-side building materials and health and safety experience.

Key Tasks

• Responsible for the Health and Safety of our colleagues, customers and suppliers in the workplace; displaying excellent personal safety and challenging others when unsafe behaviour is observed
• Manage, inspire and lead the team with clear and consistent communication
• Monitor utilisation of fleet and look for continuous improvements against the KPI’s
• Ensure the site meets and exceeds the agreed targets and budgets
• Lead company stocktake & manage stock against agreed targets, both value and availability working with the commercial team as required
• Set clear and consistent KPI’s for the Yard and Transport teams and ensure they take pride in the workplace
• Assist Operations Manager and Production Manager in creating stock profile for the branch
• Oversee the bulk bagging operation
• Create a good working relationship with surrounding branches to ensure no competition between depots
• Look for new sales opportunities

The Benefits

• Company Profit Share Bonus (dependant on company performance)
• Private Medical Insurance
• Company pension scheme - Salary Sacrifice
• 23 days’ paid holiday + 8 paid Bank Holidays, increasing with length of service
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Health Cash Plan – Salary Sacrifice
• Company workwear/PPE provided
• Employee Assistance Programme

Location

Olton Delivery Depot, Richmond Road