Branch Manager

Linde plc; Dunedin; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overseas opportunities

KiwiSaver benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Generous parental leave

Training programmes

Job summary

Linde plc in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, seeks a proven branch leader to drive performance, develop a high‑performing team and cultivate strong customer relationships. You will own full P&L accountability and oversee operations, inventory and service standards in a safety‑driven, industrial environment.

Joining our team means leading with integrity, delivering growth, and coaching talent across the branch while representing a company with a long standing history in gases and engineering.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in industrial or manufacturing settings.
• Strong sales orientation with ability to grow the business.
• Solid P&L understanding and commercial acumen.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing team at the branch.
• Drive branch performance and manage operations, inventory and service standards.
• Build strong relationships with customers and stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Sales growth

Financial acumen

Safety mindset

Customer relationships

Job description

What you will enjoy doing

• Leading a strong safety culture with a focus on zero harm
• Driving branch performance, including full P&L accountability
• Growing sales through customer engagement and business development
• You will be leading, coaching, and developing a high-performing team
• Overseeing branch operations, inventory, and service standards
• Building strong relationships with customers and stakeholders is part of your role

What makes you great

• Proven leadership experience in an industrial / manufacturing environment
• Strong sales focus with the ability to grow business
• Solid financial and commercial acumen (P&L experience)
• Background in welding, engineering, or mechanical industries (preferred)
• You have a passion for safety, customer service, and team development

Why you will love working with us

At Linde we identify ourselves with our products – either working for the technical or medical gases business. Being a company with a long tradition in the gases business, we not only care about our customers and high-quality products, but most importantly about our employees. While working with us, expect a safe workplace, high safety standards and a true commitment from our managers to safety.

What we offer you!

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you’re looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.
Our people have the opportunity to thrive and excel. We provide a wide range of training programmes to enhance career development, with a potential for overseas opportunities. We also have a variety of employee appreciation programs to recognise solo and collaborative team efforts.
At BOC we understand and respect a work/life balance, and that's why we have introduced initiatives such as generous parental leave, flexible working arrangements and KiwiSaver benefits. We are also firmly enthusiastic and involved when it comes to the community as well as our partner charities with organisations such as Road Safety Education and Child Cancer Foundation.

• wide range of training programmes to enhance career development, with a potential for overseas opportunities
• employee appreciation programs to recognise solo and collaborative team efforts
• generous parental leave
• flexible working arrangements
• KiwiSaver benefits

Any designations used of course apply to persons of all genders. The form of speech used here is for simplicity only.

BOC Limited New Zealand acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.