Are you someone who enjoys variety and thrives off a role where no two days are the same? Are you confident with communicating with a range of stakeholders, and always providing a high level of service?
**Job Title:** Area Manager
We are seeking an experienced professional to cover the South and South West regions of the UK. This is a unique opportunity to join us on a key contract – for our well-established customer, Virgin Media O2.
This full-time, permanent position involves covering several stores around the South of the country, ensuring that the operation of the field stores is running smoothly, and the workforce are engaged, motivated and on track to deliver results for our customer.
**Key Responsibilities:**
* Plan and allocate resources for daily store activities, updating the SMART system to reflect shifts and activity
* Determine over/under capacity of work areas and allocate/escalate accordingly on a daily/weekly basis
* Complete site inspections and audits (QSHE/5S/Operational/Stock) to schedule, ensuring corrective actions are carried out
* Liaise and develop relationships with internal and external customers to better understand requirements and improve ways of working
* Manage and motivate a team of Team Leaders & Operatives, providing support, advice, coaching and training as required
**Requirements:**
* Previous experience in a managerial role, managing a team and working to agreed targets
* Ability to lead, motivate and inspire your team with a real drive for optimisation and continuous improvement
* Strong customer service ethos, including key stakeholder management, communication, and interpersonal skills
* PC literate (strong Microsoft skills), WMS experience desirable
**Benefits Package:**
* Salary up to £39,243.37 per annum
* 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
* Car allowance up to the value of £425 pcm
* Company sponsored pension scheme
* Private medical & dental insurance
* 24/7 online GP service
* Life assurance
* Fully comprehensive employee assistance programme
* Access to MyBenefits platform offering high street discounts, cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, saving scheme and more