Branch Manager - Building Products Distributor - Bristol
4 November, 2024
Are you an ambitious sales professional, looking to develop your career with one of the UK’s largest distributors of building products?
Our Client is seeking to recruit a Branch Manager to join their successful team in Bristol to manage the branch and promote their high-quality products to Major Contractors, Groundworkers, and Civil Engineers.
The Role
As both the leader of a small team and a member of the dedicated salesforce, your role will involve overseeing the smooth running of the branch as the first point of contact for customers.
The duties and responsibilities of the role include:
1. LEADING SAFETY & WELLBEING: Monitors and improves safety culture in the branch, creating and enabling continuous improvement plans. Rigorously drives best practice.
2. LEADING HIGH PERFORMANCE: Sets stretching ambitions and inspires high performance, tracks and recognizes performance. Builds capable, skilled, knowledgeable teams. Coaches and communicates well to continually develop themselves and others.
3. CUSTOMER, SERVICE & SALES: Provides great service and builds fantastic relationships with all customers. Understands local and regional market opportunities and links in with national strategy.
4. MANAGES COMMERCIAL GROWTH: Builds great supplier relationships, recognizing and capitalizing on commercial opportunities, working closely with the Commercial team.
5. OPERATIONS & TRANSPORT OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE: Sets high standards and high levels of branch compliance. Leads the team to optimize layout for efficiency, effectiveness, and safety.
6. BEING A GREAT LEADER: Sets tangible goals to inspire and empower, acting with integrity and accountability.
7. DRIVEN BY SUCCESS AND OWNING YOUR BUSINESS: Calculates risk and maintains positive intent.
8. FANTASTIC AT BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS: Knows the local market to build and use commercial networks.
The Candidate
In order to be successful in this Branch Manager’s role, you will need to enjoy working within a fast-paced sales environment where professionalism and high levels of customer service are key to success.
You will also need experience in managing and motivating a team (prior experience in management would be an advantage). Experience in the construction industry is desired along with the ability to work using your own initiative as well as part of a team.
Other skills required include:
* An outgoing personality
* Excellent communication and organizational skills
* Enthusiastic and professional telephone manner
* Good knowledge of computer programs
* Minimum 3 years in Merchanting or multi-site Customer or trade distribution
This role offers the successful candidate excellent career progression and a competitive (negotiable) salary package.
Location/Area: Bristol
Salary: Negotiable dependent on experience + attractive monthly incentive scheme
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