Branch Manager- Building Products Distributor- Exeter
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 Exeter 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 a 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 teams, and coaches for development.
3. CUSTOMER, SERVICE & SALES: Provides great service, builds fantastic relationships with customers, understands local market opportunities, and resolves complaints rapidly.
4. MANAGES COMMERCIAL GROWTH: Builds strong supplier relationships and capitalizes on commercial opportunities.
5. OPERATIONS & TRANSPORT OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE: Sets high standards for compliance, optimizes branch layout for efficiency, and manages costs effectively.
6. BEING A GREAT LEADER: Sets tangible goals to inspire and empower, builds trusted relationships, and develops future leaders.
7. DRIVEN BY SUCCESS AND OWNING YOUR BUSINESS: Calculates risk and maintains positive intent.
8. FANTASTIC AT BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS: Knows the local market and builds commercial networks.
The Candidate
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 management experience is an advantage). Experience in the construction industry is desired along with the ability to work independently and 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, proven delivery of growth plans, and consistent delivery against budgets.
This role offers the successful candidate excellent career progression and a competitive (negotiable) salary package.
Location/Area: Exeter
Salary: Negotiable dependent on experience + attractive (monthly) incentive scheme.
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