Area Manager Director Inverness, Scotland
Job description
Are you an experienced Area Manager or Regional Operations Manager within a Retail Multisite organisation?
Can you inspire and positively drive teams to achieve outstanding results?
Jewson Scotland is recruiting for a Area Manager (Business Unit Director).
This as a rarely available opportunity is a Multi-Site Role covering 8 branches across Inverness, Stornoway, Isle of Skye, Oban, Lochgilphead, Campbelltown and Fort William, where you will be fully accountable for the P&L at Business Unit Level, managing all resource available to leverage a strong performance for Jewson.
Your role will be to deliver a strong customer value proposition, supported by your Branch Managers, Sales Manager and external Sales teams. Also developing a clear succession plan that will allow the Business Unit and Jewson to grow, giving both Customers and Colleagues (through career development) great experiences.
Our purpose is to give builders and trades people everything they need to make more profit with less hassle, through our values of customer first, welcoming, proactive and trusted.
As a Business Unit Director with Jewson you will be responsible for the following:
* Setting the Business Unit commercial, colleague and EHS (environment, health and safety) plans, ensuring that they are aligned to Regional and Jewson plans.
* Ensuring that a great Customer Experience and a Great Colleague Experience are at the heart of the Business Unit.
* Lead, support and coach your team (Sales Manager, Branch Managers, Business Unit admin) to deliver the Business Unit plans.
* Develop strong relationships with all key customers and suppliers, working closely with colleagues and Jewson Support functions to ensure customer and supplier relationships are effective at all levels across the business unit.
* Focus on Develop at 12 month sales plan in line with the 1-3-year plan that the Regional Director has set out.
* Lead, support and coach the Business Unit to maximise profitable sales, through focus on share of wallet / projects and growing live accounts.
* Ensure that people and succession plans are in place and actioned, to provide continuity of a great Customer and Colleague Experience.
* Recruitment of all critical vacancies across the business unit.
* Involvement in wider Jewson projects and activities.
First and foremost, we always want to recruit talented people that align well with our values and way of working; we innovate, we collaborate, we're agile, we act with entrepreneurial spirit, and we're supportive of and close to our customers. Does this sound like you?
To be considered for the Business Unit Director with Jewson you need to have:
- Experience as an Area Manager or Regional Operations Manager in a Retail multi-site management setting
- Proven experience of leading, coaching and developing teams across multiple sites.
- Proven experience of improving the Customer and Colleagues experience.
- Experience of building and delivering profitable business plan.
- P&L accountability
- Management of trading accounts
- Sector knowledge (desirable)
- Running governance and operational standards
- Cross-functional working
- Held customer facing roles
- Driving Licence
In addition to benefitting from a significant focus on your own personal development, you will also have access to:
- A competitive salary
- Company car
- Annual bonus
- Annual holiday entitlement (33 days)
- Opportunities for career progression and development
- Contributory pension scheme
- Life Assurance Scheme
- Private Medical
- Access to a leading health and wellbeing portal
Requirements
This role is working with Jewson part of the STARK Group. We are a leading building materials distributor in Northern Europe. We connect suppliers of heavy building materials with the professional craftsmen who build, renovate, and maintain the cities of tomorrow.
At STARK Group, we have a strong culture that is built on passionate and dedicated people who thrive in taking responsibility and challenging status quo. We are convinced that our continued success relies on the diverse skills, experiences, and backgrounds that our employees bring to their everyday work.
The value of equal opportunity is embedded in the way we do business and retain talent groupwide. In our commitment to diversity, we welcome everyone with respect and an open mind.
We'd love to hear from you, hit apply! And a member of our Internal Recruitment team will be in contact with you.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: From £65,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company car
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
- Performance bonus
- Yearly bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Inverness: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Multi-site Retail Area Management: 4 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: STK00071
