Managing Director

We are CP Hart, a part of the Wolseley Group - a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves on putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do – and best of all, provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award-winning Wolseley Talent Guild.

In addition to the competitive salary, there are also benefits on tap – including annual leave (increasing with length of service), a generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%), potential to earn bonuses, and access to a great range of online and high street discounts. We also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme and more!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Managing Director to lead C.P. Hart, a specialist business within the Wolseley Group. In this role, you will oversee 15 sites, lead a team of 200 colleagues, and drive a £50 million turnover business.

As Managing Director of CP Hart, based in Waterloo, London, you’ll be responsible for:

• Driving profitable growth across all channels - expanding the showroom network nationwide, accelerating contract division performance, scaling digital capability, and identifying bolt‐on acquisition opportunities.
• Setting and delivering the strategic plan to increase market share of the UK premium bathroom market within five years, ensuring robust P&L ownership, margin improvement, and disciplined cost and stock management.
• Enhancing the customer proposition by elevating service standards, strengthening product range and exclusivity mix, and ensuring a seamless experience across showrooms, digital, and contract channels.
• Leading, developing, and inspiring the C.P. Hart team, building a high‐performance culture with strong succession, engaged colleagues, and effective cross‐functional collaboration across the Wolseley Group.
• Ensuring operational excellence and governance, maintaining a safe working environment, embedding strong financial controls, and using data, insight, and innovation to drive continuous improvement and outperform KPIs.

And here’s what we’d like you to have:

• Proven success as a Managing Director or senior leader with P&L responsibility in the construction, high-end retail, and related industries.
• Ability to develop and implement effective strategies in a commercial setting, with a strong focus on profitable growth in a premium business.
• Successful experience managing a multi-channel business, including digital platforms, ideally within a larger group structure.
• Exceptional people management skills, with a track record of inspiring and developing high-performing cross-functional teams and fostering a customer-centric culture.

We look forward to receiving your application!

The Wolseley Group is a leading plumbing, heating, cooling and infrastructure trade specialist merchant, which employs over 5,500 people across the UK and Ireland, spanning 10 brands. Through our offices in Warwick and Ripon, our three distribution centres and our network of over 550 branches, our people work together to provide exceptional service to our customers every day.

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, communities and industries, and are committed to having an organisation that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities, where everyone is treated with Fairness & Respect.