Branch Manager in Maidstone

We are an ambitious company and our people reflect that. We strive to always do things better tomorrow than we did today so we can be the first choice for our customers and our colleagues who want a winning place to work. We are a company where people are recognised, remembered, and respected. In return, it’s our people who earn the trust of our customers, their colleagues, and our communities alike. Our loyal customer base is built on strong relationships which have been developed because our colleagues listen to their needs, exceed their expectations, and send them home happy.

Your role will be to ensure your customers receive a brilliant service when using your branch. You will need to not only manage but also motivate your team to ensure that they are able to help meet branch targets. There will be plenty of opportunities for you to build on sales and profits, whilst also generating new customers. You will also need to make sure that the branch is running effectively, by managing stock, properly utilising your vehicles, and making sure all employees have completed the mandatory training to ensure it is a safe place to work.

Here’s what you can expect to do:

• Ensuring your customers receive brilliant customer service
• Managing your team well to get the best out of each person
• Building on branch sales and profits
• Having overall accountability for maintaining high operating standards
• Training your team, and ensuring their product knowledge is relevant and up to date
• Managing your stock effectively and properly utilising your vehicles
• Ensuring all mandatory training is completed and your branch is a safe place to work
• Managing and coordinating the branch stocktake twice a year

We realise that you are more than just a CV and embracing everyone’s individuality is what makes us great as a team. We can give you plenty of training and equip you with the tools that you’ll need to succeed, but you will need to be someone with previous experience of managing and developing people and be great at it.

Let us tell you what’s in it for you:

• 23 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Company performance bonus scheme
• A contributory pension scheme
• Company funded Life Assurance
• A generous colleague discount scheme
• A range of training and development programmes to help you progress your career

If you’re in the trade or have ever tackled a home improvement project, you’ve probably heard of us. We’re the Huws Gray Group and we’re made up of a number of brands, including Huws Gray, Huws Gray Plant & Tool Hire, Civils & Lintels, The Timber Group, PDM, NDI, and Anglia Tool Centre to name a few. Up and down the UK, our branches are serving and supporting our local communities with all their building material needs, but we couldn’t do this without the right people, so why not join us?