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Assistant Branch Manager

  1. Permanent - Full time
Competitive + Benefits
  1. Travis Perkins
  2. Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

hrs/pw

Full Time

Edinburgh

45686A

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BRAND NEW BRANCH OPENING- EDINBURGH SIGHTHILL


Do you have experience supporting the running of day to day operations?  Are you a sales focused individual, someone who understands the importance of customer excellence? We are Travis Perkins, the UK’s largest builders merchant and we are planning for the long term, we are looking for future Branch Managers, so if you are willing to learn every aspect of branch life, are hard working and ambitious, we would love to hear from you, read on, this may be the opportunity for you! 


Working hours are Mon-Fri 7.30am - 5.00pm, Saturdays 8.00am - 12.00pm but only working 2 in 4 Saturdays.

What’s in it for you?

If career development is important for you, whether you are operationally focused or sales driven then your future career path could lead you to become a Branch Manager and then onwards to roles such as a Regional Operations Manager, Regional Sales Manager or a Regional Director.

In return for your hard work you will receive the following:

  • myMoney - competitive salary/annual leave, contributory pension scheme plus other benefits including bonus, private medical insurance, Life Insurance, ShareScheme and mortgage advice

  • myColleagueDiscount - savings across the TP Group including tool hire and ToolStation 

  • myHealth - Aviva DigiCare, Cycle to Work, access to our online Wellbeing Centre plus more

  • myLife - myCar options (NovaLease/MotivaDirect), legal services advice

  • myInfoHub - access to our new learning platform, apprenticeship opportunities, StayWell hub. We have a number recognised Management Apprentice programs to support your development, including our level 5 Management program to support you further in your career

  • PLUS a huge array of everyday savings via our employee discount programme and family friendly HR policies

What will you be doing?

The Assistant Branch Manager role is a challenging yet rewarding position in our business in which you will support your Branch Manager and play a vital role in our continued success. No one day is the same as the next in TP branch life, but here are a few pointers:

  • Our success is built on strong relationships with our customers so it’s essential that you can help coach a team to deliver the highest standards of service

  • With your learned knowledge of the products and services we offer, you will be a pivotal contact for our customers, nurturing great relationships, understanding their needs in order to offer expert advice and recommending alternatives to meet their individual needs and maximise the sale of goods

  • Safety is at the forefront of everything we do, your aim will be to ensure that all our colleagues and customers leave the Branch safely, by adhering to all stay safe policies and procedures

  • Being commercially aware, you will support the Branch Manager in managing all aspects of a Branch and business

Does this sound like you?

Previous experience within a builders’ merchant is advantageous, but not essential. We are looking for transferable skills of Inspirational Leadership, Operational Management, Sales, Great Customer Service and Commercial Acumen. These align against our values: We Care, We Give our Best to be the Best and We’re Better Together.  Are you a passionate, inspirational and engaging leader, able to delegate successfully and empower colleagues to take accountability and lead areas of the branch, creating and cultivating that “one team” approach? Highly adaptable, resilient and tenacious with high levels of energy and drive? Someone who thrives in a dynamic and fast paced environment, with an entrepreneurial spirit? 

Interested? Please apply NOW!

You may not know much about Travis Perkins, but if you look a bit closer you might be surprised, despite our size, we have the values of a family run business and the mindset and ambition of a forward thinking Company.  We pride ourselves on being a great place to work, that's why we have been voted one of the UK’s Top Employers every year since 2010. We offer our employees access to extensive career opportunities across our 5 leading businesses.  We operate out of more than 1400 outlets nationwide and have over 20,000 colleagues.

We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer. We want everyone to be at their best and it’s our ambition that everyone within our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves.  You be you, it makes us, us.


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