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Assistant Branch Manager

  1. Permanent - Full time
£Competitive + Benefits + Bonus
  1. Travis Perkins
  2. Ilkeston, Derbyshire

hrs/pw

Monday to Friday 7.00am - 4:30pm

Ilkeston

45154B

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Travis Perkins, the UK's biggest builders' merchant, is seeking a motivated and hardworking individual to support the running of day-to-day operations as Assistant Branch Manager. If you have a passion for sales, customer excellence, and a willingness to learn every aspect of branch life, then this might be the perfect opportunity for you.


What Does the Role Entail?


As an Assistant Branch Manager, you will play a crucial role in our continued success, supporting your Branch Manager and ensuring the highest standards of service delivery. You will be responsible for:

  • Coaching a team to deliver exceptional customer service

  • Providing expert advice and recommending alternatives to maximise sales of goods

  • Ensuring the safety of our colleagues and customers by adhering to all stay safe policies and procedures

  • Managing all aspects of a branch and business alongside the Branch Manager

Where Will You Be Working?


The Travis Perkins Ilkeston (Managed Services) branch is currently seeking an Assistant Branch Manager to join its team. The ideal candidate should be passionate about succeeding in various aspects of business, possessing excellent customer service skills and a drive for sales growth. Our Ilkeston branch employs 6 staff across sales, drivers and yard, and we run 2 delivery sprinter vans.


What's In It For You?


At Travis Perkins, we believe in rewarding hard work and dedication to career development. If you have leadership skills, operational management experience, great customer service and commercial acumen, then your future career path could lead you to become a Branch Manager or roles such as a Regional Operations Manager, Regional Sales Manager or a Regional Director. In return for your hard work, you will receive:

  • A excellent salary and annual bonus

  • 22 days holiday plus bank holidays

  • Save As You Earn & Buy As You Earn schemes, Group Life Assurance / Pension Scheme

  • Rewards & Discounts with over 1,000 retailer offers available

  • Colleague recognition awards including “in the moment” and Long Service

  • Health & Wellbeing support, including Employee Assistance Programme, Financial wellbeing support with Wagestream Financial Wellbeing App - including Coach, Track, Stream and Save, Salary Deducted loans

Does This Sound Like You?


Travis Perkins is looking for individuals with transferable skills of inspirational leadership, operational management, sales, great customer service, and commercial acumen. If you are a passionate, inspirational and engaging leader, able to delegate successfully and empower colleagues to take accountability and manage areas of the branch, creating and cultivating that “one team” approach, then we would like to hear from you. You should be highly adaptable, resilient, and tenacious with high levels of energy and drive, thriving in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with an entrepreneurial spirit.


We are committed to being a truly inclusive employer, where everyone can be their authentic selves and feel safe, welcome, and assured. Please note that additional background checks, including criminal record (basic DBS), adverse financial, media search, directors search, occupational history, professional membership/qualification, will be required to ensure the safety of our business and customers.


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