Are you an experienced Assistant Tool Hire Manager or Hire Controller looking to develop your career further? Or perhaps you have sales and customer service experience in a different environment that is transferable to tool hire? We are Travis Perkins, the UK’s largest builders merchant and we have an exciting opportunity for someone to take the reins of our Tool Hire team at our Tonbridge branch.
Where will you be working?
The role of Assistant Tool Hire Manager is a demanding yet rewarding one within our business, Tonbridge branch is one of our successful branches based within our region. The branch has a fantastic, well established team of around 19 colleagues, 3 within the Tool Hire team. We are extremely proud of our safety and audit standards and you will bring your H&S focus to this role.
Working hours are Mon-Fri 7.30am - 5.00pm, alternate Saturdays 8.00am - 12.00pm.
What’s in it for you?
If career development is important for you then your future career path could lead you into a regional role. This role will provide plenty of opportunity for future success and recognition.
In return for your hard work you will receive the following:
myMoney - competitive salary/annual leave, contributory pension scheme, bonus, life Insurance, etc
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 PLUS a huge array of everyday savings via our employee discount programme and family friendly HR policies
What will you be doing?
Joining our friendly and hard working family as an Assistant Tool Hire Manager, you’ll be on the front line dealing with our customers that come into your branch and being part of the Tool Hire team you will play a vital role in our continued success, providing a first class service and keeping colleagues and customers safe at all times. You will support the local sales plan, always aiming to exceed sales and revenue targets.
No one day is the same as the next in TP branch life, but here are a few pointers:
Being able to support the Tool Hire Manager to manage all aspects of the Hire Department within branch
You will love developing business through sales calls and chasing leads to drive growth of the hire function
To meet our customers' demand, you will establish and maintain the correct stock levels to maintain optimum equipment utilisation
Through your team you will ensure your department processes test and run, servicing and basic repairs to our equipment in a timely fashion and to set targets
Our success is built on strong relationships with our colleagues and customers so it’s essential you can coach and develop 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 and supplementary products to profitably maximise the sale of goods
Does this sound like you?
Previous plant/tool hire industry experience or a good understanding of electrical, petrol and diesel equipment would be advantageous, but not essential. It doesn't matter what sector you come from but a great attitude, initiative and passion helps! 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.
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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