Assistant Tool Hire Manager
- Permanent - Full time
- Travis Perkins
- Chester, Cheshire
hrs/pw
Monday to Friday 7.30am - 5.00pm, every other Saturday 8.00am - 12.00pm
Chester
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Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you have any experience in the plant hire industry? Are you sales focused and a team player with a good understanding of electrical, petrol and diesel equipment? If so, we have the right job for you!
Our branch in Chester on Winsford Road is looking for an Assistant Tool Hire Manager to join their team. You’ll be on the front line dealing with our customers that come into our branch, playing a vital role in our continued success. The team size is 13 colleagues overall, operating 4 vehicles and running a busy tool hire both collect and delivery service.
Working hours will be Monday to Friday 7.30am - 5pm and Saturdays 8am - 12pm but you will only need to work 1 Saturday in 2.
What’s in it for you?
- A competitive salary and annual bonus.
- 22 days holiday plus bank holiday.
- Great discounts across the Travis Perkins Group businesses, including Toolstation. We also have a number of online discounts at leading retailers from theme parks to eating out and cinemas.
- Competitive family friendly policies.
What will I be doing?
No one day is the same as the next in TP branch life, but here are a few pointers:
- To develop and execute a local sales action plan that delivers above and beyond to achieve and strive to exceed sales and revenue targets on a monthly and annual basis.
- 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.
What experience do you need?
It doesn't matter what sector you come from, we just need transferable skills - inspirational leadership, operational management, sales experience, great customer service and commercial acumen.
Does this sound like you?
We hope you can say ‘Yes’ to all of the characteristics below - they are in the DNA of all our fantastic Assistant Tool Hire Managers. Are you:
- Passionate, inspirational and an engaging leader, who has the ability to create and cultivate a “one team” approach through collaboration and motivation.
- Someone that is highly adaptable, resilient and tenacious with high levels of energy and drive.
- Someone who thrives in a dynamic and fast paced environment, who is naturally curious with an entrepreneurial spirit, who can spot a great commercial idea, influence, persuade and deliver it.
- Career focused and want to build a career to become a key player in the success of a large PLC?
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.
Don't delay, apply today!
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