Travis Perkins Regional Director - Kent & East Sussex
An opportunity is now available for a Regional Director to join our South East leadership team to take responsibility for our Kent & East Sussex based Travis Perkins branches.
Under the leadership of our newly appointed Regional Managing Director, Andy Baines, you will take full P&L responsibility for all branches across the patch. In addition to being responsible for our Travis Perkins branches, the successful candidate will also oversee our Managed Services, Hire and Benchmarx operations. Whilst our Regional Director will take direct responsibility for c.18 TP Branch Managers, they will have indirect responsibility for all of the teams within the sub-region, therefore, influencing skills at both a senior and operational level are a prerequisite.
The merchanting world is moving fast, and Andy is keen for a Regional Director to join his team and revisualise ways of working, ensuring the sub-region is being run safely, profitably and in-line with the businesses overall objectives. Driving sales, leading and inspiring colleagues, and thinking creatively to challenge the norm are all central to this role. You will have the ability to deliver meaningful change while ensuring our customers remain at the heart of everything we do.
What do you need to be successful in this role?
1. A track record in driving sales growth and building engaged teams. You may have done this in the capacity of a Regional Director role, or you may have done this in a different role and you’re now looking for the next step up in your career
2. Possess a commercial agility to react to an ever changing business and its markets
3. The ability to create a compelling and realistic growth strategy, understanding how to get your teams engaged and working towards the same goals
4. Spot opportunities, both commercially and operationally and run with them
5. Proven ability to lead, coach and develop high-performing leadership teams, creating a culture of accountability, engagement and continuous improvement
6. Comfortable making data-driven decisions, using insight and performance metrics to identify opportunities and improve results
What’s in it for you?
7. Competitive basic salary with bonus earning potential
8. Company vehicle
9. Company pension scheme, life assurance and health plan
10. The opportunity to develop your career across a forward thinking organisation made up of a number of industry leading businesses
To keep our business and customers safe, if you are successful in the role you will be made a conditional offer subject to additional background checks including criminal record (basic DBS), adverse financial, media search, directors search, occupational history, professional membership/qualification.
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