POSITION TITLE: Branch Manager Wholesale
REPORTS TO: Managing Director Wholesale
ABOUT THE ROLE
Ensure the day to day running of the site and supervision of the Management Team ( all hours). You would also be expected to grow profitable sales to ensure budgeted objectives are met and exceeded.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Responsible for the overall profit and loss of the site and shows an in-depth understanding of the business’s budget/performance and key financial ratios.
• Develop and agree budgets and targets for the site and ensure delivery against these objectives.
• People management involving the coaching and development of the site team to achieve the goals and targets set.
• Coordinate inputs from procurement, sales, and distribution, where applicable, to enable Site objectives and produce supply to be controlled
• Monitor progress against the annual sales plan and act where necessary to ensure delivery
• Commercial trading in line with branch requirements
• Maintain up to date knowledge of the market sector trends, competitor activity and product lines
• Accurate management, reconciliation, and reporting of stock in accordance with Company guidelines
• Ensure compliance with all Company policies and procedures.
LEADERSHIP
• Responsible for the overall leadership of the site, including recruitment, line management, coaching, empowering, and regular feedback.
• A strong advocate of continuous improvement and demonstrates skill in managing change programs, encouraging, and motivating others to improve.
• Is decisive and can make difficult decisions within a high pressured and fast paced environment, showing conviction and confidence.
• Is committed to diversity and promotes an inclusive culture.
COMPLIANCE
• Site Compliance is a prerequisite for our client’s UK customers, and it should be seen as an opportunity to grow and develop the business by working in an exemplary way.
• Guide the site management team to ensure processes and operations are carried out in a healthy, safe, and sustainable manner, complying with all internal procedures and external standards and legislation.
• Ensure the site operates in accordance with the Company’s financial and HR policies and procedures
• Ensure site security arrangements are adequate to protect the business
EXPERIENCE
• A minimum of 5 years general management, preferably in the FMCG sector
• Strong leader, with demonstrable experience in Performance Management and team motivation
• Commercial industry knowledge
ABOUT YOU
• PC literate, familiar with using ERP systems and Microsoft packages.
• Customer focused – an innovative thinker with a flexible approach who is open to new ways of operating and can adapt to evolving business needs.
• Profit orientated and cost conscious.
• Strong interpersonal skills and can adapt management style with an ability to engage and motivate a team of multi-disciplined employees.
• Comfortable working collaboratively across branch and with UK management team.
• High influencing and negotiating skills to achieve the best outcomes for the business.
• Role models engaging leadership behaviours, is personable, adaptable, confident, and resilient.
• A high degree of ownership and problem solving, taking an organised and strategic approach to managing workload.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interpret complex requirements and report in an easily understandable format.
WORKING HOURS
Start time 4am once embedded in the role. With a requirement to see the operation at all times of the working shift with 1.30am starts to establish credibility and get to know the entire cycle initially and then at key trading times of the year.
If this is a position you would be interested in, please send a CV to (email address removed) and (email address removed) to apply