Job Description
Are you an experienced manager with great leadership skills working in the vehicle aftermarket who wants a challenge?\n\nOur Client is a very successful independent garage group based in the South East with 18 branches, from Wiltshire to Kent.\n\nWe are seeking such a manager for Our Client Reading, a well-established branch in Reading\n\nThe branch is the largest MOT garage in Reading, with 4 MOT ramps, and was the fourth biggest MOT centre in the country. The business very successfully broadened out into repairs & servicing some years ago.\n\nThe branch performance needs to be taken to a higher level and we need an experienced manager, ideally with a tech/tester background, to get it where it needs to be-including input into refurbishment of the site. As you can tell, management experience within the vehicle aftermarket is essential.\n\nThe role has full responsibility for the operation of the branch, ensuring efficient workflow and the highest quality customer service.\n\nFor the successful candidate, there is a £3000 signing-on payment, paid in £1000 instalments over your first 3 months.\n\nSalary expectations:\n\nSalary: £53k to £60k per year*\n\nBonus Scheme: £10k (target) to £19k (target+) per year\n\nOn Target Earnings: £63k to £70k per year\n*includes 26 Saturdays per year\n\nThe ideal candidate should be:\n\nAble to manage staff & customer expectations successfully\n\nPerformance driven\n\nObsessed with delivering high standards of workmanship\n\nAble to analyze performance to suggest & implement improvements to drive growth\n\nOrganised and understands processes\n\nEffective at managing up & down an organisation\n\nGood at site infrastructure management\n\nIdeally Level 2 or 3 qualified and an MOT tester\n\nIf you want to work for a family-run company that offers support, continual training, and advancement, then this is the role for you!\n\nOur Client prides itself on its honesty and quality of work, and our branches possess a great skill set and capability to carry out all work from servicing to in-depth engine repairs and advanced diagnostic work.\n\nGood staff wellbeing is very important at Our Client, so in addition to an upper-tier salary package, we offer many benefits as listed below:\n\nCompany pension\n\nFree onsite parking\n\nPrivate Health for you & family\n\nEating out / Entertainment discount card\n\nCycle to work scheme\n\nEmployee & family discounts for MOT/parts/servicing/repairs\n\nLong-term sickness insurance\n\nDeath in service insurance\n\nEV salary sacrifice scheme\n\nUp to 5 weeks holiday\n\nBirthday holiday\n\nCompany uniform & PPE including £50 safety boot allowance\n\nTechnicians' tool insurance\n\nSuccessful candidates will be put on the Our Client management bonus scheme, which is paid monthly on top of the salary.
This is a combined bonus, based on branch performance, making it easier to achieve as a team.\n\nSuccessful candidates will be put on the Our Client bonus scheme, which is paid monthly on top of the salary. This is a combined bonus, based on branch performance, making it easier to achieve as a team.\n\nPremier Recruitment Solutions Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. We are an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be assessed solely on merit.\n\nINDAUT