Are you an experienced Hire Supervisor 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 Kendal branch. Where will you be working? The role of Hire Supervisor is a unique one within our business, Kendal branch (located on Mintsfeet Trading Estate) is one of our successful branches. The branch has a fantastic, well established team of around 17 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? Your focus will be to manage all aspects of running the Tool Hire operations and team. You will develop and execute a local sales action plan, whilst striving to exceed sales and revenue targets. You will build strong relationships with our customers to build trust and create returning business. You will build strong relationships with your team and customers and understand the importance of coaching and developing sales whilst maintaining a strong operation You will establish and maintain the correct stock levels to maintain optimum equipment utilisation to meet customer demands. 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. Are you: A passionate, inspirational and engaging leader, able to delegate successfully and empower colleagues to take accountability and lead the branch tool hire team, creating and cultivating that “one team” approach? Highly adaptable, resilient and tenacious with high levels of energy and drive? Someone who thrives in a dynamic and fast paced environment, with an entrepreneurial spirit? 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. TP/BM/3