Depot Manager – Materials Handling Location: West Midlands My Client is looking for a high-calibre Depot Manager to take full ownership of its West Midlands operation. This is not a caretaker role. You’ll run the depot as if it’s your own business accountable for people, profit, performance and customer delivery. If you’ve managed a materials handling, plant, or equipment hire depot before, you’ll know exactly what this involves. The Role You will have end-to-end responsibility for depot performance, covering service, sales, parts, engineers and customers. Key responsibilities: * Full P&L responsibility for the depot * Leading and developing service, sales, parts and admin teams * Driving revenue growth, utilisation and margin improvement * Ensuring service delivery, uptime and SLAs are met * Managing engineer productivity and depot efficiency * Owning customer relationships and resolving escalations decisively * Enforcing H&S, compliance and operational standards * Recruiting, coaching and retaining high-performing staff * Reporting on performance and executing regional strategy locally What We’re Looking For * Proven Depot Manager / Branch Manager experience * Background in materials handling, forklifts, plant, powered access or hire * Strong commercial acumen ,understands numbers, margins and recovery * Confident leader who ho...