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Depot Manager

Location: West london, United Kingdom
Region: Southern
Job Category: Building Construction/Skilled Trades
Business Unit: UK Hire Southern
Job Type: Full Time (Permanent)
Hours: 07.30 - 17.00


Summary

We are looking to recruit a Depot Manager to manage all areas and aspects of a busy depot, proactively manage the team and drive the business forward whilst incorporating the “Speedy Values” into every activity.

Main Responsibilities
  • To always maintain exemplary standards of operation and aesthetic appearance
  • Ensuring that the depot is performing against all agreed targets/budgets and managing all costs within
  • Ensuring that all aspects of work and process are carried out in-line with Health and Safety guidelines
  • Responsible for supervising stock takes and acting as custodian of all assets across the depot
  • Responsible for overseeing purchasing of all depot equipment, tools and general orders
  • Effective co-ordination of the whole site including the most efficient use of transport resources.
  • Creating management reports on a monthly basis, dealing with all aspects of P&L
  • Recruitment, coaching and providing feedback to depot employees and ensuring that all training and development needs are met - conducting timely job chats, training and development records, all in accordance with the Speedy Career Journey
  • Ensuring effective communication across depot's employees
  • Ensuring that the quality of customer care/service and products provided reflect the highest levels of excellence to which Speedy is committed
  • Prompt completion of relevant reports; weekly figure, cash summaries, credit query reports, stock takes, employee attendance, etc.
  • Liaising with the Sales team and assisting in the management of customer accounts on a regular basis
  • Ensuring that the depot is consistently presented to a high level to promote a professional image to the customer, including wearing of Speedy uniform by all depot employees and that vehicles and hire fleet are presented to customers in accordance with Company standards
  • Maintaining up-to-date knowledge across the depot of Speedy’s equipment for hire/sale and ability to demonstrate safe use of kit
  • Overseeing the accuracy and completeness of all paperwork and ensuring that the procedure for contracts, purchase orders, stock transfers, etc. is followed correctly, e.g. all on-hires and all off-hires signed to minimise credit queries, daily vehicle logs completed by Drivers, etc.
  • Conduct additional ad hoc duties as may be required
Ideal Candidate

Essential:

Ability to demonstrate our values:

  • As One
  • Safe
  • Innovative
  • Driven

Experience Areas:

  • Excellent communication and organisational skills
  • PC literate with experience of Axapta, On-Guard and Microsoft Office
  • Ability to prioritise work load and work under pressure to strict deadlines
  • Excellent understanding and experience of managing Health and Safety practices at work
  • Ability to understand and work with P&L accounts and budgets
  • Full driving licence
  • Ability to demonstrate commercial acumen
  • Capability to take ownership and responsibility
  • Ability to adapt to individual and operational change in a diverse and fast-paced organisation
  • Demonstrate a clear understanding of logistics, operations and sales
  • High level of integrity
  • Ability to motivate and manage a large team
  • Sound Financial acumen

Desirable:

  • Local area knowledge of the market and sectors
  • Previous hire experience
  • IOSH qualified
About the Company

Speedy Services is the UK’s leading service provider offering equipment for both hire and sales and associated services to construction, infrastructure, industrial and related industries.