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Regional Director

Location: South London, United Kingdom
Region: Southern
Job Category: Building Construction/Skilled Trades
Business Unit: UK Hire Southern
Job Type: Full Time (Permanent)
Hours: 7.30am to 5pm


Summary

An exciting oppertunity has arisen within Speedy for a Regional Director to deliver sustained growth and profitability through service excellence, business efficiency and People.  

Main Responsibilities
  • Deliver a high quality and consistent service in a cost effective way, via the optimal use of the company’s assets (kit, property, vehicles, people)
  • Meet and exceed the expectations of customers through the delivery of service and product excellence according to the prescribed operating model.
  • Develop and grow new and existing customer relationships in order to understand existing and potential requirements.
  • Management of Site & Logistics Planner (transport planner) and Service Manager to ensure adherence to all Company procedures, systems and processes across own area.
  • Create a collaborative sharing of resources across the network when required to ensure optimal use and to meet both customer requirements and business efficiencies.
  • Develop the Company’s people capability aligned to business goals, including the identification and development of Speedy’s future leaders through talent management.
  • Ensure compliance with all regulations relating to Health and Safety and Environmental matters including completion of statutory training.
  • Manage and promote a safe, healthy and sustainable environment for employees, customers and the general public.
  • Ensure highest levels of quality and availability of products/services whilst maintaining optimum stock levels.
  • Ensure efficient use of vehicles and logistic systems including telematics.
  • Maintain professional Speedy brand reputation through the maintenance of property, kit, vehicles and people to high levels of presentation standards.
  • Develop all direct reports according to the development framework and ensure those direct reports have their teams equally trained and developed according to the Speedy Career Journey
  • Maximise the potential of retail sales and up sell/cross sell opportunities
  • Seek and pass any new or existing customer or market intelligence to the Sales team.
  • Be involved in and lead where appropriate any strategic projects relevant to role.
  • Completion of management reports  and information in a timely manner
  • To ensure that your people adopt and maintain the Speedy differentiators: Customer, Quality & Innovation
  • To ensure that all assets are fully compliant with current Health & Safety regulations and maintained in line with service schedules
  • To ensure asset availability by optimizing utilization and reducing equipment waiting for repair or service
  • To ensure full adherence to loss and damage management
  • Maintain knowledge of the group’s equipment for hire/sale and activities
  • Conduct additional ad hoc duties as may be required
Ideal Candidate

Essential

 

  • Financial acumen
  • Service excellence (Customer and Ops)
  • Retail, multi-site operations
  • People Engagement/management

·         Travel and flexibility

 

 

Desirable

 

·         LEAN processes

·         Logistics

·         Industry or other relevant experience

 

Senior Leadership Capabilities (Competency Framework)

  • Client Centric: Client Champion, Influencing & Negotiating, Connections/Networks
  • Innovate & Grow the Business: Commercial Acumen, Innovative & Strategic Thinking, Calculated Risk-Taking
  • People Relationships: Consultative Communication, Team Engagement, Talent Management
  • Delivery: Forward Thinking, Planning & Prioritising, Process Management, Continuous Improvement to deliver quality results
About the Company

Speedy Asset Services is the leading provider of equipment and support services throughout the United Kingdom as well as internationally. Speedy’s core business is to provide an extensive range of products and services to their customers to meet any requirements.