Depot Manager
Location: Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom
Region: Southern
Job Category: Building Construction/Skilled Trades
Business Unit: UK Hire Southern
Job Type: Full Time (Permanent)
Hours: 7.30-5
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.
- 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
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
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.