General Manager

Rare opportunity to work for a leading equipment hire company based in Bournemouth as a General Operations Manager. You must be a driven individual that can manage a depot team, identify loss and gain of profits and identify opportunities to increase revenue. You will manage your own Profit Centre and influence all areas of Depot Operations including the recruitment of staff and purchasing equipment and supplies. An understanding of Welfare Equipment hire products and the customer base within Bournemouth would benefit you within this role.

• Management of all employees within the depot, identifying problems and implementing solutions.
• Responsible for maintaining budgeted solution and achieving budgeted revenues in all areas.
• Maintain high level contact with the key regional, local and national account customers.
• Work closely with major accounts to grow revenue, delivering the companies sales strategies both internally and externally ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction always.
• Promote teamwork and co-operation within the depot ensuring all health and safety procedures are implemented.
• Work closely with Human Resources whilst acting as HR for your own team, ensuring any performance issues are raised.
• Carry our annual appraisals, identify where training is required and review salaries.
• Produce necessary paperwork for monthly KPI'S, detailed action plans for staff when required, query sheets, written confirmation following all meetings and a log of any company assets leaving the premises.
• Achieve a minimum of 70% in depot audits and no less than 5% of fleet under repair at one time.
• Carry out weekly checks on fleets and ensuring fleet audits have no more than 10 items missing.
• Utilising the fleet both within the depot by co-operation with other general managers across the group, ensuring availability of toilets and other key items across the fleet.
• Follow the Health and Safety Policy to ensure safe work practices, vehicles are safe to use and that the depot has the appropriate Sewage Treatment Works licenses.

Experience within an Operational Management role is desirable, preferably within the construction/hire industry. Customer satisfaction is a key aspect of a General Operations Manager so you must be confident in ensuring customers' expectations are met through audits and customer visits. An understanding of SEPA and the EA, a full UK driving license and proficient in Excel and Word is required.

What you will receive in return:

The benefits make this role really stand out from the rest! Not to mention the Competitive Salary and Bonus Scheme, you will also receive a Company Car Bonus Scheme, Employer Contributory pension, Health & Wellness Funding and A Staff Social Fund!

Please get in touch now if you fit the criteria and would like to apply! I look forward to hearing from you.