General Manager - Northampton
- Pickerings Hire
- Northampton, Northamptonshire
- Dec 18, 2022
Full time
Job Description
General Manager - Northampton
Job Type: Full time
Reporting to: Regional Director
Our mission at Pickerings is to provide the most modern temporary turnkey workspace solutions to give people an inspiring, comfortable and safe working environment. Our products range from site welfare units to offices, classrooms and healthcare facilities.
From our network of depots, we are able to supply high quality temporary buildings to meet customer specifications and the most urgent of deadlines. Our knowledge of temporary buildings and our approach to customer service are built on 50 years experience.
You can find out more about our history, what we do and our vision and values by visiting
The Role
As General Manager at our Northampton depot, your challenge will be to drive its profitability through sales growth, operational excellence, exceptional customer service and financial control.
With the support of your Assistant Manager and Operations Manager, youll provide engaging leadership to ensure your administration team are motivated to accurately identify our customers needs and your workshop and transport team consistently supply the highest standard of temporary building to fulfil our customers expectations.
In order to grow the business further, youll need to work in partnership with the central sales team to identify commercial opportunities and seek to develop new as well as foster existing customer relationships.
Youll also need to analyse and interpret budgets and your P&L to monitor performance and make calculated financial decisions to maximise the profitability of the depot.
About You
Youll be a successful manager with demonstrable expertise in inspirational leadership, operational management, commercial acumen and P&L accountability, ideally gained in the temporary building or plant hire industry or alternatively within a fast-paced manufacturing, fabrication, property maintenance or building supplies organisation.
Our business primarily operates between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, but a flexible approach to working hours is required to meet operational need.
What we offer
Youll be joining an established family-owned business that will pay you a very competitive and industry leading salary, annual bonus and the following benefits.
Benefits include:
Holiday buy back scheme
25 days holiday per year plus statutory bank holidays
Company pension scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Spectrum Life Healthy Mind and Body (bespoke fitness and food plan)
Benefits Hub discounts on retailers, days out, restaurants, holidays and more.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:
Any unsolicited CVs will be sent at the recruitment agencys own risk and will be interpreted as gifts and we have no liability to you for any fee or otherwise. We reserve the right to engage with candidates directly having not, in any way, entered into your terms and conditions for this vacancy. By submitting an unsolicited CV to us, or to any member of our staff, you accept these terms as the default position. If we require your assistance with any vacancy we will contact you.
Job Type: Full time
Reporting to: Regional Director
Our mission at Pickerings is to provide the most modern temporary turnkey workspace solutions to give people an inspiring, comfortable and safe working environment. Our products range from site welfare units to offices, classrooms and healthcare facilities.
From our network of depots, we are able to supply high quality temporary buildings to meet customer specifications and the most urgent of deadlines. Our knowledge of temporary buildings and our approach to customer service are built on 50 years experience.
You can find out more about our history, what we do and our vision and values by visiting
The Role
As General Manager at our Northampton depot, your challenge will be to drive its profitability through sales growth, operational excellence, exceptional customer service and financial control.
With the support of your Assistant Manager and Operations Manager, youll provide engaging leadership to ensure your administration team are motivated to accurately identify our customers needs and your workshop and transport team consistently supply the highest standard of temporary building to fulfil our customers expectations.
In order to grow the business further, youll need to work in partnership with the central sales team to identify commercial opportunities and seek to develop new as well as foster existing customer relationships.
Youll also need to analyse and interpret budgets and your P&L to monitor performance and make calculated financial decisions to maximise the profitability of the depot.
About You
Youll be a successful manager with demonstrable expertise in inspirational leadership, operational management, commercial acumen and P&L accountability, ideally gained in the temporary building or plant hire industry or alternatively within a fast-paced manufacturing, fabrication, property maintenance or building supplies organisation.
Our business primarily operates between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, but a flexible approach to working hours is required to meet operational need.
What we offer
Youll be joining an established family-owned business that will pay you a very competitive and industry leading salary, annual bonus and the following benefits.
Benefits include:
Holiday buy back scheme
25 days holiday per year plus statutory bank holidays
Company pension scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Spectrum Life Healthy Mind and Body (bespoke fitness and food plan)
Benefits Hub discounts on retailers, days out, restaurants, holidays and more.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:
Any unsolicited CVs will be sent at the recruitment agencys own risk and will be interpreted as gifts and we have no liability to you for any fee or otherwise. We reserve the right to engage with candidates directly having not, in any way, entered into your terms and conditions for this vacancy. By submitting an unsolicited CV to us, or to any member of our staff, you accept these terms as the default position. If we require your assistance with any vacancy we will contact you.
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