STARK Building Materials UK
Branch Manager
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Jewson Partnership Solutions (JPS)
JPS is a brand within Stark UK, specializing in providing solutions for the Public Sector, primarily Housing Associations and Local Authorities, as well as maintenance contractors.
Location: Bournville, West Midlands
Hours: Mon to Fri – 7.30am to 4.30pm
Requirement: All applicants must hold a valid Full UK Driving License.
About the Role
We are seeking a Branch Manager to initially work alongside the current Branch Manager before taking on full responsibility for the store. The role involves managing a small team, with a focus on stock management, product availability, monitoring van spares, arranging deliveries, and, most importantly, delivering an excellent service to our clients and their tradesmen.
A good knowledge of building materials is preferred, which could come from a background in roofing, plumbing, builders’ merchants, trade merchants, or a DIY outlet.
What You’ll Be Doing
This role is crucial to the performance of this contract. We are looking for someone with managerial experience, good communication skills and commercial awareness, a good understanding of building products, who promotes an inclusive culture for both colleagues and customers, while being able to empower the team to provide great customer service.
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Experience / Skills:
- Ideally a background in Building Merchants / DIY or related.
- Great customer service skills.
- Experience of management and working within a small team.
- Ability to build effective relationships with Suppliers.
- Ability to lead a team to make Health & Safety a priority and demonstrate how you can keep yourself and others safe at work.
What We’re Looking For
- Enthusiasm: You radiate positivity and possess an unyielding passion for the merchant world.
- Decency: You embody honesty and integrity, contributing to a workplace built on respect and ethics.
- Team Spirit: You thrive in collaborative settings, believing that together we can achieve greatness.
- Pride: You take pride in your work and are dedicated to producing top-notch results.
What’s in it for you?
- A company car or car allowance.
- Retirement Savings Plan (Pension) – with Legal & General.
- Life Assurance - From your first day of employment with us, you are automatically covered for a lump-sum death in service benefit of 2 x your basic salary. If you join the STARK Building Materials Retirement Savings Plan (including if you are automatically enrolled) and contribute a minimum of 4% of your Pensionable Earnings, your lump sum death in service benefit will be increased to 4 x your Pensionable Earnings.
- WorkPerks – A platform home to hundreds of all your favourite high street and online discounts via the provider Reward Gateway.
- Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App (Access to a digital GP, second medical opinions, Mental Health consultation, bereavement service, nutritional consultation).
- Voluntary company benefits such as Salary Sacrifice scheme with VWFS, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare, Critical Illness Cover.
- Employee Discount.
- Refer a Friend scheme.
- Wellbeing Centre via WorkPerks.
- New Reward and Recognition programme – launching soon!
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About Us
At JPS, we're proud to be part of STARK Building Materials UK and dedicated to providing top-quality products and exceptional service to our customers. We're a friendly and collaborative team, passionate about what we do and committed to doing it well.
If you’re ready to take your career to the next level and join a team that is dedicated to providing great service, we want to hear from you. Apply today!
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