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About the role
The Role
Are you an experienced people leader with a strong commercial mindset and a passion for delivering outstanding customer service?
We're looking for a proactive and driven Hire Manager to lead the day to day operation of the Hire Desk within our busy Plant & Tool division. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy developing teams, and want to play a key role in driving performance and revenue, this could be the next step in your career.
As Hire Manager, you'll take ownership of hire desk operations, leading a team of Hire & Sales Coordinators and Drivers to deliver safe, efficient, and customer-focused service. You'll balance operational control with commercial focus, ensuring high standards of compliance, administration, and sales performance across the depot.
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading and managing the day to day operation of the Hire Desk and Transport function
- Allocating, prioritising, and overseeing workloads for Hire & Sales Coordinators and Drivers
- Recruiting, motivating, coaching, and developing team members to achieve high performance
- Ensuring adequate staffing cover, including holidays, absence, and weekend attendance
- Driving add-on sales performance through proactive promotion of consumables and accessories
- Overseeing stock control of consumables and resale items to meet demand
- Ensuring accurate processing of on hires, off hires, exchanges, and transport activity
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What You'll Bring
We're looking for a confident leader with strong operational and commercial awareness, including:
- Proven experience managing a hire desk, transport operation, or similar customer-facing team
- Strong people management skills with the ability to coach and develop others
- Commercial focus with experience driving revenue and add-on sales
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform under pressure
- Strong communication skills with customers, staff, and stakeholders at all levels
- A solid understanding of Health & Safety within an operational environment
About Us
About GAP and What We Offer
You'll be joining an industry leader that's growing and genuinely committed to your success. At GAP, we're proud to be the UK's leading equipment hire provider—supporting projects big and small across construction, infrastructure, events, and more. With nearly 200 locations nationwide and a wide range of specialist divisions, we offer exciting opportunities in everything from Plant and Tools to Lifting, Survey, Environmental, and Event Services.
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As a family-run business with over 50 years of experience, we believe in doing things the right way. That means:
- More investment in our equipment than anyone else in the industry, so you work with the best tools in the game
- Remaining fully independent, which lets us make agile, long-term decisions that support your success
- Offering real career growth, training, and development from day one
- Support that values you – from generous holidays to Life Assurance and Health & Wellness Support
If you're ready to lead from the front and make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you. Upload your CV and complete our short application, we'll take it from there.
We're proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer and embrace the unique contributions each individual brings.
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