Branch Manager

Jewson Partnership Solutions (JPS) is a brand within Stark UK which specialises in providing solutions for our customers in the Public Sector predominately Housing Associations and Local Authorities and maintenance contractors.

Due to the impending retirement of the current Branch Manager, an opportunity has arisen at one of our stores in the West Midlands, where we operate in partnership with a local housing association.

Location - Bournville, West Midlands
Hours – Mon to Fri – 7.30am to 4.30pm

Please note all applicants must hold a valid Full UK Driving License

We are looking to recruit a Branch Manager to initially work alongside the current Branch Manager before taking on full responsibility for the store. The role will involve 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 client and their tradesmen.

A good knowledge of building materials is preferred. This could come from a background in roofing, plumbing, builders’ merchants, trade merchants or a DIY outlet.

This role is crucial to the performance of this contract, as such 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, whilst being able to empower the team to provide great customer service.

• Ideally a background in Building Merchants / DIY or related
• Great customer service skills
• Experience of management and working within a small team.
• Build effective relationships with Suppliers
• Able to lead a team to make Health & Safety a priority and demonstrate how you can keep yourself and others safe at work

• 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.

• 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. However, 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.
• Work Perks – 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, Cycle2
  
  Work, Benenden Healthcare, Critical Illness Cover
• Employee Discount
• Refer a Friend scheme
• Wellbeing Centre via Work Perks
• New Reward and Recognition programme – launching soon!

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.