Are you based in the Northampton area?
Do you have a passion for working with people?
Are you looking to further your management career?
Jewson Northampton (St James Mill Rd), a leading building materials distributor, is on the hunt for an Assistant Branch Manager who's as passionate about great service as we are.
We provide a fulfilling and enjoyable work environment with ample opportunities for career growth, along with a competitive salary, staff discount, life assurance, and 34 days of holiday (inclusive of bank holidays).
Hours: 7.30am-5.00pm Monday to Friday and every other Saturday morning 8am-12pm
Location: 31-33 St James' Mill Rd, Northampton NN5 5JW
Key Responsibilities
- Act as first line support to the Branch Manager to lead and support the team to deliver success
- Get to know our product lines and services in order to make the most of all customer interactions in line with our Jewson Values
- Develop great relationships with new and existing customers
- Understand customer needs and provide proactive advice and solutions so that you can deliver the best experience possible
- Get to know the local market to support plans for sales growth
- Use our in-house systems to process customer orders, organise delivery times, and keep customers updated throughout their journey
- Maintain stock levels, carrying out regular stock counts
- Lead your team to make Health & Safety a priority and demonstrate how you can keep yourself and others safe at work
What's in it for you?
- 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.
- 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 Car 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!
Required Skills and Experience
- Strong communication and commercial awareness
- Previous leadership experience
- A passion for customer service
- An ability to build, develop and maintain relationships
- Builders Merchant industry experience would be advantageous however we are committed to providing the necessary training to support you in this new role
About us
At Jewson, 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!