Workshop Controller

Salary: £31,200 – £36,000 per year

Depot Manager

Competitive Salary, depending on experience 

Permanent/ Full time

Monday to Friday, 45 hours a week 

Dartford, DA2

Are you looking for your next new challenge working as a Depot General Manager? Do you have commercial and financial awareness and team management experience? If the answer is ‘yes’, then we would love to hear from you. 

As an effective Depot Manager, you will have a creative and organised approach, be influential with peers and customers alike, and be a self-motivated team player who thrives on fresh challenges.

What do you get?

Company car and fuel card

Generous bonus scheme

Free onsite parking and charging point for electric cars. 

25 days holiday, plus bank holidays.

Increasing holiday entitlement for long service (capped at 30 days).

All new starters are automatically enrolled into the group life assurance scheme.

Workplace pension scheme.

What will you be doing?

• To ensure the attainment of the depot’s financial and fleet targets.
• Adhere to company policies and procedures and ensure legislative compliance.
• To generate and maximise profit in line with company expectations.
• To effectively manage staff through appraisals, target setting and absence management.
• Achievement of targets set in relation to the Customer Visit Program.
• Adherence to Company Health & Safety Policies and Procedures.
• Effective management and reduction of existing debt.
• To minimise credit note generation by eradicating local operational errors.
• To review rates and implement rate increases.
• To review, manage and account for all depot generated purchase invoices
• To ensure the complete and accurate use of the Igloo CRM database
• To manage all aspects of the depot fleet, including breakdowns
• To account for the cost-effectiveness of the depot workshop
• To effectively manage the depot maintenance budget
• To maximise and expedite all depot recharges
• Achievement of new quotations targets

What are we looking for?

Essential

• Extensive management experience with a record of target setting and performance review. 
• Commercial and financial awareness and team management experience.
• Excellent negotiating and sales skills.
• Effective verbal and written communicator, coupled with problem-solving skills.
• Current UK Driving Licence.
• Effective presentation and listening skills coupled with a consultative style ensure team commitment.
• Ability to work and manage through others by setting clear targets, objectively measuring performance and quality, and providing regular feedback and coaching as required.
• Flexibility and ability to embrace and cope with change.
• Identify and deliver opportunities that can lead to improved financial performance or a stronger relationship with customers.
• Ability to assess the commercial implications of plans, actions and issues arising from the operation and the customer.
• Ability to assess the commercial implications of plans and actions taken.
• Driven by continual improvement and with high personal standards and integrity.
• Ability to understand operating budgets and the relationship of KPIs to the financial management/performance of the business.
• Resilient and tenacious with an evident ability to handle multiple issues.

Desirable

Knowledge of transportation and logistics industry. 

Strong PC literacy.

Understanding of vehicle maintenance.

Experience in goods vehicle operation and maintenance

To apply, please submit your CV, and a member of our recruitment team will contact you.