With FR Jones and Son Ltd expanding and a new exciting move to the Midlands we have a vacancy for a Branch Manager to take ownership of the store and workshop and bring it to life with a fresh look and feel. 

The store will consist of Arborist, professional garden machinery equipment and tools from a varied supply of different brands. Alongside the store will be a workshop taking on repairs, servicing and warranty of all the brands we sell.

The ideal candidate for the position would ideally have knowledge of both the Arborist and Garden Machinery industry.

As a company we undertake LOLER inspections and therefore we would like the candidate to be able to be trained in being a LOLER inspector or even better to already have this qualification under their belt.

FR Jones and Son have brought in a new Oracle system that runs our day to day, for which full training will be provided.  The candidate would need to be computer literate and competent with Microsoft 360 – especially Excel and Outlook. 

In an ever-growing industry, it is important for the company to bring in new accounts. We would require our candidate to be pro-active in finding these accounts and building a good rapport with them. 

Running the shop and workshop includes

• Training and development of staff
• Good organisational skills
• Great customer service
• Dealing with issues in a timely manner
• Growing the retail business
• Managing staff and interviewing as we grow
• Implementing any system and process changes
• Keeping the store looking fresh and tidy
• Driving higher margin products sales
• Driving sales to hit KPIs 

Full head office support will cover

• Accounts
• Purchasing
• Marketing (digital)
• Running of the warehouse (on site but will run independently)

Requirements

• Store / shop management experience
• Understanding product sales margins
• Good use of Excel
• Full driving licence required for site visits in company van (ride on and robot mowers)
• Industry experience 

Behaviours/Attitude

• Positive and enthusiastic attitude
• Receptive to new ideas and ways of working
• Work well independently as well as part of a team
• Resourceful
• Customer focus
• High degree of honesty and integrity
• Works calmly under pressure
• Patience
• Full training on our systems will be provided
• Professional appearance

Hours of work 

8-5 Mon-Friday
8-4 Saturday
Holiday 28 days (including bank holidays)

Branch Manager up to £38k + Company Benefits & Pension 

Please email us at hr@frjonesandson.co.uk with your CV, and we will come back to you. 

If you have any questions please feel free to email.