Tool Hire Regional Manager; Wales & Midlands

Tool Hire Regional Manager

Jewson a leading building materials distributor in Northern Europe, is on the hunt for a Tool Hire Regional Manager who's as passionate about great leadership 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 33 days of holiday (inclusive of bank holidays).

This is an on site role working out of our branches across Wales and the Midlands, applicants must have a full UK driving license.

Work with the relevant region/sub region to ensure that colleagues have the support and training required to maximise the opportunities within Tool Hire. Support the Regional Tool Hire Director in supporting the delivery of the sales and margin required from this function.

• Deliver the Tool Hire strategy at branch level, engaging local stakeholders to ensure sales and margin growth plans are fulfilled and sustained.
• Collaborate with the Tool Hire Regional Director and Sub region teams to ensure EHS practices, Business Controls and equipment standards are adhered to competently and branches maintain equipment availability, fleet standards, and workshop efficiency to meet customer demand.
• Act as a key contact for external and internal sales teams, providing product knowledge, pricing guidance, and utilisation and safety insights to support customer needs.
• Analyse business reports to identify opportunities, influence and implement actions that support local market growth.
• Coach and support Tool Hire colleagues across branches, ensuring mandatory training is completed and operational standards are met.
• Partner with Branch Managers to identify and develop Tool Hire talent, ensuring operational resilience and succession planning.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, performance reviews, and colleague development activities in collaboration with regional and branch teams.
• Build strong working relationships with suppliers in order to maximize support and develop and enhance product knowledge within the Tool Hire population as required.
• Maintain EHS knowledge and ensure Tool Hire is fully compliant with current legislation, EHS standards and statutory regulations.
• Complete any administration and reporting duties in line with role requirements.
• Strive at all times to be an authentic representative of the Jewson Purpose and Values, whilst ensuring all colleagues demonstrate behaviours in line with these at all times.
• Comply with all Company policies and procedures (HR, EHS, Business Controls, etc).

• Whilst a strong Tool Hire background is preferred, it is essential that jobholders have a positive and engaging attitude, and can demonstrate strong collaboration and team building, along with the ability to use own initiative.
• Experience gained within a Tool Hire or similar industry is advantageous coupled with Technical, mechanical knowledge and repair and maintenance expertise of Tool Hire.
• Proven track record of delivering compliance, safety, and operational standards.
• Proven experience of supporting, coaching and training remote teams to deliver results.
• Proven experience of working in large customer facing roles, with an ability to build strong relationships at all levels is essential.
• Excellent collaboration, communication, presentation, negotiation and influencing skills – ‘ability to make things happen’
• A proven strong track record of sales and margin growth, and ability to turn analysis into profit
• Proven ability to build sustainable processes across a multi-site business and to support a change management process of coaching local teams to achieve objectives
• Results orientated with highly developed financial and commercial acumen
• Problem solving ability with a ‘Customer First’ ethos
• Strong recruitment knowledge and proven experience to headhunt and attract Tool Hire professionals.

• 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…