About the opportunity With the help of your branch staff, you will be supporting a team that brings energy, focus and experience to electrical wholesaling in Oamaru.
In this role, you'll balance gaining and servicing profitable sales with the operational running of the branch whilst motivating and engaging our team to deliver outstanding customer service.
As our Branch Manager in Oamaru, you're a pro-active person who values strong customer and staff relationships and is willing to get stuck in to keep the branch ticking.
Your role will be to develop and maintain advanced level relationships to secure profitable growth – not just with external customers and suppliers, with your internal support network too.
You'll be a Master of Diplomacy and able to achieve great outcomes for all!
Our preferred candidate has a strong sales focus and likes to spend time truly understanding our customers and providing relevant solutions in a timely manner.
Technical electrical or trade knowledge is an advantage.
A strong sales-oriented person looking to advance their career, or someone from a trade background is likely to achieve well in this role.
Existing experience in people management along with sound sales and commercial skills combine to make you an ideal candidate.
Reporting to the Regional Manager, some of your key responsibilities will include: Managing individual and team performance including development of staff Developing and maintaining strong customer and supplier relationships, identifying business opportunities to increase sales and margin levels Keeping abreast of commercial and financial requirements to achieve KPIs and targets Assuming all sales responsibilities ensuring alignment with sales and branch strategy and objectives Effectively managing operations (purchasing, inventory, distribution, and invoicing) Participating in the stock take process, including managing any stock levels and ageing stock Recovering outstanding monies from creditors and enforcing cash management policy.
The hours of work for this role are Monday to Friday, 7.30am – 5.00pm with some rostered Saturday's 9am - 12pm.
A career with Ideal Electrical provides a wide range of career opportunities for anyone displaying a great attitude and work ethic.
Apply now and Power Your Career!
What we can offer On offer, is a competitive salary with vehicle, healthcare, holiday home subsidies, birthday leave and an already strong, close-knit team that will help you succeed.
As the world embraces solar solutions, prioritizes sustainability, and moves into electric-based transport options, it's an exciting time to join the Team at Ideal!
About Ideal Electrical Suppliers For over 85 years the team at Ideal Electrical have provided outstanding customer service and solutions to professionals in the electrical wholesaling industry.
Our extensive nationwide network from Whangarei to Invercargill services the electrical supply needs of the residential, commercial and industrial sectors, providing technologically advanced products in lighting, data and solar.
While we are part of the Rexel Group – a world leader in the distribution of electrical and data supplies – a sense of community is important to all of us, which is why in 2019 we established the Ideal Foundation.
The foundation has two key aims – to work with disadvantaged and vulnerable groups within New Zealand, and to protect the natural environment.
Please note – applicants MUST HAVE citizenship, residency, or valid working rights in New Zealand.
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