General Manager - Southampton

Overview

Lead depot operations, safety, growth and relocation for Pickerings Hire in Southampton.

Key Responsibilities

• logistics
• maintenance
• depot operations
• site relocation
• safety standards
• team management

Tasks

-Oversee customer service, logistics, maintenance and hire operations. -Identify opportunities to grow the business and improve customer experience. -Work closely with head office teams to deliver commercial targets. -Manage a diverse team, fostering a culture of safety, accountability and teamwork. -Ensure health, safety, and environmental standards are always maintained. -Lead and develop depot operations, ensuring efficiency, profitability and compliance. -Support the successful relocation of the depot to its new Alton site.

Requirements

• flexibility
• budgeting
• leadership
• management
• communication

What You Bring

-Flexibility and readiness to manage operations through the depot’s relocation period. -Commercially minded with experience in budgeting and performance management. -Strong leadership and people management skills. -Proven management experience within hire, construction, or a related industry. -Excellent communication and customer relationship skills.

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Benefits

-Fully expensed company car -Pension and life assurance -33 days holiday (inclusive of public holidays and a festive closure) -Competitive salary and bonus scheme

About Pickerings

-Evolved into a specialist provider of portable cabins and modular buildings. -Offers hire, sale, or lease-purchase of eco-units, site offices, classrooms, welfare and anti-vandal cabins, generators, and toilets. -Serves clients in sectors including education, health, construction, industrial, and commercial. -Typical projects include urgent school accommodations, healthcare clinics, and construction site welfare facilities. -Maintains its own crane-equipped fleet, delivering HSE-compliant, modern solutions across England. -Launched an online configurator allowing customers to design custom modular buildings via unit-by-unit layout.

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