Centre Manager

Centre Manager

2026-09-21T00:00:00

Location: North East, Derbyshire, GB, S40 1XJ

Application Deadline: 2026-12-22T07:01:06.467

This is a really exciting time to join our Halfords Garage Services team. You will be working at one of our new Fusion centres; it will be upgraded with the latest facilities to lead the way in providing a first-class customer experience and a great working environment, where you'll play a pivotal role in the centre's success. Supported by an Assistant Manager and Workshop Controller, you'll lead a team of around 11, including skilled technicians and customer services advisors, to deliver a seamless service.

On-target earnings up to £53,000: comprising a base salary of £42,000 and an uncapped monthly bonus scheme with average additional earnings of £11,000 per year. The role involves 5 days a week. You can earn extra with our refer a friend scheme - T&C's Apply.

To be a success in this role:

• You'll have a track record of achieving success with teams, working to give customers a fantastic experience.


• Accountable for the day-to-day running of your Centre, for maximising profit and minimising loss; delivering excellence in quality standards and results.


• Optimise workforce scheduling to ensure maximum capacity in the Centre to meet customer demand.


• Lead your team to deliver against and exceed sales, margin, and profit targets by analyzing customer metrics and Centre performance data.

Essential experience includes:

• Exceeding customer metrics targets through effective management.


• Delivering coaching and training to colleagues in the moment.


• Management experience, including managing capability and performance.


• Developing colleagues through technical training.


• Success in delivering against sales targets.


• Meeting compliance standards across health and safety and quality.


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.


• Experience in workforce scheduling and proven time management skills.


• IT proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and ability to learn in-house systems.


• Current full valid driving license.

We offer a wide range of rewards and benefits, including holiday and contributory pension schemes. Benefits include:

• 25% off most products in Halfords retail stores and online.


• Up to 50% discounts on garage bills at Halfords Autocentre.


• Discount on Halfords Breakdown Cover, with bike cover as standard for all annual policies.


• At least 25% colleague discount at Tredz.


• Life assurance.


• Uniform.


• Discounts on groceries, holidays, insurance, and more.


• Employee assistance programme offering free, confidential support 24/7.


• Trade Price Bike Scheme—buy one bike per year at a significant discount.


• Option to join Sharesave scheme: purchase shares at a 20% discount.


• Cycle2Work scheme.


• Wagestream—access up to 30% of your pay as you earn it.


• Health Cash Plan—claim cashback for healthcare costs.

We're in an exciting chapter—growing our business with a focus on motoring services and electric mobility. As the UK's leading retailer of motoring and cycling products and services and the largest vehicle service, maintenance, and repair business, we're committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and embrace diversity. Not sure you meet all the criteria? We encourage you to apply anyway! Join us and be part of our success story in helping the nation stay safely on the move.

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This is a really exciting time to join our Halfords Garage Services team. You will be working at one of our new Fusion centres; it will be upgraded with the latest facilities to lead the way in providing a first-class customer experience and a great working environment, where you'll play a pivotal role in driving the centres success. Supported by an Assistant Manager and Workshop Controller you'll lead a team of around 11, with skilled technicians and customer services advisors to deliver a seamless service. On-target earnings up to £53,000 Comprising a base salary of £42,000 An uncapped monthly bonus scheme with average additional earnings of £11,000 per year. 5 days a week Earn extra with our refer a friend scheme - T&C's Apply. To be a success in this role: You'll have a track record of achieving success with teams, working to give customers a fantastic experience. Accountable for the day to day running of your Centre, for maximising profit and minimising loss, in this role
you'll really come into your own. Delivering excellence will be woven through everything that you and your team do, both in terms of quality standards and results. You're no stranger to efficiency, and will optimise workforce scheduling, ensuring maximum capacity in the Centre to meet customer demand. Alongside this, with your analysis of customer metric and Centre performance data, you'll lead your team to deliver against - and exceed - sales margin and profit targets. Along with: Experience of exceeding customer metrics targets through effective management Experience of delivering coaching/training in the moment to colleagues Management experience, including managing capability and performance Experience of developing colleagues through delivery of technical training A track record of success in delivering against sales targets Experience of meeting compliance standards across Health and Safety and quality Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing Experience of labour
force scheduling, with proven time management skills IT proficient, with experience of using Microsoft packages, including Word, Excel and ideally PowerPoint, with the aptitude to learn in-house systems A current full valid driving licence We know that everyone has different priorities at different stages of their lives, so we offer a wide range of rewards and benefits. As well as holiday and contributory pension, you can expect to enjoy: 25% off most of our products in Halfords Retail stores and online Amazing discounts of up to 50% on your garage bills at Halfords Autocentre Discount on Halfords Breakdown Cover, with bike cover as standard for all annual policies At least 25% colleague discount at Tredz Life assurance Uniform Discounts on everything from groceries and shopping through to holidays, insurance, days out, restaurants and more Employee assistance programme offering free, independent, confidential support and counselling 24 hours a day, seven
days a week Fantastic Trade Price Bike Scheme - buy one bike per year from a rangeof bikes which have been significantly reduced Option to join our Sharesave scheme: save to purchase shares at a 20% discount Cycle2Work scheme Wagestream - a financial planning app that gives you more control over your pay. Access up to 30% of your pay as you earn it and save automatically from your salary to build a rainy-day fund for the future Health Cash Plan - claim cash back towards your healthcare costs and get access to health and well-being services We're in an exciting chapter - rapidly growing our business with a focus on motoring services and electric mobility. We're the UK's leading retailer of motoring and cycling products and services, and the UK's largest vehicle service, maintenance and repair business. Join us and be part of our success story in getting the nation safely back on the move. Not sure you meet all the criteria? We'd encourage you to take
the wheel and apply anyway! At Halfords we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for our colleagues. We're an equal opportunities employer and proud to welcome applications from all backgrounds and embrace diversity within our one Halfords Family. #J-18808-Ljbffr