Branch Manager

Date posted: 2026-08-26T16:45:43

Location: Leicester

Region: Leicestershire

Country: GB

Postcode: LE1 5

Type: Permanent

Closing date: 2026-09-23T16:32:06.91

Salary: 50000

About the Role

Osprey Engineering Solutions are hiring on behalf of a well-established company within the hydraulics industry. We're looking for an experienced Branch Manager to take full ownership of one of their local branches - leading a team of internal staff and mobile technicians, driving local business growth, and ensuring day-to-day operations run smoothly and safely. This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll manage people, inventory, quality, and health & safety, while also getting out into the local area to build the business and hit sales targets - all within agreed budgets.

What You'll Be Doing

Taking overall responsibility for the branch's performance and standards
Leading, developing, and motivating your branch and mobile team members
Ensuring the whole team delivers professional, timely communication and excellent customer service
Assembling hoses from patterns or customer-supplied drawings
Handling call-outs, both during working hours and out-of-hours
Responding to quotation requests, pricing within company guidelines
Acting as Quality Management Representative - maintaining Health & Safety, Quality, and Environmental Management systems to ISO standards and group targets
Providing technical support to internal and mobile hose technicians
Recruiting, training, and coaching your team to meet objectives
Carrying out and documenting checks and inspections
Managing inventory, including regular stock checks
Maintaining high branch housekeeping standards at all times
Managing counter sales and cash transactions per company procedure
Keeping systems and records accurate and up to date
Key holding - opening and closing the branch

What We're Looking For

Ability to lead, develop, influence, and inspire a team
Minimum 2 years' experience directly managing a branch operation
Proven track record in business development and/or direct sales
Proven experience assembling hoses (relevant qualification preferred)
Experience administering company quality and health & safety systems
Experience with inventory management
Fork lift truck licence preferred
Good numeracy skills
Good level of IT literacy

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Handling call-outs, both during working hours and out-of-hours

Responding to quotation requests, pricing within company guidelines Acting as Quality Management Representative - maintaining Health & Safety, Quality, and Environmental Management systems to ISO standards and group targets Providing technical support to internal and mobile hose technicians Recruiting, training, and coaching your team to meet objectives Carrying out and documenting checks and inspections Managing inventory, including regular stock checks Maintaining high branch housekeeping standards at all times Managing counter sales and cash transactions per company procedure Keeping systems and records accurate and up to date Key holding - opening and closing the branch What We're Looking For Ability to lead, develop, influence, and inspire a team Minimum 2 years' experience directly managing a branch operation Proven track record in business development and/or direct sales
Experience administering company quality and health & safety systems Experience with inventory management Fork lift truck licence preferred Good numeracy skills Good level of IT literacy

Branch Manager - Hydraulics Industry Location: Leicester About the Role Osprey Engineering Solutions are hiring on behalf of a well-established company within the hydraulics industry. We're looking for an experienced Branch Manager to take full ownership of one of their local branches - leading a team of internal staff and mobile technicians, driving local business growth, and ensuring day-to-day operations run smoothly and safely. This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll manage people, inventory, quality, and health & safety, while also getting out into the local area to build the business and hit sales targets - all within agreed budgets. What You'll Be Doing Taking overall responsibility for the branch's performance and standards Leading, developing, and motivating your branch and mobile team members Ensuring the whole team delivers professional, timely communication and excellent customer service Assembling hoses from patterns or customer-supplied drawings

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