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Assistant Branch Manager

Job Title: Assistant Branch Manager, Haddington
Working Hours: Monday to Friday (7am – 4:30pm), Alternate Saturday Mornings (8am – 12pm)

We are Travis Perkins.


Leading our industry for over two centuries, we’ve built our early foundations into a nationwide business that gives customers the products they need, with the smile they deserve. We’re proudly part of Travis Perkins plc., the UK’s largest distributor of building materials, providing unrivalled customer service from over 1,400 branches across the UK.

What’s it like to be an Assistant Branch Manager?


As the Assistant Branch Manager at Travis Perkins, you’ll support the day-to-day of branch life, leading your colleagues to achieve excellence in everything they do.

  • You’ll have a strong sales presence, to drive daily sales activity and achieve targets to boost the profitability of your branch.

  • As part of the branch management team, you’ll drive standards across the branch and create fantastic customer relationships at every opportunity.

  • You’ll be a confident people leader, capable of motivating and coaching your colleagues as they work to achieve their high potential.

  • You’ll help to ensure the branch operations run smoothly and efficiently – including their fleet of vehicles, tool hire department, and integrated Benchmarx showroom.

Do you have what it takes?

  • You’ve got relevant experience and can motivate and develop teams to succeed.

  • You hold strong people skills, key for building strong relationships and negotiating successfully.

  • You’re highly organised and can prioritize tasks with attention to detail.

  • You champion a non-negotiable safety culture and prioritize the wellbeing of your team and customers.

  • You’re dedicated to providing exceptional customer service and maintaining high standards at all times.

  • You’re an energetic team player, eager to contribute, and focused on hitting goals.

  • Relevant industry experience will help you to embed quickly into this role. However, if you’re a confident and successful sales leader in a different, customer-centric industry, we’d love to hear from you!

What’s in it for you?

  • Make your job a journey – opportunities for career growth in a thriving business, including leadership training and development programs.

  • Competitive salary – with bonus earning potential too! We achieve together, so we earn together too.

  • Enhanced pension scheme – prepare for your future by matching your pension contributions up to 10%. (Conditions apply)

  • Group-wide discounts – 20% off at Toolstation, with wider savings across the group.

  • Sociable hours – Protect your “me time” with sociable daytime hours (no evenings!).

  • Fit for success – Health & Wellbeing support, including DigiCare, Cycle to Work, and access to our Wellbeing Centre

  • ShareSave – own our collective success by investing with our group shares.

  • Online shopping discounts – treat yourself more often, thanks to discounts across a range of leading retailers… from everyday essentials, to airport parking and travel!

What about our culture?

Every day, we work together, giving our best to be the best. By sharing our knowledge we don’t just support our colleagues, we create an unrivalled customer experience that shows them that we really care.
We’re driven to remain a truly inclusive employer. Please let your recruiter know how we can help you to thrive as your authentic self. You be you, it makes us, us.

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We reserve the right to cancel or close this vacancy without notice or reason, and prior to the expiry date.

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Branch Manager

 Branch Manager – Haddington (Lead, Motivate, Inspire)

Who We Are

We’re the UK’s largest builders’ merchant! With over 500 branches, we provide everything from timber and bricks to kitchens, tools, and equipment. We’re a supportive team offering great career opportunities and the chance to develop new skills. Whether you’re in the office, on the shop floor, or handling deliveries, there’s a place here for you to grow. Join us today and see why we’re the trusted choice for builders!

What You’ll Be Doing

As the go-to person at our Haddington branch, you’ll lead a fantastic team, build strong relationships with customers, and ensure the branch stays profitable and runs like clockwork. This fast-paced, rewarding role has you working with a team of 6 with 1 vehicle.  You’ll be right in the action with plenty of customer interaction, keeping everything buzzing and running smoothly. You’ll drive our success by smashing sales targets, boosting profit, and ensuring the team delivers top-notch service with safety at the heart of everything! 

What’s In It For You?

Joining the UK’s largest builders’ merchant means endless growth opportunities. You’ll be part of a supportive team where your skills truly matter. With over 500 branches nationwide, there’s always room to learn, progress, and make a real impact.

We offer:

  • Competitive salary with performance-based bonuses

  • Save-as-you-earn & Buy-as-you-earn schemes for smart financial growth

  • Generous pension scheme

  • Exclusive discounts across various businesses (including 20% off at Toolstation)

  • Wellbeing support to help you feel your best

  • MyPerks discounts at top retailers, restaurants, and more!

Working hours: Monday-Friday, 7:30 am – 5:00 pm, with two Saturdays every 4 weeks (8:00 am – 12:00 pm). Enjoy your weekends off!

What You’ll Be Responsible For

  • Leading a High-Performing Team: Inspire, coach, and develop your team to achieve targets and deliver exceptional service.

  • Customer-First Approach: Build strong, lasting relationships with customers and suppliers to create an excellent experience every time.

  • Driving Sales & Operational Excellence: Lead sales strategies that boost revenue while managing stock, deliveries, and day-to-day operations.

  • Safety & Compliance: Maintain top health and safety standards and ensure a safe, efficient working environment.

  • Team Growth & Development: Recruit, train, and mentor your team, focusing on career progression and creating a positive work culture.

Who You Are

You’ll need to be:

  • A Strong Leader: You know how to motivate, delegate, and develop your team, empowering them to take ownership of key areas.

  • A Delegator: You trust your team to take responsibility and lead independently.

  • Collaborative & Open to Learning: You embrace leadership and are always seeking ways to improve and learn from others.

  • A Skilled Communicator: You build strong relationships with both customers and colleagues.

  • Customer-Focused: You always put the customer first, maximizing sales opportunities across the branch.

  • Organized & Efficient: You can plan and prioritize to manage your workload and your team’s.

  • Financially Literate: You use financial and statistical data to make informed decisions.

  • A Culture Builder: You create an inclusive and positive environment that motivates the team and keeps customers coming back.

  • Commercial Decision-Maker: You make business decisions that benefit both the customer and the branch.

  • Competitively Aware: You stay informed about competitors and use that knowledge to drive success.

  • Business-Minded: You treat the branch like your own business, striving for continuous improvement.

  • Compliance-Focused: You ensure the branch meets all legal requirements and keeps up with market trends.

How to Apply

Ready to be part of something big? Apply now and join a company that values its people. We can’t wait to hear from you!

We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to building a diverse team. No matter your background, we believe in giving everyone the chance to succeed.

If you’re offered the role, it will be a conditional offer, subject to a few background checks. These include a criminal record check (basic DBS), adverse financial check, media search & occupational history review. We do this to ensure we’re keeping both our business and customers safe, and we appreciate your understanding.

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Yard Sales Assistant

Joining our friendly and hard working family as an Yard Sales Assistant, you’ll be on the front line dealing with our customers that come into our yard.  As part of the branch team, you will play a vital role in our continued success, providing a first class service.
What will I be doing?

No one day is the same as the next in TP branch life, but here are a few pointers:

  • Our success is built on strong relationships with our customers so it’s essential that you can help deliver the highest standards of service – the key thing is to be helpful and friendly at all times, you will likely get to know our customers on a first name basis.
  • You will be based outside, processing our customer orders, loading and unloading customer and company vehicles.
  • You will also unload our building products from supplier deliveries and accurately book them in the branch warehouse.
  • Experience of using a forklift is ideal, but don’t worry full training is provided
  • Safety is at the forefront of everything we do, your aim will be to ensure that our standards never slip, this means maintaining a tidy and safe working environment

What skills do you need?

This is a key customer facing role, you just need the ability to provide great customer service, we can teach you the rest.  

Does this sound like you?

We hope you can say ‘Yes’ to all of the characteristics below – they are in the DNA of all our fantastic Yard Sales Assistants.  Are you:

  • Someone that is physically active, as this role is located outside, it will involve lifting heavy building materials
  • Someone that has a friendly and outgoing personality who is happy to communicate face to face with customers and build strong relationships
  • Someone that is adaptable, resilient and tenacious with high levels of energy and drive.
  • Someone who thrives in a dynamic and fast paced environment
Being a Yard Sales Assistant in TP gives you a fantastic opportunity to excel and to continue to develop your career, if you choose.  As a new colleague you will be encouraged to enroll onto a TP development scheme – which are available to colleagues and managers at all levels of our business. How will you know you are doing a great job and developing your career? Simple. We will support you with a development plan, that embraces our values.
 
You’ll also receive £Competitive pay + Benefits (which includes an annual colleague bonus, contributory pension, private healthcare, life assurance, sharesave scheme, group wide colleague discounts across the Travis Perkins Group (including Toolstation).  Plus we have a number of online discounts at leading retailers from airport parking to theme parks to eating out and cinemas.  Our working hours also offer a great work life balance – most of our customers choose to enjoy their weekends and bank holidays which means you can too!
You may not know much about Travis Perkins, but if you look a bit closer you might be surprised, despite our size, we have the values of a family run business and the mindset and ambition of a forward thinking Company.  We pride ourselves on being a great place to work that’s why we have been voted one of the UK’s Top Employers every year since 2010. We offer our employees access to extensive career opportunities across our 5 leading businesses.  We operate out of more than 1400 outlets nationwide and have over 20,000 colleagues.  
We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer. We want everyone to be at their best and it’s our ambition that everyone within our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves. 

You be you, it makes us, us.
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