Greater Manchester
Branch Sales Negotiator
A buzzing atmosphere, great benefits and plenty of opportunities for career progression – join Keyline as a Branch Sales Negotiator and share our success and good times with a hard-working, friendly bunch of people.
About us
Keyline is the UK’s number one supplier of civils, heavy building materials and drainage solutions, with a nationwide network of branches; and our aim is to be “Best in Town” for product knowledge, availability and customer service. We’re part of the Travis Perkins Group, who’ve been recognised as one of Britain’s Top Employers since 2010. If you aim to be the best you can be, then we’d like to hear from you.
The role
As a Branch Sales Negotiator you will possess drive, passion and enthusiasm which will enable you to deliver the service that Keyline prides itself upon. You will provide our customers with the highest possible level of service.
What we are looking for
Ideally you will have previous experience in a similar role with great customer service skills and be able to relate to loads of different people. Self motivated, enthusiastic and organised, you will also have good numerical skills. Full product training will be provided.
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.
Branch Manager
Branch Manager- Stockport Whitehill
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 Stockport Whitehill branch, you’ll lead a fantastic team, build strong relationships with customers, and ensure the branch stays profitable and runs like clockwork. 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:
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Competitive salary with performance-based bonuses
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Save-as-you-earn & Buy-as-you-earn schemes for smart financial growth
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Generous pension scheme
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Exclusive discounts across various businesses (including 20% off at Toolstation)
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Wellbeing support to help you feel your best
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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
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Leading a High-Performing Team: Inspire, coach, and develop your team to achieve targets and deliver exceptional service.
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Customer-First Approach: Build strong, lasting relationships with customers and suppliers to create an excellent experience every time.
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Driving Sales & Operational Excellence: Lead sales strategies that boost revenue while managing stock, deliveries, and day-to-day operations.
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Safety & Compliance: Maintain top health and safety standards and ensure a safe, efficient working environment.
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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:
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A Strong Leader: You know how to motivate, delegate, and develop your team, empowering them to take ownership of key areas.
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A Delegator: You trust your team to take responsibility and lead independently.
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Collaborative & Open to Learning: You embrace leadership and are always seeking ways to improve and learn from others.
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A Skilled Communicator: You build strong relationships with both customers and colleagues.
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Customer-Focused: You always put the customer first, maximizing sales opportunities across the branch.
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Organized & Efficient: You can plan and prioritize to manage your workload and your team’s.
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Financially Literate: You use financial and statistical data to make informed decisions.
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A Culture Builder: You create an inclusive and positive environment that motivates the team and keeps customers coming back.
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Commercial Decision-Maker: You make business decisions that benefit both the customer and the branch.
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Competitively Aware: You stay informed about competitors and use that knowledge to drive success.
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Business-Minded: You treat the branch like your own business, striving for continuous improvement.
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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
Warehouse Assistant & Driver
Have you previously worked in a warehouse environment? Do you enjoy delivering exceptional service and want to work as part of a team yet have the opportunity to use your own initiative? Then we may have the perfect job for you as a Warehouse Assistant/Driver.
We are TF Solutions, the one stop shop for all Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Heat Pump products. With substantial growth over the past decade, we’ve become one of the leading Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Heat Pump distributors in the UK, so we’d say we know a thing or two about our sector. We’re also now part of the Travis Perkins Group, recognised as one of the UK’s top employers.
You don’t need to come from our sector or even know our products, as we will provide you with a great on-boarding and induction.
What will I be doing?
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Play an integral part in branch operations specifically in a small warehouse team in a busy specialist operation, ensuring that adequate provision is made for customer deliveries, that branch layout is right and standards for safety, storage efficiency, housekeeping, and ability of customers to find products they might want to buy
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Load company vehicles in organised and efficient manner to ensure no stock damage and to minimise delivery time.Ensures the delivery nates correlates exactly with the parcels prior to loading the vehicle including cross dock orders
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Ensure safe and correct delivery of an order to customers’ premises and visually checks the stock is in good condition before obtaining a proof of delivery signature
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Assist in preparing orders for delivery including picking, checking and packing
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Assist in all aspects of production within the warehouse as delegated by the management team
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Ensure safe and correct return of stock by visually checking and signing for all customer returns
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Complete daily/weekly paperwork including declaration.Assists in maintaining a safe and clean working environment
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Adhere to all site Health & Safety requirements
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Ensure correct manual handling techniques are used at all times
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Able to plan and prioritise effectively to meet deadlines
What’s in it for you?
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A competitive salary and annual bonus
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22 days holiday plus bank holidays plus the option to purchase additional holiday days
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Great discounts across the Travis Perkins Group businesses, including Toolstation.
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A huge range of online discounts at leading retailers from theme parks to eating out
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Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support
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Competitive family friendly HR policies
Being a Warehouse Assistant/Driver in the Travis Perkins Group 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 enrol onto a TF Solutions development scheme. 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.
Interested, apply now!
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.
Yard Sales Assistant
- 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.
- 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
Yard Sales Assistant
- 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.
- 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
HGV Driver
Plant & Tool Hire Driver
Warehouse & Yard Operative/Relief HGV Driver
Branch Apprentice
Branch Multi Skilled Apprentice
What you’ll do:
This is your opportunity to be enrolled on our industry leading apprenticeship development scheme enabling you to pour the foundations for a successful career with the largest distributor of building materials in the UK
This is anything but ‘just a job’. You’ll be working whilst completing our bespoke 13 month scheme, giving you the opportunity to gain a deep understanding of our operation, as you move your way across all areas of our Branch.
Wherever you are, you’ll play a pivotal role as part of our team, from working in the yard, serving and selling to customers on the counter, answering the phone/responding to emails, manning the Benchmarx area or the Hire counter to receiving and storing products; you’ll cover it all and our customers will love you for it!
We’ll teach you about our safety first approach, the builders merchant industry, the market and our business strategy. You’ll learn how to sell by providing great service, you’ll gain a deep understanding of our product base and so much more.
Your learning will be “on the job” with time set aside each week to complete any necessary coursework, and there’s no expectation to take work home with you. You’ll have a dedicated apprenticeship coach who’ll support you every step of the way and you’ll receive 1:1 coaching, mentoring and technical and skills training to enable you to progress your career with us. At the end of your training, you’ll complete an end point assessment and on successful completion you’ll achieve a L2 Apprenticeship.
You can hear more on this from our current colleagues here. (And by the way, we’re rated as one of the best apprenticeship employers on Rate My Apprenticeship, click here to see more!)
What you’ll bring:
Experience in merchanting is not needed. In fact, experience in any sort of work is not required because if you’ve got the right attitude to learn and genuinely want to develop a career, we can teach you the rest.
However, here are some of the things we look for:
Safety conscious – Our number one priority is to keep our colleagues safe and well, and that’s down to all of us so you’ll need a real focus on this
Hard working – This job can be demanding and there’s always plenty to do.
Customer focused – You may not have worked in a customer service role, but you know what good service looks like and how to provide it
Team spirited – Be happy to muck in and get your hands dirty and look after one another
Adaptable – This apprenticeship will see you move around the operation in a fast moving environment
Authentic – We have a saying here at Travis Perkins – You be you, it makes us us; so come and let your personality and passion shine through
You also need to meet the below requirements…
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You are over 18 (due to some of the products we sell)
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You’re not currently in any form of education
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You are eligible to work in the UK
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Full UK driving licence
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You are brand new to this kind of role
If you don’t meet these requirements and this apprenticeship isn’t right for you, we’d still love to hear from you so please take a look at www.tpplccareers.co.uk to see our non-apprenticeship opportunities.
What you’ll get:
We’re not just looking for people today but for the future leaders of tomorrow. And being part of Travis Perkins plc, there are ample opportunities to move around our business or group in order to gain broader experience.
The more you learn, the more you earn. For the first 6 months your salary will be £9.60 per hour, and this will grow as you grow and develop, you will graduate the apprentice programme on £11.60 per hour.
As well as 22 days’ holidays + Bank Holidays, company pension scheme and life assurance, we offer a bonus scheme, cycle to work scheme, save and buy as you earn, 20% discounts across all Travis Perkins companies, financial education and support, recognition awards and discounts at over 1000 other retailers.
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.
Caught your interest and ready to take your career to the next level? Apply now!
Our policy is to employ the best qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or disability.
