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Depot Manager

Birmingham, West Midlands

Octane Recruitment

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Hours
Full Time
Posted
23 hours ago
Salary
40000.00 - 60000.00 GBP Annual
Recruiter
Octane Recruitment
Closes
25 Dec 2025
Course
No
Contract Type
Permanent
Recruiter Type
Direct Employer

Description

Depot Manager – Material handling – Forklift Trucks

Location: Birmingham

Salary: Negotiable DOE

Hours: Monday to Friday days

Ref: 29461

Job Description Summary

We are actively recruiting for a Depot Manager to work within a busy depot environment. You will ideally have experience working with materials handling equipment or similar.

You will be responsible for the depot, its facilities, people, customers and profit. You will look after health, safety, environment, service, after sales, rental, administration, reporting, compliance and budgets. You will be an experienced manager from a similar engineering field who has as a minimum service manager experience but preferably senior management experience.

Your time will predominantly be spent at the depot and within the region, you will have interactions with customers, engineers, sales, service management and inter–company colleagues. You will be commercially minded and focused on achieving profitability while offering first class service.

Job Description

Core Accountabilities

A background within Materials Handling or similar and experience of managing a remote workforceOrganised and driven individual with previous management and leadership experienceAbility to motivate and organise teams and individuals while promoting communication and performance.A focus on customer requirements and expectations with the ability to meet or exceed these from an individual and team perspectiveCommercial outlook and mindset which facilitates profitable growth of the depot and wider company/groupPlanning and forecasting from a number of perspectives. Financial, workforce, aftersales and service.Maintaining high levels of health and safety within the depot and for your teams. Keeping out staff safe is important to us and you will be a key member of the leadership team.How to Apply

If you are interested in applying for this vacancy, then please submit your CV and I will contact you on receipt.

All applications will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.

Consultant: William Olivier – Octane Recruitment

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Octane Recruitment is a leading Recruitment agency specialising in Automotive, Motor trade, Engineering, OEM and various related industries.

We are recruiting across the UK for Vehicle Technician, Vehicle Mechanic, Commercial Vehicle Technician, Diagnostic Technician, Senior Technician, Master Technician, Mobile Vehicle Technician, PDI Technician, Prep Technician, MOT Tester, Fast Fit Technician, LCV Technician, Light Commercial Technician, HGV Technician, Bus Technician, LGV Technician, HGV Engineer, HGV Mechanic, HGV Fitter.

Octane Recruitment cover a variety of different sectors including Technical, Mechanical, Engineering, Sales, Service, Aftersales, Bodyshop, Fleet & Rental Management, Accounts, Finance, Marketing, & Payroll, Managerial, Logistics, Parts, Administration, Call Centre / Contact Centre, Senior Appointments, Head Office Positions and Confidential Appointments.

Ad ID: 5417478481

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