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Wise Employment are currently recruiting for a General Manager for a family owned and run business in the Plymouth area with branches across the South West and is one of the leading independent electrical retailers in the South West.

Our client prides themselves on developing their management team to live and breed success through the way they interact with their staff and the coaching and training they offer.

Wise Employment are seeking someone who is confident and professional with experience in overseeing business operations including human resources, finance and communications and be an expert communicator with a strong ability to delegate responsibility and collaborate with a range of departments.

The objective for this role as a General Manager is to grow business to maximise productivity, develop strategic plan for optimized efficiency. Review and improve organisational effectiveness by developing processes, overseeing employee productivity, establish a highly motivational work environment and implement innovative changes. You will be required to adhere to company standards for excellence and quality as well as seeking out opportunities for expansion and growth and develop and build new relationships.

Hours of will be between 8:30am and 5:30pm Monday to Saturday with a day off during the week.

Offering a salary of £31,000 with benefits including free or subsidised travel, company events, store discount and free onsite parking.

The ideal candidate will be someone with a knowledge of human resource processes, experience in conducting performance evaluations and preferably have 2+ years’ experience in a retail management position.

As General Manager you will be responsible for:

Overseeing day to day operations, assign weekly performance goals and ensure their completion as well as completing your own goals.
Recruit, onboard and train highly motivated and high performing employees to achieve objectives for sales, profitability and market share.
Maintain project timelines to ensure all tasks are accomplished effectively.
Develop, implement and maintain budgetary and resource allocation plans.
Resolve internal staff conflicts efficiently and to the mutual benefit of all involved.
Our client is looking for someone with a proven managerial track record and have a strong decision making ability, excellent communication, collaboration and delegation skills, a proven ability to develop and achieve financial plans, be able to motivate and lead employees and have a strong operational knowledge.

To apply please call Wise Employment Plymouth or apply via the job board link