Electrical Engineering Manager - leading UK commercial water heating products & systems manufacturer, part of an international group
This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established business and well-regarded brand within the water heating industry. They have a proud history and an impressive track record of success. They have a broad product range, are financially secure and well placed for further growth through innovation and NPD. They have designed and manufactured bespoke systems for many prestigious projects across commercial and industrial applications. They are also part of a larger international group.
Despite their success, they are not resting on their laurels. They see plenty of opportunities for further growth.
With a view to succession planning, they are now looking to recruit an experienced Electrical Engineering Manager.
Suitable candidates should have a successful track record in a similar electrical design/engineering role.
Experience within commercial, industrial or process industries with a water heating products or system manufacturer or something closely related is naturally beneficial but not essential. We’re looking for individuals with a good understanding of all aspects of Electrical Engineering and a strong technical appreciation as follows:
Responsibilities
Requirements and skills
This is a well-placed business, with high-quality products and systems, lots of experienced and knowledgeable staff, excellent manufacturing capabilities and exciting plans for the future, operating in growth markets such as hospitality, healthcare, further education and data centres.
To apply send your CV to Matthew Lambert via email to matt@wilsonbrook.com
Managing Director Drogheda – Regional Plant & Equipment Hire & Sales Business, Part of AER Rents
Main site in Drogheda, Republic of Ireland, with a second location in Dublin
Competitive salary + bonus + benefits
This is an excellent opportunity to join a long-established, successful and profitable regional business. There is good growth potential across the markets they serve. They are happy to invest in a number of areas:
Trading from 2 sites in good locations they have a great reputation for customer service, an impressive, broad and well-invested fleet of equipment, and a committed and experienced team.
With the right leader, this business could expand considerably. There will be freedom to trade in an autonomous environment with no bureaucracy and the support of an experienced senior leadership team within the parent company.
Potential candidates should have/be:
The future is bright for this business. Come and be a part of it.
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To apply send your CV to Neil Holloway at our retained consultants Wilson Brook via neil@wilsonbrook.com
Head of HR – asset rental group with several subsidiaries and more acquisitions in the pipeline!
Home-based, flexible as to where potential candidates are based, role will involve regular national travel
Competitive salary + car/car allowance + bonus + benefits
This is an excellent opportunity to join AER Rents Ltd. With the strategic aim of becoming one of the UK & Ireland's leading independent rental companies, AER Rents has built up a growing portfolio of companies via acquisition with more in the pipeline and investment to expand those already acquired.
Indeed they are happy to invest in many areas:
We’re looking for the following in potential candidates:
This role could develop into an HR Director with a small central team, alongside people within the businesses. The function must be resourced correctly to meet the demands of the business
The future is bright for this business. Come and be a part of it.
To apply send your CV to jonny@wilsonbrook.com
Wilson Brook is a boutique executive search firm with a successful track record across several industry sectors including Building & Consumer Products (manufacture & distribution), Infrastructure & Construction, FM & Support Services (including hire), General Manufacturing & Engineering.
We recruit across most functions within these sectors, encompassing appointments from operating & main board to functional directors and senior management (down to salaries of c£70k), working with SME’s to PLC’s, including businesses with venture capital & private equity backing.
We have recruited across most functional areas including: MD/CEO, Divisional MD/Director, Commercial, Operational, Technical, Sales & Marketing, Procurement, Supply Chain & Logistics, Finance & HR. We also have experience of dealing with Chair and Non-Executive Directors.
Regional Sales Managers – South East & South West – leading UK commercial water heating products & systems manufacturer, part of an international group
This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established business and well-regarded brand within the water heating industry. They have a proud history and an impressive track record of success. They have a broad product range, are financially secure and well placed for further growth through innovation and NPD. They have designed and manufactured bespoke systems for many prestigious projects across commercial and industrial applications. They are also part of a larger international group.
Despite their success, they are not resting on their laurels. They see plenty of opportunities for further growth.
Hence, they are looking to recruit two experienced and successful Regional Sales Managers, reporting to the Sales Director, to develop and win projects in these respective parts of the country, developing awareness, interest and demand for their products & systems via consultants, contractors and end users.
Suitable candidates should have a successful track record in a similar Technical/Specification Sales Manager role across the commercial, industrial or process industries with a water heating products or system manufacturer or something closely related. We’re looking for individuals with a good understanding of this part of the market and a strong technical appreciation as follows:
This is a well-placed business, with high-quality products and systems, lots of experienced and knowledgeable staff, excellent manufacturing capabilities and exciting plans for the future, operating in growth markets such as hospitality, healthcare, further education and data centres.
To apply send your CV to Matthew Lambert via email to matt@wilsonbrook.com
Sales Director: building products wholesaler, part of a larger group
This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established business and well-regarded brand within the building products industry. They have a proud history and an impressive track record of success and growth. They have an excellent product range, are financially secure and well placed for further growth through innovation and NPD. They already have strong relationships with major merchants and other resellers.
Despite their success, they are not resting on their laurels. They see plenty of opportunities for growth and improvement.
Hence, they are looking to recruit an experienced and successful Sales Director, reporting to the MD, to develop and deliver the sales and wider commercial strategy for the business. With continued investment in people and products, they have the foundations in place, along with a supportive senior team and a positive family-feel culture.
Suitable candidates should have a successful track record in a similar Sales leadership role. Experience of selling into the merchants is beneficial but we’re also open to individuals with other B2B experience. Specific product or category knowledge is not essential. We’re looking for individuals with an analytical and strategic approach given the complexity of a large number of categories, SKUs and customers, along with credibility, leadership and gravitas. You’ll also need plenty of energy, drive and dynamism.
Candidates living centrally are preferred, but in reality, this could be anywhere between London and Leeds – it’s a role that will involve national travel, customer meetings and attendance at events, trade shows, conferences and award ceremonies, along with regular visits to their north Midlands HQ.
To apply send your CV to Imogen@wilsonbrook.com
Regional Sales Manager – Cladding/Façades/Fixing Systems
Based either Midlands or Southeast. Home-based role with regular travel
Competitive Salary + excellent bonus opportunity + benefits (car or allowance, pension, healthcare etc.)
This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established specialist exterior products business. Trading from a modern site they have a great reputation for customer service, and exceptional relationships with their key customers.
They supply a range of specialist exterior products to the construction industry.
They have grown successfully over recent years with good potential for further growth. There will be freedom to trade in an autonomous environment with no bureaucracy and the support of experienced senior leadership.
Potential candidates should have:
Objectives:
To apply send your CV to imogen@wilsonbrook.com
Marketing Director – Global Stone Group
Leading UK landscaping products supplier
5-year plan
This is an excellent opportunity to develop and deliver an innovative UK Marketing Strategy for a leading global manufacturer and distributor of specialist garden and landscaping products. They have grown significantly both organically and via acquisition in the UK over recent years, supplying a range of quality products via national and independent merchants.
The business achieved phenomenal growth during the pandemic. Being vertically integrated gave them security of supply and they took the bold decision to bring significant additional volumes into the UK at the start of the pandemic. With the subsequent investment in homes and gardens by homeowners – which is set to continue – they grew in one year what they had previously expected to take five years!
They see significant opportunities with both their existing exterior product range and related products. This could include products that their parent company manufactures alongside product sourced from elsewhere.
Despite their success, they are not resting on their laurels. They believe that all aspects of marketing could be improved.
Reporting to the Managing Director, and as part of the senior leadership team; the role will lead, manage and develop the brand, marketing and digital strategy across both Global Stone and Digby Stone to ensure the delivery of the Company’s strategic and market share objectives. Leading and growing a small team to create annual strategic marketing plans, the Marketing Director will drive activity and support for existing and new channels, maximising opportunities continually supporting their merchant partners and enhancing the customer’s experience.
Suitable candidates should have a successful track record in a similar Marketing Director or Head of Marketing role for a manufacturer of building products sold via the merchants so understanding that route to market and how marketing has to support the merchant activity whilst also appealing to the installer and to a lesser extent the consumer. We’re also open to people in suitable roles from within merchants who would like to cross the fence into a manufacturer. Finally, we’re open to someone stepping up into this level of role for the first time, from Marketing Manager type positions.
In addition:
The future is very exciting for this business – come and be part of it!
To apply send your CV to matt@wilsonbrook.com
If you’ve been checking the market for the one job that could make you leap out of bed each morning, then look no further! Are you looking for a business that feels family-run, but with a drive to improve and grow? Are you brimming with excitement about the idea of having a free rein to get on with it? If so, then this is the role for you.
We’re restructuring our commercial team to better align with our strategy and the markets we trade in. The person in this role will take ownership of our lightside offering, covering anything we sell from our self-selection areas (shops) and our specialist tool branches. You could think of the role as a divisional MD.
The role starts with understanding what customers want to buy, sourcing those products at the best possible price, and then working hard on the operational and marketing model that sits behind their route to market to maximise our market penetration and increase profitability.
At Elliotts, we’re clearly doing something right
Still chosen by customers in a crowded market
With loyal people who like working for us
Values that reflect our business
Agile approach to business from a traditional business
And financial results that suggest it’s working!
We offer a role that is vital to our strategy
There’s a great opportunity for strategic thinking
A commercial mindset at the core of the role
For someone who is driven to deliver and wants to get it right first time
Relevant experience is not essential, but would help
Commercial
A broad commercial background encompassing procurement, pricing, product, marketing, and merchandising
Operational
Experience operating a trading unit ideally in the construction products market. Branch management, warehouse management, logistics management would all be good relevant experience.
eCommerce
We think that one of the biggest growth opportunities for this division could be leveraging a broader geographic market made accessible through our new website, increasing sales through e-commerce.
Strategic
A track record of positioning businesses to meet changing customer requirements and opportunities. Nothing is off the table to best align ourselves and our proposition to the market.
Know how to maximise trading and margin opportunities: cross-selling, up-selling, bundling etc.
Customer focus
An appreciation of the balance between providing an excellent service whilst improving margin and sales
The practical details
A working environment that is fun
To apply please email your CV to Matthew Lambert via matt@wilsonbrook.com at our retained consultants Wilson Brook Consulting (www.wilsonbrook.com) or call him for a confidential discussion on 07517 470025
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