Sales Director – Equipment Hire
Excellent Opportunity to join well-established, market-leading equipment hire business!
Sales Director – Equipment Hire
Market-leading business | Significant growth plans | National role
This is an exceptional opportunity to join a well-established, market-leading equipment hire business at an exciting point in its development.
Part of a larger, highly successful group, the company combines substantial scale with a long-term approach to investment, people and customer service. It is a stable, profitable and well-capitalised business with significant turnover, a strong national presence and ambitious plans for further growth over the next few years.
The business is known for the quality and modernity of its fleet, high levels of customer service and strong relationships across the construction and infrastructure sectors. Continued investment in products, technology and infrastructure provides a strong platform for the next stage of expansion.
The Sales Director will lead the national commercial strategy and play a central role in delivering that growth.
The remit will include responsibility for regional sales, major accounts, bids and tenders, pricing strategy and the development of opportunities around major infrastructure projects. A key element of the role will be maintaining and developing senior-level relationships with major customers while creating a high-performing, commercially focused sales organisation.
We are looking for an experienced sales leader with a strong track record within equipment hire or a closely related sector. The successful individual will combine strategic thinking with strong commercial instincts and the credibility to operate with senior decision-makers at major customers.
They will also need to be a strong people leader: capable of developing existing teams, introducing new ideas and raising performance while working effectively within a successful and established culture.
This is not a heavily bureaucratic environment. The business is decisive and entrepreneurial, with considerable autonomy given to its senior leaders. The culture is supportive and pragmatic, with a genuine long-term approach to investment and development.
The opportunity offers:
- A senior role within a substantial, market-leading business
- Significant scope to influence future growth strategy
- A high-quality, modern and well-invested fleet
- Strong existing customer relationships and market position
- The backing and financial strength of a larger group
- Genuine autonomy and freedom to make an impact
- A positive, stable and people-focused culture
- Excellent long-term career potential
The role is national and geography is relatively flexible, although a central UK location would be advantageous. Regular travel throughout the UK will be required.
To apply, please submit your CV and a brief covering note to ethan@wilsonbrook.com
Lead Consultant Matthew Lambert
Initial discussions will be handled in the strictest confidence.
Confidential Senior Commercial Leadership Opportunity
Confidential Senior Commercial Leadership Opportunity
Wilson Brook Consulting has been retained to identify an experienced senior commercial, category or procurement leader for a newly created appointment within a substantial organisation operating across the construction and built environment sector.
Reporting directly to the Managing Director, the successful candidate will lead an established team and take responsibility for strengthening the organisation’s approach to category management, supplier strategy and commercial negotiation.
Key priorities will include:
- Developing and implementing a clear category and supplier strategy.
- Leading major commercial negotiations.
- Improving terms, value, service and supplier performance.
- Developing the capability of the existing team.
- Introducing greater structure, insight and commercial discipline.
- Contributing to the organisation’s wider strategic direction.
The strongest candidates are likely to have held a senior buying, category, procurement or commercial leadership role within building materials, distribution, trade retail, or a relevant B2B environment.
They will bring a strong track record of negotiation, supplier management, team leadership and measurable commercial improvement, together with the credibility to influence senior stakeholders and lead change effectively.
This is a rare opportunity to shape a strategically important function and become a highly influential member of the organisation’s leadership team, with scope for the role to broaden over time.
This is a hybrid role with regular travel to suppliers, industry events, conferences and occasional presence in a central office. We’re open to where potential candidates live within the UK.
The search is being conducted on a strictly confidential basis. Further information will be provided following an initial discussion and completion of the appropriate confidentiality process.
Applications via CV@wilsonbrook.com
Lead Consultant Jonny Pegler
Managing Director — Southern-Based Construction Materials
Confidential Executive Opportunity
Managing Director — Southern-Based Construction Materials
Southern England
We are working on a strictly confidential Managing Director appointment for a long-established, privately owned building materials group with a Southern-based UK platform.
The business operates in practical, site-led construction materials markets, supplying trade, contractor and project customers where reliability, service, logistics, technical consistency and strong relationships are central to performance. It is not a distressed situation; the opportunity is about planned succession, professionalisation and the next phase of operational and commercial development.
The group has real assets, established customer relationships, experienced people and a supportive long-term ownership structure. The UK operation includes complementary materials activities with different operating rhythms, giving the incoming MD the opportunity to bring clearer leadership, stronger management cadence and a more joined-up commercial approach without losing the local, service-led character of the businesses.
This is a confidential leadership opportunity suited to a commercially sharp, people-led operator who combines full P&L ownership, customer credibility and operational grip. The successful candidate will lead through a structured handover, protect continuity, strengthen profitability, improve customer service and continue the cultural and process improvements already underway.
The role would suit an existing Managing Director, General Manager, Regional Director, Business Unit Director, Commercial Director with broader leadership exposure, COO or senior number two from construction materials, aggregates, concrete, mortar, cementitious products, quarrying, heavyside manufacturing, building products, merchanting or an adjacent asset-heavy B2B environment.
The ideal candidate will bring strong commercial judgement, confidence around pricing and margin, experience managing important customer relationships, and enough operational credibility to engage with plant, fleet, logistics, production, compliance and site-based teams. Experience in a privately owned, family-owned or owner-managed business would be advantageous, although candidates from larger groups will be considered where they have proven they can operate without excessive corporate infrastructure.
This is not a corporate maintenance role. It requires visibility, pace, emotional intelligence and the appetite to be close to customers, people, numbers and execution. For the right person, it offers genuine autonomy, direct ownership access, meaningful accountability and the chance to shape the next chapter of a substantial Southern-based materials platform.
All conversations will be handled in strict confidence. The company identity and detailed brief will only be disclosed after appropriate qualification and confidentiality controls.
Email your CV (in confidence) to CV@wilsonbrook.com
This assignment is being managed by Matthew Lambert & Neil Holloway
Product Innovation Director- Stackright & Newspace
Excellent Opportunity to join UK’s largest independent manufacturers of modular buildings!
Product Innovation Director
Stackright & Newspace | Flexible UK Location
Wilson Brook is exclusively retained by Stackright and Newspace to appoint a Product Innovation Director into a newly created senior leadership role.
Following the integration of the two businesses, Stackright and Newspace now form one of the UK’s largest independent manufacturers of modular buildings, portable accommodation and specialist site solutions.
The business is entering its next phase of growth and is looking for an entrepreneurial innovation leader to shape the future product portfolio.
Reporting directly to the Group Managing Director, you will create and lead a structured innovation roadmap, identifying emerging market opportunities and taking technically led products from concept through development, testing and commercial launch.
Potential areas of innovation include:
- Renewable-powered modular accommodation
- Battery storage and solar PV integration
- Off-grid power and site infrastructure
- Smart and connected modular assets
- Premium workforce and sleeper accommodation
- Low-carbon construction solutions
This is not a conventional engineering management role. It is a genuine blank-sheet opportunity to build a new innovation capability, influence investment decisions and work across commercial, engineering, manufacturing and operational teams.
We are interested in candidates from modular construction, advanced manufacturing, renewable energy, battery storage, power infrastructure, clean technology, construction technology or related product-led sectors.
You will need a strong track record of commercialising technically complex products, combined with the judgement to distinguish genuinely valuable innovation from ideas that are interesting but impractical.
The successful candidate will be commercially sharp, technically credible, practical and influential. You must be comfortable working in a fast-moving manufacturing environment and capable of turning customer problems and emerging technologies into scalable, profitable products.
The role offers a flexible UK base, with regular travel to the company’s manufacturing facilities in Skelmersdale and Lydney, as well as customer, supplier and technology partner locations.
This is a rare opportunity to create something from the ground up, work directly with an ambitious leadership team and help redefine how modular accommodation and temporary site infrastructure are designed, powered and deployed.
To apply please send your CV to CV@wilsonbrook.com
Lead Consultant: Jonny Pegler
Head of Engineering UK – Schöck Ltd
Head of Engineering UK – Schöck Ltd
Bicester, Oxfordshire
Wilson Brook is delighted to be supporting Schöck Ltd with the appointment of a Head of Engineering UK.
Schöck is a privately owned, international construction products business with a strong reputation for technical excellence, innovation and high-quality engineered solutions. The UK business is best known for its market-leading position in specialist structural thermal break and punching shear re-enforcement solutions, through its long-standing relationships with engineers, architects, contractors and developers.
This is a senior UK leadership appointment with real influence.
Reporting to the Managing Director, the successful candidate will lead the UK application engineering function, bringing structure, pace, accountability and clear operational discipline to a technically capable team.
The business is not looking for a purely hands-on technical specialist. This is first and foremost a leadership and technical operations role. The priority is to appoint someone who can manage people, coordinate workload, improve project ownership, develop the team and ensure that technical service is delivered accurately, commercially and on time.
The successful candidate will inherit a knowledgeable engineering team and will be supported by strong technical expertise within the business. The opportunity is to build on that platform by creating a more proactive, customer-focused and commercially aware engineering function.
Key areas of responsibility will include:
- Leading, mentoring and developing the UK application engineering team
- Managing workload, priorities, lead-times, quality, accurate and technical service levels
- Improving project ownership and communication across the team
- Supporting sales and specification colleagues with complex technical enquiries
- Ensuring compliant, efficient and commercially sensible technical solutions
- Building a more structured, accountable and proactive working culture
- Regulatory reporting on the performance of the department
- Acting as a senior manager within the UK business
We are particularly interested in candidates from construction products, structural building systems, façades, balconies, fixings, structural connections, precast, steelwork, specialist contractors, building envelope or adjacent technical construction environments.
You may currently be operating as an Engineering Manager, Design Manager, Technical Manager, Applications Engineering Manager, Drawing Office Manager, Technical Operations Manager or similar.
The ideal candidate will bring:
- Experience leading an engineering, design, application engineering or technical office team
- Strong people management and workload coordination capability
- Good understanding of construction, structural drawings and technical building products
- Commercial awareness and the ability to support customer-facing technical decisions
- Gravitas, communication skills and the confidence to lead experienced people
- A practical, structured and improvement-focused management style
This is an office-visible leadership role. Candidates must live within a reasonable commuting distance of Bicester and be prepared to spend at least four days per week in the office, leading the team, supporting day-to-day communication and collaborating closely with senior colleagues. This is not a work-from-home role or a long-term live-away opportunity. We are, however, open to candidates who are genuinely willing and able to relocate at their own cost.
This is a strong opportunity for someone who wants to move beyond technical delivery and play a broader leadership role in a respected international business. Schöck offers the stability of a well-established group, the visibility of a focused UK business and the chance to make a meaningful impact on how the engineering function operates.
There is also scope for career progression in the medium term as the group widens its commercial activities and routes to market.
To explore the opportunity in confidence, please email your CV to CV@wilsonbrook.com
Lead Consultant: Jonny Pegler
Head of Sales | Plant & Equipment Hire | Northern England
Excellent Opportunity to join well-established construction equipment hire and sales business!
Head of Sales | Plant & Equipment Hire | Northern England
A senior hire sales leadership role with a long-established, group-backed business entering its next phase of profitable growth .
The opportunity
Our client is a well-established construction equipment hire and sales business with a strong Northern brand, loyal customer base and the backing of privately owned group. The business is now appointing a Head of Sales to lead its hire revenue function and create a sharper, more structured commercial platform.
This is a visible, hands-on leadership role. The successful candidate will be expected to lead the sales team, get close to major customers, influence hire desk sales activity and build a more proactive, accountable and commercially disciplined sales culture across a multi-site depot network.
What you will be doing
• Develop and deliver a practical hire sales strategy focused on profitable growth.
• Lead, coach and develop the external and internal sales team.
• Influence hire desk sales activity across the depot network.
• Build senior relationships with top customers and grow wallet share.
• Improve KPIs, pipeline discipline, rate control, segmentation and sales rhythm.
• Identify longer-term hire opportunities and attractive new customer sectors.
What we are looking for
• A proven sales leader from plant hire, equipment hire, construction rental or a closely related B2B sector.
• Credible customer-facing operator who can lead from the front.
• Track record of leading salespeople, not just personal new business.
• Commercial understanding of margin, utilisation, rates, hire duration and profitable growth.
• Strong communicator who can bring people through change and set standards.
• Practical, visible and autonomous: structured, but not overly corporate.
Why this should be interesting
• The business has been established for over 50 years and remains one of the best-known plant & equipment hire names in the North of England.
• The role has direct access to the MD, real autonomy and senior leadership visibility.
• There is a genuine opportunity to professionalise the hire sales function rather than simply inherit a finished machine.
• Clear growth levers include key accounts, sales rhythm, wallet share, hire duration, rate discipline, customer segmentation and new target sectors.
• A group-backed platform with appetite to invest, but without the feel of a slow or heavily corporate environment.
Confidentiality and next steps
This search is being managed confidentially. At this stage, the company name, exact location and package details are being withheld. Further information will be shared with suitable candidates following an initial confidential discussion and, where appropriate, under NDA.
This assignment is being led by Imogen Pearson.
To apply please send your CV to CV@wilsonbrook.com All applications will receive a response, but only suitable candidates will be spoken to.
Head of Sales – UK V33 Group UK | V33 & Libéron
An Excellent Opportunity to join UK subsidiary of a group operating within premium interior products
Head of Sales – UK V33 Group UK | V33 & Libéron
Wilson Brook is partnering with V33 Group UK to recruit a Head of Sales to lead the next stage of growth across its V33 and Libéron brands.
V33 Group is a successful French family-owned manufacturer of decorative coatings, woodcare and surface renovation products, with established operations across Europe and products sold in more than 30 countries. The UK business combines strong retail relationships, growing e-commerce performance and significant untapped potential within the professional trade market.
The Opportunity
Reporting to the UK Managing Director, you will take ownership of the UK sales strategy across retail, trade and e-commerce.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Leading and developing the UK sales team
- Managing national and key account relationships
- Driving new distribution across DIY retail, builders’ merchants and decorator centres
- Growing revenue and margin across multiple channels
- Leading commercial negotiations, forecasting and performance management
- Playing a key role within the UK leadership team
The business has ambitious plans to significantly increase UK turnover, with growth expected through retail expansion, e-commerce and the development of the Libéron trade proposition.
About You
You will be an experienced sales leader with a strong record of delivering growth and managing both internal and external sales teams.
Relevant backgrounds may include:
- Decorative paints and woodcare
- Surface preparation
- Decorating tools and sundries
- Flooring, tiling and adhesives
- Interior finishing products
- Sealants and construction chemicals
- Other building materials & DIY Products
You will bring strong national account experience, exposure to both retail and trade channels, commercial credibility and a hands-on leadership style.
Why Join?
- Respected premium brands with strong heritage
- Significant UK growth potential
- Genuine influence over commercial strategy
- International backing with UK autonomy
- Long-term progression opportunity
Location is flexible within England, with national customer travel and occasional visits to the UK head office in New Romney, Kent.
This assignment is being led by Imogen Pearson .
To apply please send your CV to cv@wilsonbrook.com All applications will receive a response, but only suitable candidates will be spoken to.
