Branch Manager - South Eastern Suburbs

Location: melbourne
Salary: Highly Attractive Remuneration Package + Incentive Plan
Job Type: permanent
Contact: Luke Gunn
About our Client
Our client is a leader in their field, providing significant industrial services in metro and regional locations Australia-wide. With a customer base that ranges from major national accounts (Government, Mining/Resources, Retail, Transport & Logistics) through to state and localised accounts (Education, Councils, Healthcare, Agriculture, Manufacturing) there is significant variety in the day to day, coupled with opportunity for greater growth and expansion. Sustainability and “creating a better future” for their customers, their employees and their communities is core to our client’s mission and drives the businesses continued evolution of its technologies, business practices and service offerings.
With recent changes to their Executive Leadership Team, this business is now on a journey of positive change with significant investment into their people and culture. It is therefore a fantastic time for a highly motivated and commercially astute individual to join their team in this critical leadership role.

About the Role
The Branch Manager is a high-profile leadership role wholly responsible for driving R&D, revenue growth, and safe transport and plant operations to deliver a high level of service to customers, protect the environment, and deliver an EBIT return to the business. The Branch Manager creates and fosters a team culture emphasising the utmost importance of safety and compliance in daily operations, in addition to high performance and a values-driven approach to work. Specific accountabilities include:
  • Leading a team of ~15 across laboratory, transport, plant operations, and business administration
  • Coordinating support from a broad network of functional partners such as sales, customer service, admin, OH&S, environmental protection, HR, IT, finance and engineering
  • Leading site and transport operations within an EPA licensed environment
  • Leading improvements in OH&S risk reduction
  • Maintaining EPA compliance and continue to improve environmental protection
The Branch Manager ensures that their business is appropriately resourced from a personnel and equipment perspective to meet targets relating to safety, service and cost, and meet evolving customer requirements. The Branch Manager has full P&L Responsibility for their business and is responsible for financial reporting, budget preparation and cost review and reduction initiatives.

The Successful Candidate
The successful candidate will be an experienced senior operations professional with a well rounded commercial accumen. Ideally from the industrial services, transport, or chemical industries, you will have demonstrated leadership skills and experience including humility, empowerment, and influence, and exceptional influencing and negotiating skills. Ideally tertiary qualified in chemistry (or related science), your customer-centric focus and the ability to energise and get the best out of your people will be the key to your success in this role.

What’s on Offer 
In addition to contributing to our client’s growth, sustainability, and people-first change agenda, you will be rewarded with:
  • A competitive salary package which includes an incentive plan
  • Access to a range of additional benefits (private health discounts, salary sacrificing opportunities, etc.)
  • Learning and development opportunities
  • Career development opportunities – national business with significant footprint (multiple locations and sites).
  • Being part of a future-focused organisation (sustainability at its core)
  • Contribute to the leadership change agenda; the ability to make a positive contribution and difference. 
For a confidential discussion or to apply, contact Luke Gunn on 0401 023 349 or APPLY HERE.

Please note Six Degrees Executive has been retained on this position. Any direct or third-party applications to our client will be forwarded to Six Degrees Executive for consideration.
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