Vice President of Operations - North

ARE YOU READY TO BUILD YOUR CAREER WITH A GLOBAL COMPANY?

Brandt is a world-leading equipment dealer, powered by iconic brands and unrivalled support. With dealerships across Canada, New Zealand and Australia, we are a global team with one shared purpose. It's our mission to enable our customers success by providing practical and reliable equipment solutions and support. Our customers count on Brandt to keep them moving forward, and we meet that challenge with remarkable customer service and the industry-leading brand John Deere. 

Brandt is currently seeking a Vice President of Operations – Upper North Island. This position will be based at one of our Waikato or Auckland locations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provision for overall management, business leadership, development and supervision for the branches within the assigned area of responsibility.
• The creation, execution and achievement of annual budgets for the branches within the assigned area of responsibility,
• Present to all stakeholders, including senior management as required (i.e., division meetings, ad hoc, etc.)
• Achieving asset management goals of turn and aging, and protecting company assets. Included but limited to new and used whole good inventory. At the same time, providing for the right mix of inventory to achieve sales and market share goals.
• Management and development of all employees in the Division to build a motivated and successful workforce focused on long-term success for the company, customers and employees.
• Establish targets for Managers and evaluate their performance using KPSs as provided by the company.
• Achieving Market Share goals as agreed for the long-term success of our manufacturer and the company.
• Providing feedback and input into future opportunities and competitive pressures.
• Managing division account receivables in conjunction with Credit.
• Ongoing presence at assigned branches is critical to providing leadership and supervision.
• Work with suppliers
• Coordinate and participate in events, including but not limited to customer fly-ins, open houses, recruitment events, etc.

Success in this role will look like:

• Good financial understanding along with cost management, business planning and goal setting with management.
• A professional and resourceful style; the ability to work independently and as a team player, to lead by example, take initiative, and manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
• Flexible and adaptable style; a leader who can positively impact strategic and tactical initiatives while bringing a strong problem-solving ability to the workplace.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with strong attention to detail and a consistent focus on developing and maintaining good customer relations.
• Travel required.

Required Experience:

• Previous sales and product support experience
• Minimum 10 years in the applicable equipment industry, accompanied by 5 years in management and/or business operations experience.
• A degree or diploma with a business focus is an asset, but not mandatory.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and incentive earning scheme.
• Great working environment.
• Advancement Opportunities within the Organisation.
• Ongoing Training & Development.

If this sounds like you, please apply today!

Please note that we have multiple roles across our branches – for a full list please check out our website: Brandt Careers | Jobs at Brandt