• Christchurch base
• Long term career opportunities
• Opportunity to make your mark

About Us

Bapcor Limited is Asia Pacific's leading provider of vehicle parts, accessories, equipment, service, and solutions. Our New Zealand businesses operate across Trade, Service and Specialist Wholesale and include BNT, Autolign, Truck and Trailer Parts, Precision Equipment, HCB Technologies, JAS Oceania NZ, and Diesel Distributors.

As part of Bapcor's ongoing investment in our leadership capability, and support for the branch network, due to an internal promotion, we are seeking a Regional Operations Support Manager for our BNT Southern Region, based in Christchurch.

About the opportunity:

Reporting to the BNT Regional Sales & Operations Manager, the primary purpose is bringing the company vision to life at Branch level along with: :

• Developing and embedding Health and Safety
• Operational and process excellence within each respective regional branch network.
• Providing support to branch operations and the people that work in the front end of the business.
• Evaluating current operational strategies and recommend improvements.
• Supporting and enabling the team in operational excellence and excellent customer services.

Whilst the focus is on quality operational delivery, the role will also encompass managing business risk and controls including, but not limited to, inventory accuracy, supplier procurement processes etc. Other key functions of the role are supporting day to day functions, recruitment, manning decisions and to be the acting Regional Sales & Operations Manager when he/she is absent.

What you bring: You have experience in B2B/B2C sales-operations, ideally with an understanding of automotive industry practices. A track record in sales team leadership, you demonstrate sound commercial acumen and driving operational capability. Your leadership style is direct yet tactful. You are adept at influencing, even from a distance. Naturally inquisitive, you're engaging in approach, applying critical reasoning where appropriate. You are not averse to putting your boots on and getting your hands dirty.

Along with:

• 5 years' experience in line management in moderately complex sales/distribution or warehousing environment.
• Experience in coaching teams on best practices, company policies and service and delivery excellence standards.
• Experience in determining staffing requirements, recruitment & selection, onboarding & training, performance evaluation, promotion, and termination activities.
• Formal or experiential knowledge of process review and best practices
• Advanced understanding of citadel sales, reporting, operational systems and processes.
• Analytical skills to gain insights for improvement.
• Interpreting technical and financial information
• Basic audit principles including operational understanding of Business Sales Analysis tools

What you can expect:This key role supports our commercial strategies into results and is a great career development into senior regional leadership. There's variety on offer and an excellent opportunity to lead the development of an engaged, productive, profitable and achievement oriented working environment for Bapcor's employees. A remuneration package, in line with the importance of the role will be offered to the successful candidate. Additional benefits include full use of a company vehicle, tools of trade applicable to the role and, should the successful applicant come from outside of the region, relocation assistance will be discussed.

Applications will close Friday 4 March 2022.