Business Unit Director

**The Role**

This is a fantastic opportunity to join as a Business Unit Director (Multi-Site Role) - East Midlands with Jewson where the purpose will be to be fully accountable for the P&L at Business Unit Level, managing all resource available to leverage a strong performancefor Jewson. To be accountable for the delivery of a differentiated customer value proposition, supported by your Sales Manager. Also developing a clear succession plan that will allow the Business Unit and Jewson to grow, giving both Customers and Colleagues(through career development) great experiences.
'Making the world a better home' - Saint-Gobain's purpose, we have a history spanning more than 350 years and have a responsibility to address the major challenges faced by humanity. We are on a journey to make the world a beautiful and sustainable place tolive and have pledged to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
As a Business Unit Director with Jewson you will be responsible for the following:

- Setting the Business Unit commercial, colleague and EHS (environment, health and safety) plans, ensuring that they are aligned to Regional and Jewson plans.
- Ensuring that a great Customer Experience and a Great Colleague Experience are at the heart of the Business Unit.
- Lead, support and coach your team (Sales Manager, Branch Managers, Business Unit admin) to deliver the Business Unit plans.
- Develop strong relationships with all key customers and suppliers, working closely with colleagues and Jewson Support functions to ensure customer and supplier relationships are effective at all levels across the business unit.
- Focus on Develop at 12 month sales plan in line with the 1-3-year plan that the Regional Director has set out.
- Lead, support and coach the Business Unit to maximise profitable sales, through focus on share of wallet / projects and growing live accounts.
- Ensure that people and succession plans are in place and actioned, to provide continuity of a great Customer and Colleague Experience.
- Recruitment of all critical vacancies across the business unit.
- Involvement in wider Jewson projects and activities.

**Requirements**:
**Am I who you are looking for?**

First and foremost, we always want to recruit talented people that align well with our values and way of working; we innovate, we collaborate, we're agile, we act with entrepreneurial spirit, and we're supportive of and close to our customers. Does thissound like you?

To be suitable for the **Business Unit Director**with**Jewson** you need to have:

- Experience as a Business Unit Director, preferably within a builder's merchant
- Proven experience of leading and coaching a team in a multi-site role.
- Proven experience of improving the Customer and Colleague Experience.
- Experience of building and delivering profitable business plan.
- P&L accountability.
- Management of trading accounts.
- Sector knowledge (desirable).
- Running governance and operational standards.
- Cross-functional working.
- Held Customer facing roles.

**About Us**

There are 32+ fascinating Saint-Gobain businesses that recruit talented people in the UK and Ireland. However, regardless of which business you join, you are assured to be welcomed into a professional and warm environment, where we value all of our employeesequally and have a strong focus on their health, safety and wellbeing at all times.

This vacancy is working for**Jewson**, which is part of Saint-Gobain, who is the world leader in the habitat and construction markets, with over 170,000 employees and operations in 67 countries worldwide. With such a significant presence weare proud to offer our employees a career without boundaries**Are You in?**

**What are the benefits?**

In addition to benefitting from a significant focus on your own personal development, you will also have access to:

- A competitive salary plus company car and bonus.
- Annual holiday entitlement (33 days).
- Opportunities for career progression and development.
- A defined contribution pension scheme.
- Great discounts across high street chains, online stores and holiday agents.
- Saint-Gobain Life Assurance Scheme.
- Access to a leading health and wellbeing portal.