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That got your attention, didn't it?

And its a genuine offer too.

Your favourite sponsor is looking to open 18 to 20 branches in the next 3 years, mostly in the Northern home counties - so Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. Any town in one of those counties with a minimum urban population of 60,000 and serving outlying areas containing another 40,000 will do, but we wont consider anything under 100,000 total population within 10min drive time. The tricky part is finding branch managers, and thats where this offer comes in.

I need people with:


  • A good knowledge of plumbing and heating materials
  • Experience as a merchant - not necessarily as a manager, perhaps a number 2 looking to run his own show?
  • Great customer service skills
  • Ability to work on own initiative
  • A nice person

If any forum member introduces me to someone who we employ, at the end of the 3rd month that they work for us, I will treat that member to £500 worth of the power tools of their choice. Totally gratis. I'd sooner you guys had that, than I pay some chair-warmer at an agency.

All you need to do is sound out your contact, and then PM me a name, a few bullet points about the individual, and a phone number. It would help if you spoke to your recommendee first, to ensure that they would be happy to take my call. :) But bear in mind that they are likely to be running the Williams & Co in your town, so no rubbish please! :)

Cheers

Ray
 
I know someone who would be perfect and brings a lot of loyal trade with him problem is you already have a branch here so no tools for bob. Happy hunting though.
 
How hard can it be? Computer says no, computer says no, computer says no....

in all honesty I'd swap jobs tomorrow!
 
Clearly geography isn't a requirement

Northern home counties - so Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.

theyve never seen North
 
It is about time I win something. In that regard, I nominate Ermitrude
I do not live down there but I will take the tools up here.
 
Ray my old fruit, have you got something against Middle England and the North?
 
Leo21 said:
Ray my old fruit, have you got something against Middle England and the North?
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Just practicalities Leo. Operationally, its easier to keep the overall footprint reasonably tight.
 
croppie said:
Someone nearly gets blown up every day. You get used to it.
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Not sure that's something I could get used to checking over the vehicle everyday. Maybe I could send the wife out to start it up she's always saying shed like to give driving the van a go
 
Leo21 said:
The plan for world dominations on the back burner then.
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Suppose it also makes the transition from independent to national. Must admit you do get used to having a good branch locally then when you work away you constantly wish there was a Williams near by.
 
Ray Stafford said:
That got your attention, didn't it?

And its a genuine offer too.

Your favourite sponsor is looking to open 18 to 20 branches in the next 3 years, mostly in the Northern home counties - so Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. Any town in one of those counties with a minimum urban population of 60,000 and serving outlying areas containing another 40,000 will do, but we wont consider anything under 100,000 total population within 10min drive time. The tricky part is finding branch managers, and thats where this offer comes in.

I need people with:


  • A good knowledge of plumbing and heating materials
  • Experience as a merchant - not necessarily as a manager, perhaps a number 2 looking to run his own show?
  • Great customer service skills
  • Ability to work on own initiative
  • A nice person

If any forum member introduces me to someone who we employ, at the end of the 3rd month that they work for us, I will treat that member to £500 worth of the power tools of their choice. Totally gratis. I'd sooner you guys had that, than I pay some chair-warmer at an agency.

All you need to do is sound out your contact, and then PM me a name, a few bullet points about the individual, and a phone number. It would help if you spoke to your recommendee first, to ensure that they would be happy to take my call. :) But bear in mind that they are likely to be running the Williams & Co in your town, so no rubbish please! :)

Cheers

Ray
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How about aylesbury?
town population 56,000
urban population of 140,000
Man I have in mind is screwfix supervisor, but for £500 free tools, I can find someone!!
 
I think your being too picky, you can charge a bit more for less folk in the SW, starting to sound more like Tescos now Ray
 
£500 retail or wholesale? either way it sounds a lot less than a recruitment agency would charge you ray
 
I ran a Lidl's in Shirley (S'hampton )Ray, pop one in Barnstaple and I'll get it going for you, if I can survive the bum hole of that part of the world and run the 2nd most productive store in the country at the time, a well organised company like yours will be a doddle. :) Only quit when I got run off the M27 at the A3 north junction at Pompey one late night after work, made me realise retail pay isnt worth the risk :)
 
gas man said:
i nominate croppie....................if he can see over the counter
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Just what the world needs white boxes on the wall with riello rs180 strapped to the front of it because croppie is commercial
 
Well ive no chance but i hope some of you guys get some new tools,,

I take it its £500 per person per sound recommendation ,,,, well guys a few recommendations will biuld a nice tool collection lol

This one looks like a parkside lol
 
My home town, Bishops Stortford, is apparently one of the fastest growing towns in the UK. Its in Hertfordshire. Unfortunately I moved away from there before i got in the trade so don't have any contacts up there. I think the town would be worth you looking at though Ray. Its bang in between north london and cambridge, next to stansted airport and close to several other medium sized towns.
 
jase158 said:
How about aylesbury?
town population 56,000
urban population of 140,000
Man I have in mind is screwfix supervisor, but for £500 free tools, I can find someone!!
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Aylesbury might be possible. The immediate population is at the low end, but the vale of Aylesbury is well over the 100k mark.

Nothing wrong with being a screwfix supervisor - one of our highest performing branch managers worked at Screwfix before coming to us. The only thing I would say is that if they aren't dedicated to customer service, then don't bother. Its the only thing that we can't either teach, or provide centrally.

So find me someone Jase, and we will be there by Easter 2015...
 
stevetheplumber said:
£500 retail or wholesale? either way it sounds a lot less than a recruitment agency would charge you ray
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Actual sharp end price - you find a tool that you can buy for £500 and I'll foot the bill. And of course its less than a recruitment agency would charge - they typically charge 15% of annual salary. But a) they have overheads that you don't and b) I dont use them anyway!
 
I could get you someone in Plymouth tomorrow.

Fairly central to the whole of the South west. You could have a micro site to start and a distribution hub to feed all of the webbed feet crowd?

But im guessing you've done your homework on delivery data from the Internet site and your key areas of business are more North than west?
 
Nostrum said:
I could get you someone in Plymouth tomorrow.

your key areas of business are more North than west?
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Its just operationally easier to keep the branches relatively close together - they can give mutual support when staff are sick or on holiday, swap stock around, cover deliveries etc. Internal support staff (like HR, IT, Marketing) etc can get to any branch quickly, and on routine matters can cover 6 to 8 branches per day. If we spread them apart we lose those synergies and increase costs with no advantage.
 
Why don't you come to Ripon , north yorks.

it has 16,000 population and I think it's short on suppliers
wolseley (plumb Center )head office.
plumb Center branch
large jewsons
large MKM.
large travis Perkins .
screwfix
ripon builders supplies
north yorkshire timber
ripon timber supplies
PTS

and a partridge in a pear tree. Set up there Ray, you could dilute the market even more.
 
Ray I'm telling ya mate St Albans is the place for you, I know of only 1 independent there and it's pony
 
PlumbersMate said:
Ray I'm telling ya mate St Albans is the place for you, I know of only 1 independent there and it's pony
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Yep, St Albans would fit the profile perfectly. So if you can introduce me to a potential branch manager, £500 worth will be yours...
 
Ray come to Canterbury! Crying out for a decent supplier and I know some one who would be ideal to run it and could bring a lot of business with him.

population 150,000 according to Wiki
 
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iain85 said:
Ray come to Canterbury! Crying out for a decent supplier and I know some one who would be ideal to run it and could bring a lot of business with him.

population 150,000 according to Wiki
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Hi Iain.

Canterbury would be of interest to us. Talk to your contact...
 
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