Area Manager

Opportunity: Area Manager – East

Contract: Permanent

Location: Belfast with travel required across NI.

Salary: Competitive + Management Bonus + Company Vehicle

Balloo Hire Centres is a leading provider of tool, plant and welfare equipment for businesses and DIY needs in Northern Ireland. Balloo Hire Centres is part of The Briggs Equipment Group and therefore can offer a local solution with corporate level support.

We have a new opportunity for a dynamic and ambitious Area Manager to lead our successful teams covering our deports in the East of Northern Ireland (Ballyclare, Nutts Corner and Bangor).

In this role, you will:

• Oversee daily operations at assigned Depots, ensuring efficient preparation of sales and hire orders and effective management of workshop service work.
• Manage rental and transport activities, coordinating closely with sales and service teams to meet customer expectations.
• Support the Head of Operations in delivering the business growth strategy across STH, sales, and transport.
• Develop and train workshop and admin staff to ensure competency and support progression.
• Improve customer contact and delivery logistics processes for both new and existing customers.
• Use our business IT system (InspHire) to identify efficiency opportunities and assist in setting departmental budgets and targets.
• Support recruitment and team structuring to strengthen workshop capability and enable future growth.
• Build strong relationships with key customers, resolving rental and workshop issues and adjusting operations to drive improvement.
• Promote and implement Group-wide best practices, with a strong focus on SHEQ standards.

What will help you to excel in this role:

• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to motivate, guide, and develop multi-disciplinary teams.
• Extensive experience managing people at a departmental level, including performance management, training and team development.
• Solid understanding of plant hire operations, including proficiency with hire‑industry IT systems and the ability to analyse operational reports, budgets, and departmental performance targets.

What you can expect from us:

• Competitive base salary
• Bonus
• Company vehicle
• Future development and career opportunities
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contributions up to 6%
• Paycare and eyecare health scheme
• High street voucher scheme

If you require any reasonable adjustments to assist you in the interview process, then please contact a member of the Recruitment Team, and inform them prior to attending so we can ensure these are met.

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