Area Stores Manager

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive. 

Where will you be working?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards.  We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

This role will be within our Demand management and network infrastructure team.  We look after 60 million meters and our teams provide advanced metering solutions to help manage demand for essential suppliers. 

Want to be a part of it?

What will you be doing? 

We're looking for an experienced and driven Area Stores Manager to lead our stores operation across the Smart Metering Thames Water Contract, overseeing sites in Dartford, Stoke Newington/Kingston and Wantage.

This is a key leadership role responsible for delivering operational excellence, building high-performing teams, maintaining exceptional standards, and ensuring our stores support the wider business effectively. You will lead from the front, driving performance against key operational and commercial objectives while creating a positive and accountable working culture.

This opportunity is ideal for a resilient and commercially focused leader who brings energy, accountability and ambition to every aspect of the operation.

You'll have proven experience managing multiple stores, depots or operational sites, with a strong understanding of stock control, inventory management and maintaining high standards of housekeeping and operational efficiency. You'll be an inspiring leader who can motivate, develop and support teams across different locations, creating a positive, inclusive and high-performing culture where people feel empowered to succeed.

With excellent organisational and planning skills, we'll need you to be confident managing resources, staffing levels and operational priorities while ensuring safe, efficient and compliant store operations. You'll have a customer-focused approach and the ability to build strong working relationships with colleagues, operational teams and key stakeholders, delivering excellent service and resolving challenges effectively.

You'll bring experience of managing plant, equipment or operational assets, ensuring stock availability, servicing schedules and compliance requirements are met while maximising utilisation across the business. A commercially minded and analytical approach is essential, with the ability to use data, performance metrics and operational insight to identify opportunities, drive continuous improvement and enhance service delivery.

Most importantly, you'll be a proactive problem solver with strong communication and decision-making skills, capable of leading change, managing budgets and KPIs, and delivering operational, commercial and people performance across multiple sites.

What You'll Bring

• Do you have proven experience managing multi-site stores, logistics, warehouse or operational teams?
• Have you got strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire, coach and develop others?
• Do you have experience working within a fast-paced operational or commercial environment?
• Have you got excellent organisational and problem-solving abilities?
• Are you someone who has a proactive approach to driving standards, performance and continuous improvement?
• Do you have strong communication and stakeholder management skills?
• Have you got experience managing stock, inventory control and plant assets would be advantageous?
• Do you hold a valid UK driving licence?