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Area Manager - London

Employer
GVC Group PLC
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
28 Apr 2019

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Sector
Senior Management
Hours
Full Time
Flexibility
Set hours
Contract Type
Permanent

Job Details

Role Purpose:

At Ladbrokes Coral, we offer thousands of customers the thrill of a bet every single day, both in shops and online.

The industry is facing some unprecedented challenges and our Area Managers are at the front line of what’s to come but we believe this presents us with a huge opportunity to do things differently.

To make sure our betting shops are the most exciting on the high street, providing the best products and highest quality customer service in the industry, we need great operators and courageous leaders across our 8 individually operated Regions that make up our UK shop estate.

Our Area Managers are an integral part of the Regional Operations team, working closely with the Regional Director, Regional Operations Managers and other key stakeholders to fully support and deliver the Retail Plan.  Each Area Manager has P&L responsibility for c30 (TBC) dual branded shops.

Leading by example, you will be highly visible and provide effective leadership across your area. In your role you will;

  • Be responsible for the rigorous delivery of the Regional plan and tackle issues specific to your area in the most effective way.
  • Regularly monitor KPIs and data to ensure continuous improvement of shop performance.
  • Diligently manage all cost lines within the budget, ensuring all profit protection processes are implemented effectively.
  • Understand and implement what is required to deliver the ROI from all CAPEX spend.
  • Have an excellent knowledge of the market place in which you operate and a curiosity about competitor activity and what is happening across the industry as a whole.
  • Create a high performing team across all of your shops by ensuring people management activities such as recruitment, on-boarding, training & development and performance management, are delivered and managed consistently and to a high standard.
  • Take ownership for the operational delivery of your area people plan, focussing on engaging and developing colleagues and creating a robust succession plan.
  • Provide in the moment feedback to colleagues, creating a high support, high challenge culture.
  • Pro-actively address any issues that arise head on and be prepared to have difficult conversations as often as the need arises, with impact.
  • Ensure all colleagues receive timely, relevant, meaningful communication.
  • Carry out regular briefings with your management team.
  • Actively participate in regional team meetings.
  • Ensure all activity within the area complies with the requirements of the Gambling Commission, the Company’s licence and Health & Safety, in order to minimise risk and protect our customers, colleagues and the reputation of the business.

Previous experience

 

  • Experience of working in a tough multi-site environment (betting/leisure/retail/hospitality preferred) within a Middle Management capacity
  • Experienced manager who has previously managed and led high-performing teams with a strong track record of improving colleague engagement
  • Previous experience of P&L ownership

 

Skills/attributes:

 

  • Strong implementer who can take appropriate action from a set of agreed plans, data, processes
  • Driven and enthusiastic with an ability to inspire and motivate others
  • A “can do”, solution focused outlook 
  • A “plan, do, review” approach to work in order to deliver continuous improvement
  • Resilient – this is a fast paced, pressurised environment going through extensive change
  • Able to prioritise a large and varied work load effectively for optimum business impact
  • Able to build strong, effective working relationships and be an active team member
  • Authentic, clear communicator with the ability to deliver simple, impactful communications and importantly, not afraid to face in to tough conversations and own the message

 

Company

We’re one of the world’s largest sports betting and gaming groups; part of the FTSE 100 and with more than 25,000 people working for us across the globe.

Via our unique proprietary technology platform, we offer sports betting, casino, poker and bingo, and operate some of the industry’s most popular online brands including Ladbrokes, Coral Gala, bwin, Sportingbet, partypoker, partycasino and Foxy Bingo.Starting from small beginnings, we’ve grown at a rapid pace and have big ambitions for our future.

We believe our exceptionally talented people are behind our success story.

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