Regional Manager

Locations:?Central Region

Reports to:?Head of Business 

Hydraquip is entering an exciting phase of growth, and we’re looking for a dynamic?Regional Manager?to lead our operations and sales team across our central branches. This is a key leadership role responsible for driving sales performance, developing high-performing teams, and delivering exceptional customer experiences across your region.

About the Role 

As Regional Manager, you will be accountable for driving profitable sales growth and market expansion across your region, while leading and developing both sales and operational teams to deliver an exceptional customer experience.

You will own the development and execution of regional sales and account strategies, growing existing and new customer relationships to achieve stretching revenue, gross margin, and market share targets. A core focus of the role is building a high?performing sales culture — developing capability, driving activity and pipeline discipline, and maintaining strong commercial focus with customers.

Alongside this, you will have responsibility for the operational performance of the region, ensuring that engineering and branch operations effectively support sales commitments. By leading and developing your operational teams, you will ensure safe, efficient, and reliable service delivery, strong customer satisfaction, and sustainable growth. You will create close alignment between sales and operations, fostering accountability, operational excellence, and a strong safety culture across all regional locations.

Key Responsibilities 

Sales Growth and Business Development (50%): 

Own and deliver the regional sales and operating plan, aligned to Hydraquip’s wider commercial strategy.

Drive sustainable revenue and gross profit growth through proactive customer engagement, structured account planning, and targeted business development activity.

Lead sales planning, forecasting, and performance analysis.

Strengthen customer relationships and identify new business opportunities.

Actively support the sales team in key customer meetings, negotiations, and complex opportunities.

Leadership and People Development (25%):

Lead, coach, and develop your team to achieve business objectives.

Foster a culture of empowerment, accountability, and high performance.

Collaborate with HR on resource planning, talent development, engagement, and retention.

Identify capability gaps and support targeted development, succession planning, and high?potential talent growth.

Support employee relations matters, as needed.

Commercial Operations (25%):

Maximise engineer utilisation and customer satisfaction.

Manage budgets, supplier relationships, and procurement compliance.

Track and deliver against financial targets and operational KPIs, using data to inform decisions and drive improvement.

Promote a strong safety and compliance culture across all locations.

What We’re Looking For 

Strong previous sales leadership and account management experience.

Strong commercial acumen and customer relationship skills.

Excellent communication, negotiation, and team development abilities.

Experience managing budgets and driving profitability.

Comfortable with change and risk management.

Experience in a similar or related industry preferred.

Full UK driving licence is required as the role will include extensive travel.

Graduate-level qualifications are desirable.

What You’ll Achieve 

Deliver year-on-year growth in revenue and market share.

Build a high performing, engaged team.

Strengthen customer loyalty and operational excellence.

Drive sales pipeline and profitability across your region