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Salary: Competitive Salary + Bonus + Company Car / Allowance Managing Director – London – C.P. Hart So, who are we? We are CP Hart, a part of the Wolseley Group -a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves on putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do – and best of all, provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award-winning Wolseley Talent Guild. Also, did we mention? In addition to the competitive salary, there are also benefits on tap – including annual leave (increasing with length of service), a generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%), potential to earn bonuses, and access to a great range of online and high street discounts. We also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme and more! We have an exciting opportunity for a Managing Director to lead C.P. Hart, a specialist business within the Wolseley Group. In this role, you will oversee 15 sites, lead a team of 200 colleagues, and drive a £50 million turnover business. As Managing Director of CP Hart, based in Waterloo, London, you’ll be responsible for: Driving profitable growth across all channels - expanding the showroom network nationwide, accelerating contract division performance, scaling digital capability, and identifying bolt‑on acquisition opportunities. Setting and delivering the strategic plan to increase market share of the UK premium bathroom market within five years, ensuring robust P&L ownership, margin improvement, and disciplined cost and stock management. Enhancing the customer proposition by elevating service standards, strengthening product range and exclusivity mix, and ensuring a seamless experience across showrooms, digital, and contract channels. Leading, developing, and inspiring the C.P. Hart team, building a high‑performance culture with strong succession, engaged colleagues, and effective cross‑functional collaboration across the Wolseley Group. Ensuring operational excellence and governance, maintaining a safe working environment, embedding strong financial controls, and using data, insight, and innovation to drive continuous improvement and outperform KPIs. And here’s what we’d like you to have: Proven success as a Managing Director or senior leader with P&L responsibility in the construction, high-end retail, and related industries. Ability to develop and implement effective strategies in a commercial setting, with a strong focus on profitable growth in a premium business. Successful experience managing a multi-channel business, including digital platforms, ideally within a larger group structure. Exceptional people management skills, with a track record of inspiring and developing high-performing cross-functional teams and fostering a customer-centric culture. We look forward to receiving your application! #ACMM100 Wolseley UK is the country’s largest plumbing, heating and cooling trade specialist merchant and we aim to be the first choice specialist merchant for trade customers. We supply 180,000 different products to over 100,000 customers every year. Join us and you’ll be part of a team that gets the right products to customers at the right price, in the right place, and at the right time. You’ll also enjoy extensive training and an award-winning pension and great rewards package. And, as part of the world’s largest specialist distributer of plumbing and heating products, you’ll have access to a wide variety of career opportunities.