Area Manager
Auckland
Lead People. Drive Performance. Shape the Future.
At Kennards Hire, we're proud to be family-owned, values-led, and focused on helping our people and customers succeed. We're looking for an experienced and inspiring leader to join our NZ team as Area Manager - Auckland including specialist branches.
Reporting to the General Manager, you'll lead a group of Branch Managers and their teams across the Auckland region and specialist areas, creating an environment where people thrive, customers receive exceptional service, and branches consistently deliver outstanding results.
You'll be responsible for leading the operational, financial and people performance across your region. This is a role for a leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment, builds high-performing teams, coaches others to succeed, and creates exceptional customer experiences while delivering strong commercial outcomes.
What You’ll Do
- Lead, coach and mentor Branch Managers to build safe, high-performing and engaged teams.
- Drive revenue growth and support branches to achieve their financial and operational targets.
- Analyse business performance to identify opportunities and improve results.
- Visit branches regularly, conduct safety observations, and ensure Quality Operations Management (QOM) standards are consistently achieved.
- Optimise people, fleet and operating costs to maximise efficiency and profitability.
- Champion innovation and continuous improvement through the Reaching Best program.
- Partner with the Operations Manager to deliver strategic initiatives and regional business plans.
- Build strong relationships with customers and stakeholders across the business.
What You'll Bring
- A values-led leader with a proven ability to deliver outstanding safety, customer, financial and people outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience leading multiple branches, sites or business units.
- Exceptional coaching and leadership skills with a passion for developing others.
- Strong commercial acumen, including experience managing P&L performance.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- A customer-first mindset with a passion for service excellence.
- Experience leading change and driving continuous improvement.
- Outstanding communication and influencing skills with the ability to build trusted relationships.
Why Kennards Hire?
Family-owned since 1948, Kennards Hire is the largest family-owned equipment hire company in Australia and New Zealand, with 2,000+ team members across 200+ locations.
Our goal is simple: to be the best hire company in the world by backing our people and making our customers’ jobs easy.
When you join Kennards, you’re part of a team that genuinely supports each other. We recognise contribution with benefits that matter:
- Profit share bonuses
- Discounted equipment hire for personal projects
- Paid parental leave for primary and secondary carers
- Leave conversion options for better work–life balance
- Salary continuance insurance & additional 1% superannuation after 5 years
- Salary sacrifice options
- WHEREFIT health, fitness and lifestyle discounts