Specifications Manager – Flat Roofing – Central London (5414)

SRS Recruitment Solutions; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction supply company in Central London is seeking a Specification Manager to identify and engage with key construction projects to generate specifications for insulation products. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in sales to specifiers and a deep understanding of the construction industry, especially in medium to high rise buildings. This role comes with a competitive salary, generous holiday allowance, and excellent benefits including a pension scheme.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Pension contributing up to 7.5%

Cycle to Work scheme

Share Incentive Scheme

Qualifications

• Track record of selling to specifiers such as architects and engineers.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with clients.
• Understanding of fire, thermal, and acoustic insulation.

Responsibilities

• Identify construction projects for insulation product specifications.
• Engage with the specification community to raise awareness.
• Deliver CPD presentations and read construction drawings.

Skills

Selling to specifiers

Building relationships

Construction industry knowledge

Understanding complex specifications

Sales-driven experience

Self-motivated

Verbal and written communication

IT literate

Job description

Vacancy No 5414

Vacancy Title: Specifications Manager Central London.

Vacancy Description

Join the UK’s leading roofing merchant and bring your customer service skills to a role that makes a real impact.

Our client is proud to support roofers across the UK with quality products and reliable service. With over 100 branches nationwide – from Inverness to Plymouth – and more than 40 years of experience, they’ve built up a wealth of knowledge along the way. They’re here to share that know-how and do our bit to help the roofing industry thrive.

We are looking to recruit a Specification Manager to join our London office.

Role Overview

As a Specification Manager, you will be responsible for identifying construction projects that will be able to utilise our range of fire, thermal and acoustic insulation products. Your primary focus will be to generate specification for the company’s products and creating a project pipeline which will be supplied through installers sourcing through a distribution network.

What does the role involve?

As a Specification Manager, you will be the “demand generator” for the growth of the AIM business. The primary challenge will be to engage with the specification community to raise awareness of the business’s products and technical offering so that specifications can be generated. You will create opportunities for, and deliver, CPD presentations and have the ability to read construction drawings and details to identify which of our products provides the solution required. You will work closely with AIM Business Development Managers so that projects can be “handed over” for them to ensure that project specifications are both held and understood by the installer base. You will be working hand in hand with technical support and internal sales personnel to deliver the highest levels of customer support and service are achieved.

What you’ll bring:

• A track record of selling to specifiers such as architects, engineers and design teams within main contractors and the larger specialist installers.
• The ability to build and maintain strong relationships with specifiers, installers and colleagues.
• Construction industry knowledge, ideally within the build envelope of medium to high rise buildings and include fire, thermal and acoustic insulation.
• An aptitude for understanding complex specification and technical details associated with the design of the building envelope.
• Proven experience in sales-driven roles dependent on the specifier to installer to distribution relationship
• Self-motivated, with a continuous improvement mindset.
• A great communicator both verbally and in the written word.
• IT literate with extremely good attention to detail

What we offer:

• Competitive salary with annual pay award and staff recognition schemes
• 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays. Company closed during Christmas period
• A great pension, contributing up to 7.5% and up to 4x life insurance
• Money saving with retail discounts via colleague portal
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Share Incentive Scheme