Technical Manager – Grass Protection Department

Geosynthetics Limited; Hinckley; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Structured Company Bonus up to 10%

Flexible shift options

Work from Home

Job summary

Geosynthetics Limited is seeking a Technical Manager to drive the Grass Protection Department by building strong relationships with civil engineers, landscape architects, councils, and other specifiers across the UK.

You will lead the team, develop specifications, present to clients, and manage projects with the engineering support of the company. A willingness to travel and home-based flexibility are required, with three office days per week on the road.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Full UK driving licence required.
• Willing to travel throughout the UK with nights away.
• Computer literate with good IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Discover and establish new specifications and identify potential projects.
• Achieve personal and department targets.
• Development of our Grass Protection Team by discovering and establishing new specifications and identifying potential projects.
• Increase Company Brand awareness within Construction/Civil Engineering sectors.
• Promote Company products and services.
• Pre and post site advice, visits and assistance.
• Work effectively within the team to ensure market leading standards of customer care and satisfaction at all times.
• Provide technical assistance and recommendations utilising the engineering department where appropriate.
• Maintain and update CRM system.
• Assist with the implementation of department sales and marketing strategies.
• Develop new and existing targeted accounts.
• Maintain and increase the conversion rate of technical recommendations to orders.]

Skills

Strong communication

Presentation skills

Driving licence

Willing to travel UK

IT skills

Tools

CRM system

Job description

As a Technical Manager you will be an integral part of the future growth of the department. The focus for this role is to develop our Grass Protection Department by calling on and building strong relationships with all specifiers to generate specifications with the support of our engineering team, provide seminars and offer solutions to customer design requests and project management of new and existing projects.

Your key influencers will be civil engineers, landscape architects, Estate Managers and councils to name a few. You will work effectively within the team to achieve personal and department objectives in line with strategy and embrace the Company Vision, Goals, Values & Behaviours. To attend the office periodically, spending a minimum of 3 days per week on the road.

You will need to have good communication skills to enable you to build strong relationships with your customers. The successful candidate will need to have a hunger to achieve and good presentation skills.

If you are an organised individual with strong communication skills, comfortable at presenting as well as having some commercial awareness, then this role could be for you. We offer an excellent induction to support your development within technical sales.

Key responsibilities:

• Discover and establish new specifications and identify potential projects
• Achieve personal and department targets
• Development of our Grass Protection Team by discovering and establishing new specifications and identifying potential projects
• Increase Company Brand awareness within Construction/Civil Engineering sectors
• Promote Company products and services
• Pre and post site advice, visits and assistance
• Work effectively within the team to ensure market leading standards of customer care and satisfaction at all times.
• Provide technical assistance and recommendations utilising the engineering department where appropriate
• Maintain and update CRM system
• Assist with the implementation of department sales and marketing strategies
• Develop new and existing targeted accounts
• Maintain and increase the conversion rate of technical recommendations to orders

Requirements of the role

• Background/experience in paving and surfacing although this is not essential
• Proven experience in the construction industry (Desirable)
• Experience in gaining and defending specifications
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Full UK driving licence
• Willing to travel throughout the UK with nights away
• Actively demonstrate the ‘Values and Behaviours’ of the business
• Understand and work in line with the Geosynthetics Limited business plan
• Experience in customer relations
• Computer Literate with good IT skills
• Work from Home

Key Contacts

• All team members throughout the Hansam Group
• Civil Engineering Contractors, Councils and Agencies
• All customers either established or potential including Merchants, Contractors, Councils, Architects, Engineers

What we offer in return

• Office opening hours 8.15am – 4.30pm, standard working day is 7.5 hours (7 hours on a Friday), flexible shift options dependant on team cover – offering an excellent work/life balance
• Dress code smart/casual, dress down Friday
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays. 4 or 5 days kept for Christmas shutdown.
• Structured Company Bonus, we can earn up to 10% of salary after 6 months of probation