Technical Manager – Tree Root Protection

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.

This role fits within our Tree Root Protection team as an external representative for the department. Promoting our industry leading range of products and services to the market. Working with a range of businesses and individuals this role will be to deliver CPD style seminars to promote our unique application and product. Building strong relationships with customers to generate specifications with the support of our internal and Engineering team.

As Technical Manager you will travel throughout the UK visiting a range of companies including Civil Engineers, Contractors, Local Authorities and Landscape Architects. This role is target driven with long term goals to generate specifications and as a result, gain a sale. The individual will be responsible for booking and coordinating their own diary with the assistance of in-house support.

Outside of seminars this role is the technical support for the department. They will provide customers with site specific advice and guidance. This role also requires specification defending and strengthening via relationship building and having a good understanding of competitor products.

This opportunity provides the individual with full product / application training and development opportunities. Full training on our systems and products will be provided. This role is home based with the individual visiting the office in Hinckley once per week. Seminars are carried out face to face and via teams depending on the customers’ needs so a full UK driving licence is required for this role.

 

Key responsibilities:

  • Achieve seminar targets
  • Achieve site visits targets
  • Discover and establish new specifications and identify potential projects
  • Achieve personal and department targets
  • Increase Company Brand awareness within Construction/Civil Engineering sectors
  • Pre and post site advice, visits and assistance
  • Work effectively within the team to ensure market leading standards of customer care
  • Provide technical assistance utilising our internal engineering department
  • Maintain and update CRM system
  • Assist with the implementation of department sales and marketing strategies
  • Develop new and existing targeted accounts.

 

Requirements of the role:

  • Minimum of 2 years presenting external
  • Experience in gaining and defending specifications
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Full UK driving licence
  • Willing to travel throughout the UK with nights away
  • Understand and work in line with the Geosynthetics Limited business plan
  • Experience in customer relations
  • Computer Literate with good IT skills

 

Preferable but not essential:

  • Knowledge of the construction industry
  • Experience in practical arboriculture although this is not essential
  • Experience working within an Arboriculture consultancy with specific knowledge of BS5837 would be preferable
  • An understanding of trees in relations to planning
  • An understanding of no dig / minimal dig construction within root protection areas

 

Benefits:

  • Competitive salary
  • Company Car
  • 10% Bonus
  • Annual Training budgets
  • Excellent development opportunities (IIP Silver)
  • Bupa Healthcare including direct family (Past probation)
  • Pension contribution up to 5%
  • Relaxed but motivated approach
  • Lunchtime Yoga sessions
  • Inhouse fitness sessions
  • Bring your dog to work day
  • Flexibility for appointments
  • Pushing for a better environment (ISO 14001 accredited)
  • Providing Quality products and services (ISO 9001 accredited)

 

For more information, please contact our HR department 01455 617139 or email Allison@geosyn.co.uk