Helping customers in grassroots sport, education, commerce and professional sports clubs, our growth journey has quickly taken us global.
We help sport venues of all sizes and from our offices around the world. These include in the UK, Ireland, Turkey, Netherlands and Dubai. We’re on a mission to power more play.
Our brand purpose is ‘Pursuing the possible. Powering more play’. Our teams always seek to improve, innovate and embody an entrepreneurial outlook. The power of sport is vital for the health and well-being of society, whether watching or playing. If more people can access sport, the world will be a better place. Improved mental health, distracting from anti-social influence, promoting confidence and a better zest for life. We’re aware of the role we play in that, how our surfaces can allow much more game time and it a responsibility we take very seriously. Our brand values below, further demonstrate how we think and act.
This position will be a mixture of strategic and hands-on, visiting existing clients as well as potential new customers, whilst also developing and implementing strategic sales plan.
Location
Hybrid between the office and SIS Pitches/client sites. Extensive travelling and regular periods of time working away from home. Occasional requirement to travel overseas.
Benefits
A starting balance of 23 days holiday plus bank holidays.
Compassionate and Dependency Leave.
Health Care Cash Plan – including discounts and EAP.
Death in Service Cover.
Company sick pay scheme.
Salary and rewards
Salary dependent on experience.
A discretionary bonus is available, but not guaranteed.
Main objectives
• To develop and implement a strategic sales plan to develop and build new business and maintain customer relationships throughout the UK.
• To assist the Commercial Director in new and existing contracts management and negotiations, including evaluations, negotiations with suppliers and all levels of stakeholders.
• To assist in the management of multiple projects from inception to completion, ensuring the delivery of a high-quality product and service on time and within budget and within regulatory and good governance principles.
• To communicate effectively with the Commercial Director and UK team ensuring that plans are understood and effectively implemented.
Responsibilities/Accountabilities/Tasks
• Work with UK and Worldwide sales team on the continuing developing of all SIS Pitches products and sales as a leading Global brand.
• Business development – responsibility for adding business to grow the revenue and net margin.
• Identify and develop a continuous pipeline of high margin projects in line with the main business objectives.
• Key Account and relationship management – managing new and existing client relationships.
• Implement sales strategies to achieve set sales targets within the UK business, utilising all products available to the UK market such as SIS Grass Synthetic, Hybrid and Natural pitches, along with maintenance in all areas and all other available products.
• Co-ordination and assistance of project installations into new markets to ensure SIS’ quality and service level is always maintained. Work with SIS Pitches project co-ordinators and installations crews when required.
• Attend meetings and submit written reports.
• Provide proactive support to all SIS team members.
• Provide monthly expenses with receipts for approval.
• To undertake any other duties as may be required from time to time but that shall remain within the competency and skills of the post-holder.
Person Specification
✔ An excellent communicator and negotiator, capable of managing complex sales cycles and engaging effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
✔ Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively.
✔ Flexible with frequent travel across the UK (and occasional international trips).
✔ Thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
✔ Bring a proactive, hands-on approach to driving our ambitious growth strategy.
✔ Previous experience working with sports surfaces would be beneficial.
Formal Qualifications
Relevant Bachelors Degree
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