AddressJoin us at Wavin: Where purpose comes to life.
You’re purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. Welcome to Wavin – an Orbia business where our purpose to advance life around the world drives our entire global team.
Every day, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges impacting our world. Whether it’s facilitating clean drinking water for communities, creating climate resilient cities, or designing more comfortable living spaces, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better.
Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we live for. How about you?
At Wavin, we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments. And where is our help most needed? The very places we live in: our cities where drinking water is leaking away, greenery is disappearing, streets are flooding after heavy rain, and outdated sewer systems are polluting our groundwater. It’s time to join forces with us, join our team, and help build more sustainable environments!
We want to build a team of people with purpose. That’s why Wavin is currently looking for a Technical Sales Manager - Above Ground to join our team. If you want to make a difference and work for a purpose-led company, please read on.
The role
We are currently looking for a Technical Sales Manager to join our Above Ground team. Reporting to the Regional Sales Director – South, the successful candidate will be responsible for securing converted orders by means of specifications and lead conversion for all products within the Wavin Above Ground product portfolio. They’ll also be responsible for effectively managing all End User subcontract relationships and driving maximum opportunity for the use of Wavin products.
Responsibilities
- Achieve monthly and quarterly Commercial Objectives and KPIs
- Engage with Specifiers to secure written confirmation of Wavin products on Commercial and Residential opportunities
- Manage and develop End User relationships
- Actively participate in business planning in order to grow and develop sales
- Ensure that all customer requests are responded to professionally and efficiently
- Positively promote the business, its products and its employees to ensure the business is protected at all times
- Contribute to the development of all systems and procedures to continuously improve effectiveness
- Log detailed activities and projects within the CRM system
- Engage fully with all health and safety programmes
- Ensure all management information – KPIs, Monthly Reports are submitted on time, in full
- Deliver CPD and product training to all relevant parties
- Contribute successfully to the launch of all new product ranges
Profile
- Experience within a market-leading manufacturing business, preferably within the building products or construction industry
- The drive to initiate action in order to meet customer needs
- A proven track record of successful specification sales including management of a Project Pipeline
- Drive and ambition. The successful candidate will set challenging goals and achieve them
- The ability to communicate confidently across a wide range of mediums
- Previous experience of using a CRM system, preferably Microsoft Dynamics
- An entrepreneurial spirit in identifying new business opportunities
- Experience in successful negotiation, persuasion and influencing
- Excellent planning and organisation skills, sound IT skills and good problem solving skills
- Confidence in making informed business decisions
- A positive approach which adapts and responds well to change
We welcome applications from candidates from all abilities and backgrounds. The role is a permanent home-based position working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday inclusive. The role will include regular travel covering the areas of Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire and therefore a driving licence is a necessary requirement for all applicants. Frequent overnight stays away from home are part of the role.
Wavin Offers
Do you want to make a difference by working with a purpose? Count on a warm welcome at Wavin!At Wavin, we encourage all our employees to develop their talent and to become the best version of themselves with great innovative programs. Here, we take responsibility for each other and our company. We stay brave in pursuing calculated risks that fuel innovation. And we embrace diversity in perspectives, skills and talents to transform the way we work and the impact we have on the world. Together, as a strong team, we grow and deliver on our purpose every day. Wavin is the place to be if you truly wish to make an impact. In addition to working with an enthusiastic, professional team in an international environment, we offer a competitive compensation and benefit package.
Organisation
Orbia’s Building and Infrastructure business Wavin is an innovative solutions provider for the global building and infrastructure industry. Backed by more than 60 years of product development experience, Wavin is advancing life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments for global citizens. Whether it’s to improve the distribution of clean drinking water, to make sanitation accessible for everyone, to create climate resilient cities, or to design comfortable living spaces, Wavin collaborates with municipal leaders, engineers, contractors, and installers to help future-proof communities, buildings and homes. Wavin has 12,000+ employees around 65 production sites worldwide, serving over 80 countries through a global sales and distribution network.
Wavin is a business of Orbia. A company driven by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia operates in the Polymer Solutions (Vestolit and Alphagary), Building and Infrastructure (Wavin), Precision Agriculture (Netafim), Connectivity Solutions (Dura-Line) and Fluorinated Solutions (Koura) sectors. The five Orbia business groups have a collective focus on expanding access to health and wellness, reinventing the future of cities and homes, ensuring food and water security, connecting communities to information and accelerating a circular economy with basic and advanced materials, specialty products and innovative solutions. Orbia has commercial activities in more than 110 countries and operations in over 50, with global headquarters in Boston, Mexico City, Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. The company generated $9.6 billion in revenue in 2022.
