• Focussing efforts on our key product revenue streams, including (but not limited to) Lighting and Sign Structures and Accessories, including steel, composite, aluminium,thermoplastic across sectors of Roads & Infrastructure, Rail, Health, Ports and Architectural.
• Identify new business opportunities, building relationships, analysing their needs & developing proposals to match and deliver these needs.
• Create & progress strategies to successfully reach new business opportunities.
• Create sales forecasts and actively working towards reaching them.
• Develop strong, ongoing understanding of market trends, competitor activity and our position within the market.
• Collaborating with R&D and commercial teams to ensure we capture all technical requirements.
• Attend national trade shows, conferences, event functions, as necessary.
• Creation and delivery of written or presentational material, attending bid presentations as appropriate.
• To support the tender process to ensure bids are competitive and in line with expectations.
• Support the design, development & implementation of marketing & PR campaigns to promote the brand to influence behaviours and secure future opportunities.

• 5 years + Proven experience in Sales Growth with Passive Products, or similar
• Full, clean, current, UK Driving Licence
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong knowledge of business and sales growth technique
• Relationship management, both internally and externally, with the ability to negotiate
• Understanding of Market Dynamics and Competitive Landscape

• Annual Salary; £50,000 - £60,000 (DOE)
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• Laptop & Mobile Phone provided
• 20 days annual holiday, increasing to 23 days after 5 years continuous service (plus. 8 statutory bank holidays)
• Hill & Smith PLC sharesave scheme
• Private medical care
• Life Insurance
• Access to Rewards Gateway Scheme
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme

**** CALLING ALL TECHNICAL ESTIMATORS ****

Are you eager to learn something new? Are you looking for your next estimator or sales challenge? If so, we want to hear from you!!

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Mallatite Limited is the specialist manufacturer of lighting and traffic support structures, passive products, traffic sign and equipment and L.E.D. message signs which sits within the roads division of Hill & Smith Holdings Plc.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking a personable sales-orientated, technically minded Estimator to join our small, in-house Sales team, which is based at our Chesterfield office, in Derbyshire (S42 5SA).

The Technical Estimator is a sales support role, leading efforts to turn customer enquiries, bids and quotations into sales, thus helping to achieve the company's sales targets and enhance business growth opportunities.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Establishing customer requirements from items such as CAD drawings, Layout Schemes, Post Designs etc
• Preparing and submitting quotations in detail for the costs of items to be supplied
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with contractors, authorities etc.
• Researching costs of materials, transport, Labour
• Preparing Scheme bids
• Using an interconnected company platform to produce quotations and sales orders
• Maximising sales opportunities from enquiries and following up with clients on previous quotations created
• Negotiating delivery timescales, including short turnarounds, and liaising with manufacturers and suppliers
• Managing bespoke designs requests with the technical team to ensure these demands are met to the specified requirements
• Ensure all company and intercompany prices lists are kept up to date including all documentation and systems
• Liaising with all parties involved once Sale is converted; ie Production team, Transport, Operations to ensure smooth process from idea to conception, to production, to delivery is completed
• Getting quotes from third party suppliers
• Any other reasonable duties withing your skills remit to support the operation duties within you skills remit to support the operational duties of the department or company

QUALIFICATIONS;

• 1 year + Technical Estimator or Technical Sales experience, preferably with a manufacturing/engineering/estimating background is advantageous
• Experience using CAD, reading drawing and documents from CAD is preferred
• Familiarity with Sage or similar is advantageous
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage clients effectively

WHAT WE OFFER

• 20 days annual holiday, increasing to 23 days after 5 years continuous service (plus 8 statutory bank holidays)
• Hill & Smith PLC sharesave scheme
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Free parking onsite
• Hours of work are Monday - Thursday, 08:00 - 17:00, and Friday 08:00 - 16:30 (with 30 mins break)

All applicants must already be in the UK, based in or around the Chesterfield office (S42 5SA), with the appropriate right to work.

Please apply via Indeed or LinkedIn.

Whilst we value our Recruitment Agency partners, we are not looking to work with them at this time; Thank You