Job Title: Landscape Designer, Sales & Project Manager
Location: Southampton, Hampshire
Salary: £25,000 – £30,000 per annum
Job type: Full time, Permanent (40 hours a week, Monday – Friday)
With 50 years of experience and thousands of delighted customers, the company is highly regarded for its professional service and quality workmanship in garden design, construction and maintenance. Based in Curdridge, Southampton the company’s services cover the whole of Hampshire and into the surrounding counties.
The Role:
They’re looking for candidates with sales experience who have a strong interest and passion for Gardening & Design. You would get to work within an experienced De-signer Team, providing potential clients with reliable and workable solutions for their garden projects.
Key Responsibilities:
Estimating, Design & Sales – To convert enquiry leads into live projects by:
- Understanding the client’s requirements
- Providing clients with solutions for their gardens and presenting these ideas through detailed drawings or computer aided design
- Providing the clients with competitive quotes, whilst maintaining profit margin
- Selling their products and services
- Achieving sales budgets and profits
Project Management:
- Managing staff on site, overseeing workmanship
- Providing clear instructions
- Managing health & safety and risk assessments
- Following company procedures
- Liaising with Clients, Suppliers and colleagues
The Candidate:
- Experience in sales – confidence in presenting ideas to clients
- Experience of working as a Designer and/or have a design qualification
- It is essential that you are computer literate and ideally have experience using CAD, KeySCAPE or sketchup
- Horticulture knowledge and/or a qualification
- Good interpersonal skills
- Time management skills
- Project Management experience
- Meet deadlines
- Positive and friendly “can do attitude”
- Flexible
- Problem solving
Benefits:
- 52 weeks work a year
- 20 Days holiday a year plus 8 Bank holidays
- Tools & Machinery provided
- Personal development plan
- Training & development opportunities
Please click on the APPLY button to submit your CV and Cover Letter.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Garden Design, Project Manager, Garden Project Management, Landscaping Solutions Designer, Garden Design Sales, Landscape Garden, Landscape Design Sales, Garden Sales Designer, Garden Designer, Graduate, Landscape Gardener, Gardener may also be considered for this role.
