At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage customer relationships and oversee grounds maintenance projects across the South East.
- Company: Established family-owned company focused on quality grounds maintenance and landscaping solutions.
- Benefits: Up to £55,000 salary, company car, bonus, and 33 days holiday.
- Other info: Home-based role with excellent career growth and travel opportunities.
- Why this job: Join a supportive team and make a real impact in enhancing outdoor spaces.
- Qualifications: Experience in grounds maintenance, sales, and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 40500 - 49500 £ per year.
Location: South East England
Salary: Up to A GBP 55,000 + Company Car + bonus + benefits
Permanent
Are you an experienced Grounds Maintenance Contracts Manager with a background in Grounds Maintenance/Landscaping? Our client is a family-owned, long-established provider of grounds maintenance and landscape solutions for a variety of clients within the UK. Customer care and service is paramount to their service offering.
The Grounds Maintenance Contracts Manager will play a key role in following up on initial customer enquiries, increasing market share from existing customers while supporting new business activity. Typical customers include schools, care homes, hospitals, business parks etc.
The Grounds Maintenance Contracts Manager Will Be Expected To:
- Manage customer relationships
- Produce accurate estimates
- Oversee tender activity, and manage small works and projects, ensuring high service standards, commercial performance, and full compliance with Company procedures.
This role is operating within the Southeast of England covering Hertfordshire, through London and into Essex, Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Middlesex. This role is home based and the successful candidate will be responsible for managing their own diary and travel accordingly. One day a week there is a requirement to travel to the Midlands for the weekly sales meeting.
Role And Responsibilities:
- Respond to inbound sales enquiries and convert opportunities into profitable work
- Produce estimates for all works, agree pricing with customers, and project manage relevant activities
- Account manage nominated customers, including presentations, tender submissions, and negotiations
- Maintain regular client contact to build relationships and support customer satisfaction targets
- Generate sales opportunities across chosen markets
- Support and adhere to tender pricing strategies and annual contract price reviews
- Manage specified plot works, small works, and projects to agreed commercial and quality standards
- Monitor and manage sub-contractors delivering works within areas of responsibility
- Maintain accurate contract files and contribute to audits and quality control processes
- Report monthly on Sales KPIs including sales against targets, pipeline tracking, and contracts at risk
Requirements Of The Role:
- Experience within the grounds maintenance and the landscaping sector is essential
- Proven experience in sales, estimating, pricing, and commercial management
- Strong numerical analysis, judgement, and critical thinking skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication with confident stakeholder engagement
- Experience of tendering, negotiating, and pricing strategies
- Strong time management, organisation, and attention to detail
- High proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
- Current UK driving licence
Benefits:
- Up to A GBP 55,000 salary per annum + discretionary bonus
- Death in service: 1 x salary
- Company car
- 33 days holiday
This Grounds Maintenance Contracts Manager role presents a wonderful opportunity to work for a great company.
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