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Estimator – SFR351

May 16, 2023 , , by sfrrecruitment

Our client is a leading supplier of performance doorsets and architectural ironmongery providing high quality products ideally suited to the health, education, commercial, defence, office fit-out and high-end residential markets.

Job Title: Estimator

Remuneration: £25,000 – £40,000 (Dependant on experience) + bonus

Role:

  • Estimator position dealing with a manufactured range of performance doorsets and ironmongery
  • Managing all inbound enquiries via telephone and email
  • Read and interpret customer requirements before producing quotations
  • Build and develop relationships with architects and tier 1 contractors
  • Deal with any other general admin and technical enquiries
  • Dealing with multiple order and enquiry values up to circa £1m

Requirements:

  • Must have estimating experience within the construction industry
  • Ideally will have experience working with doors, doorsets, hardware & ironmongery.
  • Ability to read and interpret technical drawings
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • High levels of attention to detail and organisation
  • Full UK driving license
  • Hungry, intelligent and humble
  • Works well in a team or alone
  • Customer service orientated

Architectural Ironmongery | Internal & External Doors | Access Control | Window & Door Hardware

Vacancies

R&D Manager – SFR343

Apr 4, 2023 , , by sfrrecruitment

Our client is a leading manufacturer of custom-made steel door and fire door solutions.

Decades of manufacturing experience, designing and making quality products whilst offering first class customer service.

Brief Description of Job Purpose:

The purpose of this role is to lead and own the safe and efficient operation of the Research and Development team, its development and design and certification of product current and future products to meet the customers’ needs by the most cost-effective method of manufacture through existing or by proposing new technology, that support the development of new business that grow profitability.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Ensure a safe working environment for all employees and continually improve the environment and procedures, reacting to suggestions and proactively searching for issues.
  • Ensure quality is improved by ease of design and proactively seeking methods to improve performance.
  • To ensure that production costs are kept to a minimum and calculated at design, checked at design release, constantly looking for ways to improve profitability.
  • To look forward and strategically suggesting new technology and alternative processes/methods of manufacture that will benefit the business.
  • Develop the members of the team to upskill/cross train and engaged.
  • Ensure all certification is up to date and testing that enables to sell product into specified markets.
  • The development and introduction of new products to market with the appropriate certification and test results.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensuring safe practices are adhered to on site and off site.
  • Identify and help rectify any unsafe practices and assist with leading indicator safety reviews.
  • Drive a culture of support and development and zero waste through SQDCP process, improving performance to maximise KPI’s using lean tool and techniques.
  • Ensuring OTIF for not only the R&D department, but for the company are met.
  • For undertaking audits of the management system.
  • Assist in technical assistance for customers.
  • Manage employee performance regarding following company policies such as safety practices, absenteeism, and disciplinary procedures.
  • Manage the team’s development plans and cross training, ensuring timing plans exist and are communicated to the teams on said developments.
  • Effectively communicate to the team the section company performance and direction.
  • Lead new product development, proactively suggesting improvement to products to remove cost and improve efficiency.
  • Set the standard and implement lean principles in sections such as 5S, Standard Operations, Visual Management, and value stream analysis.
  • Lead audits in the section on time and to a high quality, identifying improvements and dates to complete actions.
  • Lead and own the generation of product development plans and ensure they are achieved.
  • Report daily, weekly, and monthly on section performance in line with the KPI’s in the quality manual and at the various review meetings.
  • Ensure any spend in the section is within budget.
  • Identify new equipment and processes that can help to improve gross margin within the section.
  • Manage all certification ensuring budget costs are provided annually to accounts and managed throughout the year, including testing and paperwork.
  • Assist is special projects as and when required which may be in other departments.

If you’re interested in in this position, please contact SFR Recruitment Solutions.

Vacancies

Regional Sales Manager – SFR339

Mar 13, 2023 , by sfrrecruitment

Our client is a family owned supplier of performance doorsets and architectural ironmongery providing high quality products ideally suited to the health, education, commercial, defence, office fit-out and high-end residential markets.

The core mission of the Regional Sales Manager is to increase new business revenue from a developed pipeline and support a Technical Sales Manager by breaking down barriers and opening doors to secure audiences and build trusted and lasting relationships with new and existing clients. Customer contact is mainly face to face with transactional activity via the telephone as well. You will be working as a team with the technical sales manager.

Since the beginning of 2022, the wider sales team has been refining and cleansing the sales pipeline implementing major improvements to the sales process through a development of Gateways for both the external and internal sales teams. With a high potential (£17M) of quoted work with requirement for delivery in 2023, in London and Southern England alone, there is a need to support an existing technical sales team by helping to open doors and break new ground with existing and new clients, through; persistent, energetic, passionate and personable approaches, to open the mind, and close the sale.

Main Duties

✓ Build relationships with New & Existing Customers (Contractors)

✓ Build relationships with Architects and get specified on identified major Projects/Industry Sectors.

✓ Achieve Sales Targets and manage the front-end profitability of the territory.

✓ Provide consultative/technical advice to clients on fire test certification within Project Specifications

Please get in touch with Matthew at SFR Recruitment Solutions if you wish to learn more or apply for this position. 

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Estimator – SFR336

Feb 22, 2023 , , by sfrrecruitment

Our client is a specialist manufacturer of high-performance veneered doors and doorsets, fire and acoustic doors and doorsets. This business prides itself on innovation and continued technical development.

Estimator.

This is a full-time permanent position working Monday – Friday 8.00am – 4.30pm based at offices in Braintree, Essex.

Salary dependant on skills and relevant experience.

This Estimator duties will include but is not limited to:

1.            Formulating quotes using in house data and supply chain quotations and send them to       clients

2.            Understanding and reading from technical drawings

3.            Assisting with the tender process as required

Key Skills and attributes required to be considered for this role are:

1.            Excellent numeracy, literacy, and IT

2.            Technical Drawing knowledge

3.            Confident user of Microsoft programs

4.            Previous building and construction/civil engineering background preferable

5.            A Levels or Degree within business, maths, engineering or similar preferred.

Great Benefits to working for this company include:

1.            Free parking onsite

2.            Hours of work: Monday – Friday 8am – 4:30pm (30-minute lunch) – 40-hour week

3.            20 days holiday plus bank holidays

4.            Full on the job training with excellent progression opportunities

5.            A company that prides itself on being a modern employer and seeks to develop individuals to their maximum potential

Please get in touch with Matthew at SFR Recruitment Solutions if you wish to learn more or apply for this position. 

matthew@sfrrecruitment.co.uk

07512 602431

Vacancies

Ironmongery Scheduler – SFR311

Sep 28, 2022 , , by sfrrecruitment

Our client is a single source supplier of performance doorsets and architectural ironmongery providing high quality products ideally suited to the health, education, commercial, defence, office fit-out and high-end residential markets.

With over 150 years of combined management experience within the doorset and ironmongery industry, they have invested more than £10m to create two state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities.

The newly created role, Ironmongery Estimating Scheduler.  It is an opportunity to join the team right at the beginning of our new journey where our client will improve customers experience by implementing a new robust ironmongery scheduling system which will integrate with and improve both our internal and external existing supply chain processes.  Enabling us to look with confidence to grow our ironmongery and integrated package sales which is the future of the industry.

Principle duties and Key Responsibilities

  • To diligently develop certified integrated package specifications.
  • To accurately and commercially prequalify and prepare customer quotes and pricing schedules, ensuring company margins are protected and customer expectations met. 
  • Liaise directly with customers explaining our quote in detail and assisting with any queries, by telephone, email, Teams, or site visits – wherever possible building trust and relationships.
  • To provide necessary technical, product specification and factory recess (CNC) support to your Door Scheduling and Door Production colleagues.
  • Coordination of incoming supply of project specific “Free Issue” components from our customer supply chain partners.
  • To ensure that any design changes or variations within a contract are captured. 
  • Represent the Company at industry events and forums.
  • Work towards industry recognised Continual Professional Development.

Essentials:

  • Experience in understanding how to commercially analyse ironmongery schedules in conjunction with door schedules, general arrangement drawings, fire strategy drawings, lock suiting strategies and NBS P21 specifications.
  • Recent experience using the Intec Door Scheduling software.
  • GAI Diploma is Scheduling or equally approved equivalent.
  • 3 years + ironmongery scheduling experience.
  • Driving License.
  • Competent on all Microsoft Office applications, in particular Excel.

Desirable:

  • An appreciation of the criteria of L20 specifications and previous experience in supplying “Integrated Doors and Ironmongery” packages.  

Benefits:

You will be auto enrolled into the company pension scheme after three months’ service, where current levels are at 3% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution.

  • Your holiday entitlement will be 25 days paid holiday per annum; a number of which must be taken in conjunction with Christmas, New Year and Easter. You will also be entitled to 8 days paid statutory holidays per annum. The holiday period runs from 1st October to 30th September each year and your holidays for the period will be pro rata accordingly.               
  • Death in service life assurance benefit equivalent to 2 x annual salary •   Free onsite parking

If you are interested in this position, please contact SFR Recruitment Solutions.

Vacancies

Project Manager – SFR310

Sep 26, 2022 , , , , by sfrrecruitment

Our client is looking to appoint a Project Manager to further develop their Architectural Division. The successful candidate will ideally have achieved excellent direct sales and key account management results within the construction sector. The candidate will need to commit to undertake duties that will involve travel throughout  the South East of England. Although not essential, experience within the Timber Door / Door set market would be preferred with the ideal candidate having an in depth knowledge of Architectural Ironmongery and Access Control.

Job Purpose

To manage and execute strategies created with and by the Architectural Sales Manager and Sales Director to achieve continued profitable sales growth of their products within the Timber Internal Door Sector (Apartment Entrance Market). 

Reporting to:  Architectural Sales Manager with Direct Working Relationships with the Architectural Sales Manager,  Sales Director, Customer Services, Project Managers (Window and Door Hardware), Marketing and Technical Department.

 

KEY PRIORITY AREAS

  • Develop relationships with Timber Door set manufacturers and Architectural Ironmongers.
    • Develop relationships with Architects, Main contractors, M&E contractors and clients including Local Authorities and Housing Associations.
    • Manage projects through AI and fabricator network to completion.
    • Achieve Specification, Turnover and Margin Plans set by the Architectural Contracts Manager,
    • Understand and impart industry standards relating to Fire and Security with particular emphasis on Dual Certification solutions for Fire Doors.
    • Create an affiliation network with common suppliers such as Access control partners.
    • Deliver CPD seminars when required.
    • GAI holder preferred but not essential

The Job

Our clients Door Locks are mainly used on Entrance doors to homes, apartments and communal doors. These doors are often Fire Resisting Doors/Doorsets, Security Doors or Access Control doors and are often all three simultaneously.

It is through their extensive range of products, certification solutions and knowledge that they are able to specify their locks for use on these Doors and Doorsets often in conjunction with other branded hardware and access control products.

Candidates will have the following key attributes:

  • Competent IT skills.
  • Solution based selling skills.
  • Willingness to learn new products and skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Comfortable selling high end products.
  • Excellent Salary + Bonus
  • Company car
  • Contributory Company Pension
  • Mobile Phone, full home computer set up & home phone lines paid for ( reasonable personal use)

If you’re interested in in this position, please contact SFR Recruitment Solutions.

Vacancies

Key Account Administrator – SFR297

Jul 27, 2022 , , , , by sfrrecruitment

Our client is a leading door manufacturer.

We are seeking a Key Account Administrator to be a dedicated point of contact for major corporate key accounts. Providing support and management for existing contracts for the maintenance, reactive repairs and new installations of security, fire and environmental doors across the UK.

Key Account Administrator / Account Manager Key responsibilities:

  • Manage customer expectations and achieve KPI targets
  • Asset management
  • Prepare quotations for reactive works
  • Arrange emergency call-outs
  • Manage and renewal of maintenance contracts
  • General account administration
  • Sales order processing & Purchase order processing
  • Providing reporting account information for clients
  • Updating of Customer portals

Key Account Administrator / Account Manager Skills Experience:

  • Strong interpersonal, organisational, analytical and problem solving skills
  • Effective and dedicated customer service or facility management background is necessary
  • Computer literate with experience of Microsoft Office packages
  • Ability to manage own workload
  • Evidence of successfully working to KPI’s
  • Commercial awareness

Key Account Administrator / Account Manager Benefits Include:

  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Wellbeing programme
  • 22 days annual leave rising to 25 after 6 years’ service

Option to purchase additional holidays

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £22,000.00-£27,000.00 per year

If you are interested in this position, please contact SFR Recruitment Solutions.

SFR Recruitment Solutions