An exciting opportunity is on offer for an experienced Specification Supervisor to join a highly respected leading manufacturer with a long history of supplying mass produced product to the building industry. Based in the Clayton area and reporting to the National Sales Manager - Specification, you will be responsible for the management and co-ordination of the Specification Writing Team, who write approximately 120-200 projects per month. You will work closely with a team of BDM's who feed all of the work into the team so that your focus is on the specification function, allocation of work and team management.
Core duties include:
- Overseeing and training the specification writing team across all metrics (6 staff)
- Writing major projects and coordinating this function within the team
- Ensuring all schedules are captured within the openings Studio platform as well as CRM
- Managing the capacity of the National Specification writing team and allocate accordingly to ensure schedules are completed on time to meet client's deadlines
- Ensuring schedules are accurate and compliant prior to sending to external parties.
- Providing additional support as required
- Identifying and implementing continuous improvement initiatives
- Establishing and maintaining close business relationships with customers, suppliers (internal) and colleagues
- Preparing reports as required
Skills and core requirements
- Minimum 2 - 3+ years of experience in a similar level role
- Ability to train and manage the workflow of a Specification team
- Previous experience as an Estimator or Quantity Surveyor will also be considered
- Ability to read plans and write major project essential
- Must have building product hardware knowledge
- Some heavy lifting (products, parts, supplies etc), pushing and/or pulling, bending and/or carrying will be required in this role
What's in it for you:
In return you will enjoy working for an innovative and progressive organisation offering an attractive remuneration package, full maintained company car, and ongoing professional development opportunities. Fantastic team culture who enjoy working together.
If this sounds like the role for you, please APPLY NOW and send through your resume and cover letter outlining relevant experience. Or you would like some further information please call Belinda Wiggins on 03 9535 9500.
