About us

Grassports constructs, maintains, and resurfaces sporting fields and courts across Victoria. Grassports delivers a specialized range of synthetic and acrylic sports surfaces on projects such as private backyard tennis courts, multi-sport play areas in schools, hockey fields, and international FIFA certified soccer complexes.

Our job is more than just the finished surfaces. With over 60 years industry experience in Australia, we understand the importance of ensuring quality in the complete construction process, from preparation of base works, through to ensuring appropriate sub-surfaces and then finishing the final surface. We also provide full project management, expert design, and construction cost estimation.

As part of an expanding international company with a significant global footprint of projects, the opportunities for career growth are limited only by your own drive, ambition and skills.

Position 

We are now hiring a Sales Support person to join our team. This role reports to the Sales Manager and will support the entire Sales team.

The main job responsibilities include can be broken into 2 parcels: 

Direct involvement in the sales process will include:

* enter new leads into sales databases

* send client acknowledgement emails

* build customer sales proposals

* follow up customer to ensure sales proposal & drawings accord with their desired outcome

* resolve minor drawing amendments with Estimators and return updated drawings to customers

* chase customers for resolution of any outstanding details following handover to our Construction team

Other tasks will include:

* maintain adequate supply of labelled grass samples for each sales person and conferences

* manage booking of all conferences

* manage pool of resources available for use at each conference

* manage and organize all materials for each conference

* attend conferences to support Sales

* coordinate the images and stories included in the Grassports Look books

* manage the photography program of projects

* ensure each Foreman has adequate supply of project signs

* post delivery after sales support – obtain customer references, write customer stories

To be successful in obtaining this role, your attitude and willingness to learn will be more valuable than previous experience in a similar role. But, it is essential that you have the following:

• Previous experience in a sales environment

• Previous office based experience

• Excellent organizational skills with strong attention to detail

• Quality communication skills, both written and verbal, and confidence liaising with a wide range of project stakeholders

• Good problem solving, investigative and conflict resolution skills

• Sound working knowledge of Microsoft software

It would also be advantageous if you happen to have:

• Previous experience in the synthetic grass industry

• Experience in a similar Sales Support role / or ready to take that career step up

• Previous exposure to Landscaping, Construction, Building or Engineering industry

• A good sense of humour coupled with a great work ethic to get the job done

Summary of role requirements:

• Full-time position with 38 hours per week

• Working rights required for this role

• Expected start date for role: ASAP

• Expected salary: $65-75,000 per year