About this role
Biosolids Sales Lead
Circa £46,000 dependent on skills and experience
Fixed Term Contract – 12 months
Cambridge / Field based
Dive into a world of opportunity, and join our team!
This is a key role within our Quality, Environment and Assurance business unit where you will look after the operational planning of nutri-bio deliveries and spreading service, in conjunction with the Scheduling & Control team and Product Advisors, to ensure the overall net costs remain within agreed annual budgets.
You will manage the external marketing campaigns to generate future business interest, increase overall biosolids sales revenue and reduce overall net cost.
Key responsibilities
- Planning and management of land recycling outlets
- Support the Sales team with web/telephone queries, communications and initiatives, to improve the overall level of customer service
- Provide accurate and timely reporting to the Sales and Marketing team, Operational and Scheduling teams, Water Recycling, and Water Services teams
- Delegate for the Sales & Marketing Manager, with full operational and budgetary responsibility
- Daily management of permit availability for each Water Recycling Centre across the Anglian Water region
- Management of spreading service during the harvest period – overseeing and managing the running order for each spreader, maximising spreading capacity whilst increasing spreading efficiency
- Liaise with external contractors to ensure the correct permits are available
- Ensure financial reporting in relation to individual Product Advisor performance is accurate
- Key reporting of biosolids haulage and spreading operations
- Manage Product Advisor responsibilities – managing sales / soil sampling / deliveries / spreading and associated administration required
- Investigate new customer bases
As a valued employee you’ll be entitled to:
- A competitive pension scheme where we double-match your contributions up to 6%
- Private healthcare for your peace of mind
- An annual bonus scheme
- The opportunity to volunteer in your local community
- 26 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), increasing with service, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter for religious holidays
- Life cover (8x your salary) and personal accident cover (up to 5x your salary)
- Flexible benefits to support your well-being and lifestyle
- Paid time off for illness, both physical and mental
- Free parking at all office locations, sites, and leisure parks
- Excellent family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of full pay for maternity/adoption leave and 4 weeks of paternity/partner pay, with the opportunity for shared parental leave
What does it take to be successful?
- FACTS (Fertiliser Advisors Certification and Training Scheme) qualified is preferred
- Able to work accurately to a deadline
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Able to deal with people at all levels – internal and external
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
Inclusion at Anglian Water:
Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.
Closing date: 8th February 2026
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Other facts
About Anglian Water Services
Anglian Water supply water and water recycling services to more than six million domestic and business customers in the east of England and Hartlepool. Our services are at the heart of every single family and community in our region. We clean water to the highest standard, deliver it to millions of homes, and carefully manage it to ensure it never runs out.
We’re the largest water and water recycling company in England and Wales by geographic area. We’re also one of the driest regions in the country, with just 600 millimetres of rain each year, on average a third less than the rest of England. In fact some areas have a lower annual rainfall than Jerusalem. That’s why it’s vital that we look after the water that we’ve got.
What you'll do
- The role involves planning and managing land recycling outlets and supporting the sales team with queries and initiatives. Additionally, it includes managing external marketing campaigns to boost biosolids sales revenue and overseeing the operational aspects of the spreading service.
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