Ricardo is hiring a
Role: Head of New Business (Chemical Sector)
Location: UK Flexible, Commutable to Oxford
Salary range: £60,000 - £75,000 plus commission and benefits
Role ID: 2023-1823
Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world
We are looking for an experienced sales manager / leader who is focused on maintaining and developing a high performing team. Potential for growth into broader sales leadership role. Responsibilities include leading and developing 5-6 sales professionals/managers in our chemical risk business area, providing team leadership and support for achieving sales targets.
The focus of this role is primarily on the chemical sector, working to deliver productised service offerings under the banner of our NCEC (National Chemical Emergency Centre) brand. We also support the wider sustainability business in identifying and progressing sales opportunities for our corporate sustainability, net zero and decarbonisation portfolio.
NCEC is a highly successful chemical, safety, and compliance business. Our flagship global emergency response service has a 50-year legacy of excellence. We deliver top-tier telephone emergency response services to both private and public sectors, serving over 600 clients. We also provide regulatory consultancy services, specializing in UK and European regulations such as REACH and CLP/GHS. Our expertise extends to SDS authoring, mixture notifications, and toxicology consulting for persistence chemicals and environmental fate.
You will be part of Ricardo’s wider Sales Team, reporting directly to the Sales and Client Director, with development potential to deputise for and ultimately take over more of this role.
We’d love to hear from you if you have the following competencies and experience:
Desirable
As the Head of New Business your main responsibilities would be:
Working here
You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.
We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.
Work life balance
We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.
Benefits
We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.
Our core benefits include 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.
Next steps
We are a disability confident employer, please advise the recruitment team via recruit.ee@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.
Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.