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Director of UK & Ireland Region
Sand is a finite resource, and it’s running out. Today, population growth and the pace of progress mean the world is devouring sand like never before – 50 billion tonnes a year globally. This
demand is unsustainable. Together with our customers we have already diverted over 100 million tonnes of waste material from landfills and put it back into the materials market for use
in construction; protecting sand & aggregates in areas where natural material reserves are in decline and enabling production to happen closer to markets. We are minimising environmental impact and laying the foundations for the circular economy, and we need your help.
About the role
At CDE, our unparalleled speed and scale are down to our proximity to our customers and our deep understanding of their challenges. As Director of the UK and Ireland, you will shape the future of our most innovative, most progressive region with regional accountability for our entire Customer for Life model. From business development, operations, delivery, and aftercare to ownership of budgeting, forecasting, and profitability metrics, you are the figurehead of our home market—driving momentum and writing CDE’s legacy in the history books of environmental sustainability. The UK is the global leader in construction recycling, and its director will be a visionary who will create world-beating solutions for our customers, form strategic partnerships, meet performance goals, and make huge leaps into the future of recycling.
With global regulation pushing for the adoption of sustainable waste management, you will be pivotal in amplifying our world-changing business, in partnership with PLCs, to accelerate the transition to a circular economy, save millions of tons of current construction carbon emissions, and preserve the world’s scarce virgin resources. As PLCs continue to make serious commitments towards sustainability, you will orchestrate the development and nurturing of strategic accounts in the waste management space, providing CDE with a platform to scale and dominate the construction waste recycling market. Ultimately, this role requires strategic vision, strong commercial acumen, exceptional leadership, and the ability to deliver the highest growth ambitions for both CDE and our customers.
What you will need
Required criteria
- Have a Business/Engineering/ Marketing or related degree or 10+ years of relevant experience
- Have a minimum of 5 years of commercial/sales leadership and customer management experience in a fast-paced, global team.
- Have a proven track record of achieving and exceeding business targets and revenue goals, through a data-driven approach
Desired criteria
- Have Professional Membership of the Institute of Directors. (IOD)
- Have a high degree of process knowledge within CDE’s Industry.
- Have a proven track record of managing and developing teams of thirty or more people.
CDE Group
WE ARE CDE. ENGINEERED FOR YOU We empower our customers to transform waste into valuable resources through innovative co-creation, laying the foundations for the circular economy. We help our customers maximise their natural resources in the most sustainable way possible – with greater efficiency and less waste than ever before. Our unparalleled speed and scale are down to our proximity to our customers and our deep understanding of their challenges. Our track record of proven solutions consistently meets our customers’ needs precisely, operating in challenging environments from the Arctic to the Equator. Wet processing is our sole focus –our experience and expertise is unmatched in this field. Every day, in everything we do, we strive to do it right. We want to be the best at what we do and deliver the maximum benefit for our customers. We pull together, as a team, in pursuit of this common cause. Our “Customer for Life” mentality fortifies each of our projects, with CDE engineers delivering continuous, limitless support.
We recognise that it is our people that have established CDE as market leader in developing solutions for the wet processing industry both within natural materials processing and waste recycling sectors. OUR PURPOSE IS TO CREATE OUR BEST WORLD, A TON AT A TIME. To do that, we must continue to build our global team by adding the most ambitious, driven and talented people. We will challenge you, elevate you and broaden your horizons. We will help you to be the best you can be both personally and professionally. We are renowned for our energy and can do attitude…. and at times seemingly delivering the impossible. We also know that all the will in the world won’t take us anywhere unless we work together. And we like to have fun together - life’s too short and we spend most of it at work. If we lose the power to laugh, we lose the power to think. We will continue to add the most dynamic, ambitious and talented individuals to the CDE team.
