Jason Taljaard

• During my career at Marshalls, I have worked closely with many Local Authorities in London and the Midlands. Helping to promote our range of products onto their public realm projects. Utilising our breadth of knowledge across the industry and leveraging on our brand in order to gain product specifications. Aligning our core values with theirs and in doing so displaying the value we can add to their public realm projects.
• Drawing in different parts of Marshalls business i.e. pavements engineers, sustainability colleagues are two parts of our business are vital when dealing with Local Authorities. Where necessary demonstrating cost and carbon reductions without having an impact on the overall aesthetics on the products longevity. There is a drive to help build and deliver more sustainable public realm projects that have less of an impact on the environment. As a market leader my role would help educate them with new product developments (NPD) and promoting our approach to reporting our product data ie. environmental product declaration (EPD).
• A large part of my role in dealing with Local Authorities is dealing / working alongside their term maintenance contractors and their appointed designers or engineers. These contracts can run between 3-10 years. My role is to be the link between the appointed contractor, landscape architects, engineers and the Local Authority. This allows me to implement any product design discussions made with the Local Authority with the contractor. By doing this, this allowed me to control the narrative in the Local Authority and into the market. The other benefit of this approach is that other private developments that are built within the area would possibly need to follow the design guides and products standards set by the Local Authority in which these developments would need to follow. Reviewing current programme of works and feeding this back into the business. This allowed us to plan to strategically and implement changes within our supply chain.
• Another vital part in dealing with Local Authorities is again conducting quarry and works tours. This is such a benefit to them and the business as it allows them to buy into what Marshalls does as a leading brand.

• Oversee the commercial specification of natural stone in London & South East
• Essentially my role would be to give architects, designers, engineers, and contractor's insight into our commercial natural stone offer
• Working from large complex projects, prestigious projects to smaller low volume projects
• Offering technical support by proposing potential products that meet with their technical & cost requirements
• Show casing our various stones imported and indigenous available through Marshalls network of suppliers worldwide
• Working from the initial conception and seeing the project through to delivery and completion
• Facilitating quarry & works tours to our various quarries
• Conducting CPD's to various practices to give them a better understanding of our natural stone offer
• Working closely with my regional team to help build relationships at the appropriate level
• Help develop new products and promoting them at exhibitions to within various sectors regionally & nationally
• An important part of my role is developing and retaining relationships within the sector

Working closely with architects and interior designers promoting their range of internal ceiling and wall system solutions. Adapted client ideas into functional designs for office spaces.

• Oversee the commercial specification of natural stone in London & South East
• Essentially my role would be to give architects, designers, engineers, and contractor's insight into our commercial natural stone offer
• Working from large complex projects, prestigious projects to smaller low volume projects
• Offering technical support by proposing potential products that meet with their technical & cost requirements
• Show casing our various stones imported and indigenous available through Marshalls network of suppliers worldwide
• Working from the initial conception and seeing the project through to delivery and completion
• Facilitating quarry & works tours to our various quarries
• Conducting CPD's to various practices to give them a better understanding of our natural stone offer
• Working closely with my regional team to help build relationships at the appropriate level
• Help develop new products and promoting them at exhibitions to within various sectors regionally & nationally
• An important part of my role is developing and retaining relationships within the sector

• To maximize profitable sales within the Trade Specification market in SE, SW, E, CR area
• Managing new and secured specification business within that defined geographic area
• Deliver a high-quality customer focused specification service to various market sectors such as Local Authorities, architects, Facility Management, prisons, hospitals & main contractors
• Developing effective and profitable specification business relationships that are going to bring volume and value to my region
• Communicate specification activity/achievements via Client Database/Tracking system to Trade Sales force and Crown Decorator Centre network
• Actively contribute towards product and service innovation, by providing feedback of market trends, competitor activity including new product/services
• Identifying opportunities to drive appropriate, profitable business through Crown Decorator Centre's
• Whilst dealing with our targeted clients always promoting the company's sustainability initiatives
• Carrying out site's surveys and product training days.

• The management of the branch and region
• To secure new business and the constant management of all accounts
• Overseeing all aspects of product training, merchandising, marketing and stand designs in our area
• The weekly/monthly calls or meetings with various buyers, trade managers and store owners
• Overseeing of all deliveries, stock control, stock takes and tradeshows
• Dealing with developers, specifiers, roofing contractors and builders merchants
• The procurement of new business and the achievements of monthly targets.

• To procure new clients and the constant management of various accounts
• To ensure that clients buy their maximum potential from me
• Giving of technical advice to clients
• Carrying out site visits and inspections and the writing of specifications for clients and specifying bodies
• Having to give an estimation of quantities required for painting jobs
• To assess the suitability of substrates for painting prior to the commencement of the job
• The application of paint samples on site for approval
• The day-to-day management of the store and staff
• The co ordination of store deliveries, ordering and receiving of stock, staff training
• Calling on contractors, architects, interior designers, developers and homebuilders.

• Service an existing customer base and find potential clients
• Day to day account management of various accounts
• Making sure that all the orders were entered correctly and that the right material was ordered for that order
• Always keeping customer informed of any problems that may delay the delivery date
• Once order has been seen through production process I would go out to site and over see the installation
• Design new products with perspective clients based on quantity of order
• Deal with customer queries and complaints on site and at the factory
• Every 6 months fly around South Africa and meet with my major accounts to discuss price increases and ways to improve our service
• Manage a multi-national account over a period of three years
• Attend site meetings with store managers, regional managers and divisional managers
• Constantly working under pressure to meet deadlines
• Attend company's yearly Trade Shows and service customers
• Show them new products and build on customer relationships.

• Find potential customers in surrounding rural areas of the Cape Peninsula and provide them with low cost housing renovations.

• Selling and promoting men's and women's fragrances in and around Cape Town.