Acoustic Specification Manager - Midlands/North

Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland is looking for a Business Development Manager – Acoustics to join our growing Acoustic Development team in our Retrofit & Refurbishment sector, driving specification and technical influence across the North of England.

This is a newly created role covering the Home Counties and Midlands, with regular travel up through Birmingham and Manchester and the wider Midlands corridor. You'll be working alongside our existing BDM Acoustics covering the South, splitting the country roughly down the middle, and giving you real ownership of a strategic patch and its key accounts.

The Role:

Our Acoustic Development team focuses on indoor acoustics and sustainable solutions across the retrofit and refurbishment sectors, with a particular emphasis on education and healthcare, alongside a strong pipeline of office fit out and refurbishment projects.

You'll be engaging architects, acoustic consultants and key stakeholders to influence design decisions early, supporting our sales teams to convert specifications into commercial outcomes, and building genuine thought leadership in the acoustics space across your patch. This is a technical, relationship led role rather than a traditional sales position, and success will come from credibility with specifiers and consultants as much as commercial results.

What you'll be doing:

• Driving business growth through specification and technical influence within acoustics, focused on retrofit and refurbishment
• Building relationships with architects, acoustic consultants and specifiers across the Midlands and North, including strategic accounts in Birmingham and Manchester
• Delivering CPDs and supporting early-stage project engagement to grow the specification pipeline
• Feeding back market and customer insight to support product development and commercial strategy
• Collaborating closely with Sector BDMs, specification teams and brand technical teams across the business

What we’re looking for:

• A trained acoustician, looking to move into a specification and business development focused role
• Someone with a strong acoustics background from within an acoustic specialist company, ready for their next step
• Anyone with solid, hands on knowledge of building acoustics who can speak credibly with consultants and specifiers, even without a "BDM" job title in their background
• An understanding of technical specification documents, construction drawings and details
• Confidence presenting to and influencing architects and consultants
• Great communication, networking and relationship building skills

Are Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland inclusive employers?

Saint-Gobain is a worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, following our purpose of 'Making the World a Better Home'. We play a part in improving daily life through high-performance solutions. From wherever you are, let your unique personality and our values guide you every day to invent a more sustainable world.

We understand that a diverse workplace is not only a more enjoyable place to be but also facilitates better decision-making and innovation. So, whoever you are, and whichever Saint-Gobain business you join, you can be sure of a warm welcome with us.

And what about flexibility?

At Saint-Gobain, we're always open to new ways of working. Everyone has different needs and commitments. We'll happily discuss any flexibility you might need for this role. Whilst we can't promise to meet every request, we do promise to listen.