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Ref: NP425-33
Job description / Role
Kansai Paint Co., Ltd is the largest and most progressive manufacturer of Decorative, Automotive, Industrial, Protective and Marine Coatings in Japan. The organization employs more than 11,000 people working in over 43 countries across the world. With annual revenues of over $ 3.0 billion, Kansai Paint is also one of the world's top ten paint manufacturers
With new retail stores opening across Jeddah we require experienced surveyors to visit our customers’ homes and take accurate measurements in order to provide quotations.
As a Kansai Paint Surveyor you will attend pre-booked home consultations and take measurements of the relevant spaces. You will make accurate notes and drawing of your measurements, create floorplans and conduct through site/surface inspections. You will use this information to work in conjunction with our Color Consultants to generate a detailed project pack, from which customer quotations and work instructions for the application team will be generated.
Key responsibilities:
- Verifies appointment details prior to visit and ensures customer contact details are recorded correctly
- Visits customers’ homes to conduct surveys and acts in a professional and respectable manner at all times
- Takes measurements as required and records measurements clearly and concisely, using technology where provided
- Conducts full assessment of surfaces to ascertain suitability for paint application, taking detailed notes and photographs.
- Highlights any concerns with surfaces or need for additional preparation work or resource (scaffolding, handyman etc)
- Works with Color Consultant to create customer quotation and computer-generated floorplans
Requirements
- High School
- Experience of working in a similar role where accuracy and attention to detail is critical
- Customer Service Experience
- Experience in paint/construction industry would be advantageous
Functional Skills & Specific Knowledge:
- Good spatial awareness and ability to take measurements of large areas
- Ability to record measurements accurately and draw floorplans
- Good calculation skills
- Experience of working with floorplan creation software or similar design software
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and ability to work with company proprietary software
- KSA Driving License essential plus own vehicle
About the Company
Established in 1918 by Katsujiro Iwai, Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. has grown into Japan’s largest and most progressive manufacturer of Decorative, Automotive, Industrial, Protective and Marine Coatings. Today, the company enjoys a well-established position as one of the world’s top ten paint manufacturers.
Our mission is to contribute to society by providing eco-friendly and value-added coating materials and services tailored to customer specifications. Some of our paints and coatings products are known to instill the surfaces they coat with special functionality. These features, driven by strong investment in research and innovation, are strongly acclaimed by our customers and have been earning Kansai Paint a reputation for exceptional reliability in a wide range of fields. In order to realize new innovations in coating materials, our management philosophy encourages employees to undertake new challenges and remain continuously engaged with our customers, so that collective wisdom and knowledge can enable the creation of new technologies, products and solutions.
With nearly 10,000 employees worldwide, and 41 operations across Asia, America, Europe and Africa, the various products provided by Kansai Paint and its Group companies are highly valued around the world. Our customers are based in Japan, Europe, the United States, Africa and Asian countries such as China, India and the Middle East, playing important roles in the protection and beautification of all types of products and merchandise.