Grounds Maintenance, Landscape Creation, Arboriculture, Sports Surfacing, Parks management, IOS Managing Safely Training, Ecology & Biodiversity, Grass cutting, Horticulture, Street Cleaning, Soft Landscaping, Hard Landscaping
idverde provides a wide range of green services, including grounds maintenance, landscape creation, and advice services, to both private and public sectors across the UK.
“I am surrounded by positive female role models and some fantastic senior females within the construction industry.”
I used to work in the food industry (selling chocolate spread). I was an international sales manager and my territory was everything outside of Europe, so I had a big region!
I wanted to continue to sell to people and I enjoyed travel, but the long stretches away were hard with a family.
I had the opportunity to open-up the North for our Housebuilder services and it has been an exciting journey.
No one day is the same! If I am working from home, I am generally chatting to my customers to understand their needs and to support them with their decisions.
If I am out on site I am working with my clients to see what they see. I like to show my clients how we have improved the environment they are creating for their customers through the landscaping we have installed.
I love being with my clients. Sales areas from start to finish are always good projects. Often with revisions that are recognised by our design team and then brought to life by our fantastic installation teams. They are generally tough to the end, with short deadlines, but the end results really do make me feel proud.
I am generally asked ‘are you going to get muddy?’ when I arrive on site. What my colleagues and clients don’t know is that I am generally out running and getting very muddy at the weekend. We are not meek and weak individuals. Women are strong. We are able to deal with mud and the pressures that being on site throw at us. I enjoy working with all the aspects that an active site brings, with strong site managers, sales execs in offices, and seeing the plots transform.
I have found the wider idverde family to be extremely positive and supportive to both women and men alike. It does not feel like women are seen to be unable to do things or only suited to certain roles. I am surrounded by positive female role models with my peers in the RRM community and some fantastic senior females within the construction industry.
Thanks for sharing your experiences with us, Sophie.
