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Welcome to the team
Lynne Wellington,
Regional Business Development Manager
In June this year, Lynne joined our Business Development
team. Lynne has a fantastic wealth of experience for
companies including Hall & Tawse, Britannia, Kier, Vanbots,
Birse, and most recently Willmott Dixon.
Here’s what Lynne had to
say about her experience
of joining the Sisk family: industry I was one of only two
‘Joining the Sisk team was a
fantastic opportunity. My initial
attraction was the uniqueness of
belonging to a family run company
where there is visible involvement
of the family in the day to day
running of the business. This
commitment shines through in the
quality of projects that have, and
are, being undertaken. In addition
there’s a great deal of flexibility for
clients, with business units having
the autonomy to do what works
for them and the business, but still
within an overall structural matrix.
This approach has given Sisk
a firm standing in the industry,
creating fresh opportunities and
challenges other companies can’t
capitalise on. Currently there’s a
strategic balancing process to be
undertaken for Major Projects and
Regions to avoid future peaks and
troughs. There’s more work to be
done on sector planning and client
alignment, and to help identify
skills development within business
units to overcome barriers to new
markets. Coupled with achieving
recognition for the benefits of
the One Sisk message, there are
a great deal of new challenges to
look forward to.
I think my love of a good
challenge stems from my many
years in process industries and
construction. Life in business
development hasn’t always
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been easy. Along with the two There’s been so much support for
recessions, in my early days in the me to get out and about and visit
the sites, and everyone I’ve met
females in a BD role in the region. It has been incredibly helpful.
was a constant challenge to prove
myself worthy. My thanks go to everyone who’s
made me feel so welcome, and
It was frustrating (and at times I look forward to meeting new
one could be slightly offended), team members in the coming
but there are many reasons weeks and months. If you don’t
why I’ve stayed. After nearly 30 fancy discussing the intricacies
years my job still continues to of business development then
surprise me and I take nothing for when I’m not at work I drive a
granted. I’m a people person and performance car (always happy
I love working with such skilled to talk cars) and I help my family
colleagues and visiting new sites run a charity team for disabled
to bring out my academic as wheelchair basketball.’
well as my creative and practical
side. It’s the best of both worlds.
Construction allows me to see an
initial property/land asset through
its many complex phases, resulting
in a completed building and that
gives me great satisfaction.
Looking ahead there’s a lot on
my wish list at Sisk. Along with
ongoing improvements to quality
and health and safety initiatives
that help me to ‘sell’ the business
and raise the profile of the brand,
I’d like to see controlled growth for
the business units, better capture
of our community engagement
activities to support bids, achieving
places on national frameworks of
choice, and the spread of sector
activity to balance our public/
private exposure...to name just a
few. And if my first few weeks are
anything to go by, exciting times
lay ahead. My induction has been
immensely welcoming.