Business Development Manager

• Structural, Civil and Infrastructure industry; Auckland based
• Develop strategic growth; strong relationship builder required
• Fantastic ‘work family’; small team; huge opportunities

This is a role for someone who thrives on a busy small consultative environment where you will be integral to the growth and business strategy development. My client is seeking a genuine team player who is passionate, experienced and innovative, with a flexible nature and a great base of practical experience.

You will need relevant Auckland based experience, with excellent communication skills, and an appropriate engineering qualification.

DUTIES:

• Seeking opportunities for business development within the buildings and infrastructure sector for a design consultancy.
• In conjunction with the Leadership Team develop a strategy for business development.
• Develop growth strategies and plans to increase client base identifying and mapping business strengths and customer needs. 
• Responsible for heading up expansion into new markets as well as continued expansion among existing markets and clients.
• Building relationships with existing clients to leverage from current standing.
• Develop a draft annual budget for approval to include marketing and business development.
• Attend relevant networking functions.
• Driving peak performance and sales success across the organization.
• Creating, negotiating and closing commercial agreements.
• Writing business proposals.
• Negotiating with stakeholders.
• Provide engineering knowledge in conjunction with the business development role.
• Assist with drafting and reviewing contracts to ensure adherence to law-established rules and guidelines.
• You will be instrumental in devising, implementing and managing the strategy for meeting sales performance targets.

REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ROLE:

• Strong communication skills
• Experience in NZ market
• Engineer Backgrond 
• Proven business development manager who is used to working to targets.
• Proven track record in sales, business development and winning new business in the construction industry.
• Proven track record of increasing revenue through generation of leads.
• Show an understanding of the challenges facing the industry at present and illustrate a knowledge of the operational attention to detail that will be required to succeed within the industry.

The position will be based in our Auckland office. With time this may expand to a national role. If this sounds like you, and you would like to know more, please click “Apply” to Liz Beckett today.