Citycare Water Looking for Business Development Manager at Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Full Time

We Discover. We Deliver. We Care. We are Safe.

It is an exciting time to be in Water. Citycare Water is a leading national provider of three waters network maintenance services, water and wastewater reticulation renewals construction, and IoT-enabled technology solutions across New Zealand.

We provide infrastructure maintenance services to protect and care for the health of water as it is delivered to over 24% of properties nationwide and return it safely to the environment.

About the role

• Lead our business development strategy
• Grow the business
• Auckland or Christchurch opportunity

Reporting to the Head of Strategy and Growth, you will lead our business development focus. You will foster new commercial relationships, focusing on delivering new water maintenance contracts and digital services solutions to customers.

You will be accountable for developing, driving, and delivering our business development strategy. You will be focused on new profitable business opportunities by identifying and assessing new opportunities. You will then work collaboratively with key stakeholders in the business to convert those opportunities into contracts for service.

Key focuses include:

• Identify opportunities in the market that align with Citycare Water’s five-year strategy.
• Deliver new business development opportunities aligned to our digital strategy.
• Lead key stakeholder relationships that positively impact growth.

About you

To succeed in this role, you will need to have proven experience in business development, sales and communication. You will be self-motivated, highly organised with strong commercial acumen and outcomes-driven.

You may have extensive background in business development within the infrastructure, telco, energy or the emerging technology sector, but, more importantly, you will be highly driven to succeed.

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary degree in business, marketing, or a related field.
• Strong business development skills with a proven track record of generating and managing a sales pipeline.
• Strong sales and communication skills.
• Outgoing and enthusiastic.
• Creative thinker with the ability to identify where you can bring value to a business.
• Self-motivated and Accountable.
• Experience within the Water / Civil Construction / Infrastructure industry would be beneficial but not essential.

All preferred candidates will be required to complete pre-employment checks to the employer’s satisfaction. These checks include but are not limited to Ministry of Justice criminal conviction report, medical assessment and drug & alcohol testing.

• Please note that only those shortlisted will be contacted, and this will happen within one week of your application.