Business Development Manager - South Island, New Zealand

Enjoy an exciting new career opportunity as you join a growing organisation and a market leading brand

Leverage your background and make an Impact as you drive our ongoing growth in the NZ market

South Island focus - rewarding salary package + bonus + vehicle

The Team

The Global Services team at Schneider Electric supports some of New Zealand's most critical infrastructure, including hospitals, data centres, utilities, commercial buildings, manufacturing facilities and various industrial sites.

Our team helps customers improve reliability, efficiency, safety and sustainability through a broad portfolio of service agreements, modernisation projects, consulting services, digital solutions, critical power and cooling infrastructure and other electrical distribution technologies.

The Opportunity

Backed by Schneider Electric's extensive installed base and strong customer relationships across New Zealand, we are currently seeking an experienced Business Development Manager. With access to a rich pipeline of opportunities from day one, this is a role where you can make a genuine impact, build long-term partnerships and help customers solve real operational challenges.

We're also experiencing strong growth across recurring service contracts, consulting, modernisation, and digital solutions, creating a variety of exciting opportunities for an ambitious sales professional who enjoys both hunting for new business and growing existing relationships, while being part of a team that genuinely wins together.

The Role

This role provides ownership of a diverse South Island territory, giving you the opportunity to work across some of New Zealand's most important industries while building long-term customer partnerships.

While there is a strong focus on winning new business, this isn't a cold-calling role. You'll be supported by Schneider Electric's extensive installed base, customer insights, technical specialists, service teams, and tendering resources, helping you target the right opportunities and deliver meaningful customer outcomes from day one.

Success comes from taking a consultative approach, understanding customer challenges, and connecting them with solutions that improve reliability, efficiency, safety, and sustainability. With flexibility across markets and customers as priorities evolve, you'll have the freedom to build your territory your way, explore new opportunities, and shape your own success.

What You'll Be Doing

Build and convert a strong pipeline of new business opportunities

Grow and develop key customer relationships across your territory

Leverage installed base data and customer insights to identify high-value opportunities

Promote Schneider Electric's service, consulting, digital and modernisation solutions

Collaborate with technical, operations, tendering and other specialist teams to deliver the best customer outcomes

Develop and execute practical territory and account growth plans

Work with tendering and technical teams on proposals and customer solutions

Manage forecasts, pipeline, and activity through CRM tools

Stay close to your market with regular travel throughout the South Island

What We're Looking For

You'll bring a positive, hungry mindset. Someone who is curious, proactive and motivated to go after new opportunities.

Experience in a Business Development, Account Management or Technical Sales role

A proactive, self-driven mindset with a genuine appetite for growth

Someone who enjoys both winning new business and building long-term customer relationships

Strong communication skills with the ability to engage customers at all levels

A consultative sales approach and a strong commercial acumen

Comfortable using digital tools and CRM systems

* Electrical, industrial, automation, energy, engineering, or services experience will be highly regarded, but is not essential

All applicants must have working rights in New Zealand at the time of application and will be required to provide documented evidence if selected for Interview.

Schneider Electric does not accept unsolicited resumes/candidate profiles from external agencies or suppliers via any method. If any candidates are submitted in an unsolicited manner, we will consider this as a direct candidate application to Schneider Electric and no fee will be payable.

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