Business Development Manager

•    Join an iconic Australian Brand
•    Adelaide based role
•    Forbes top 100 list of most innovative companies

About Us

ASSA ABLOY is the global leader in access solutions, dedicated to satisfying end-user needs for security, safety and convenience. With offices in over 70 countries, we are represented in all major regions within both mature and emerging markets. In Australia, ASSA ABLOY has a manufacturing site which takes design concepts through to finished products for both the local and export market. Our iconic brands, such as Lockwood, Abloy, Whitco and Yale, are driven by innovation and have been recognised with ASSA ABLOY’s inclusion in Forbes’ Top 100 most innovative companies list, on four separate occasions.

About The Role

We currently have an opportunity for a motivated Business Development Manager – Residential Builders – SA/TAS to join our team based in Adelaide, South Australia.

Reporting to the National Residential Construction Sales Manager, your role will focus on building strong partnerships with our clients to help identify new business opportunities and grow market share throughout your defined territory and customer groups. The management of both the marketing and sales activities for your territory, with the goal of positioning ASSA ABLOY Australia as the business partner of choice for both residential builders and their trade partners, will be a key focus for this role. As required, there will be opportunities to educate our distributors’ sales staff on ASSA ABLOY products and programs. 

About You

With demonstrated solid experience with successful sales, business development and/or key account manager experience, you will enter the role with a proven track record of achieving sales and growth goals. You will be experienced in field sales and be at ease with motivating, persuading and influencing decision makers in order to build new business and maintain existing customers. You will have proven abilities in achieving results, demonstrate excellent presentation and communication skills and will be financially astute in your undertakings. Previous experience working with Residential Builders and Trade Distributors would be preferred, but is not essential. We are looking for someone with the drive and determination to make their mark and stand out in our space.
 

Why work with us? 

•   Opportunity to work for a large successful global organisation
•   Ongoing learning and development to meet your professional development needs
•   True career opportunities in the wider business with many and varied career pathways
•   A supportive and accessible leadership team and a solid values platform that underpins who we are and how we operate

We encourage people from all gender identities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, with disabilities and from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply. No unsolicited agencies please.
 
Applications will only be accepted from applicants who have valid working rights to work full time in Australia. 

We are the ASSA ABLOY Group
Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 61,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces – physical and virtual – safer, more secure, and easier to access.  As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally. As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.