Account Development Manager

This unique role opens the door to Geberit, the Swiss headquartered company which boasts a proud 150 year history as an industry innovator in plumbing systems technologies and bathroom ceramics. Today, Geberit operates in 50 countries and employs over 11,000+ people.

Their Australian subsidiary is looking for a successful account/ relationship/ business manager, coming from a technical building, plumbing systems, electrical or industrial products background interested in managing a significant channel of business in Australia and NZ.

The role reports to the Managing Director.

Location: Sydney/Northmead

A unique business relationship exists between Geberit and two of Australia’s best known businesses in the building industry and as their relationship manager, you will be supplying vital products and OEM components to these business partners via a number of Geberit’s international manufacturing plants.

These important customers are large and complex organisations, represent an important proportion of the Australian subsidiary’s income and, as a key contact point with these customers, your role is about managing relationships and stakeholders and adding real value across these client businesses.

You have a genuine opportunity to drive business growth through your personal initiative coupled with your depth of engagement with key client stakeholders, particularly the sales, category, R&D and supply chain teams. Parallel opportunities for growth in Geberit’s OEM channel exist in Australia and NZ, and part of your responsibility will be to identify and capture these opportunities.

You are ideally a successful front line business/relationship manager with strong interpersonal skills, a good understanding of category and supply chain functions and you understand the complexities of a long selling cycle environment.

You are known for your strong strategic business development skills and are most likely coming from a technical/solutions based building or industrial products environment. You have ideally worked for organisations known for their category innovation and NPD and on a personal level, you are tertiary qualified, very good with people and known for your professionalism, commercial drive and energy.

Geberit is proud of a business culture that is teams focused, open and transparent, and hands on and in joining this business, you will be working with the Australian management team which enjoys local independence and boasts very considerable success over the last 10 to 15 years.

The remuneration package reflects the importance of this role and will include a generous bonus, participation in the employee participation program and opportunities for international travel.

Apply now or for a confidential discussion call Miff James on 02 99861*** 
Job #2456