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Senior Business Partner - Sales - Property

Trade Me
1 day ago
Full-time
On-site
Auckland, E7

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Trade Me Property is seeking a Senior Business Partner - Sales to manage a portfolio of New Homes developers and project teams across New Zealand. Based in Auckland CBD with travel required, you’ll build long term relationships through education and delivering value-added solutions that help clients hit their goals, present digital advertising solutions confidently, and lead Trade Me events and training initiatives. Bring senior account management experience, the ability to engage at all levels, a digital sales or marketing background, and ideally real estate knowledge; be proficient with Salesforce, Power BI and AI tools to uncover insights and drive growth. Be autonomous on the road, travel nationwide, and be ready for evenings at industry events. In your application, tailor your resume with quantified outcomes and add a short note explaining why Trade Me and this role fit you, highlighting your curiosity and client problem-solving.

Trade Me Role Description

At Trade Me, we're about connecting Kiwi to create the life they want. Whether it's the big things like finding a home, a job, a car or growing their business, or the smaller things, like finding that right bedside table or parting ways with some old stuff. At Trade Me our vision is to be the place where Kiwi look first.

We're pretty proud to say Trade Me Property is Aotearoa's favourite property website. We now have an awesome opportunity for a Senior Business Partner - Sales to join our Property Sales team managing a portfolio of New Homes customers, that’s developers and project teams within Real Estate brands across NZ.  The role is based out of our Auckland CBD office and travel will be required. You’ll build quality long term relationships through education and delivering value add solutions that help them achieve their business performance goals. Adoption of our various systems and packages is a key part of our strategy and something you’ll drive on a daily basis.

 Here at Trade Me, we value work-life balance but we also prize proactive client engagement. This senior role requires flexibility to accommodate frequent travel and attendance at evening customer events and hospitality functions.  If you thrive in dynamic environments and are energised by the opportunity to build genuine connections at these important industry gatherings, this unique outlook will be an asset to your success.

Here is what you can expect from this role:

  • Get face-to-face with your customers, from agents and administrators to the C Suite of nationwide real estate businesses to seek opportunities and drive revenue growth
  • Plan and offer product solutions that deliver on the specific needs of customers through applying tailored value propositions
  • Present and pitch digital advertising solutions confidently and with conviction to your customers
  • Take the lead on Trade Me events and training initiatives identified in your market
  • Travel throughout NZ to meet with customers and attend industry events
  • Maintain and grow our reputation of being a 'liked and trusted industry partner' while driving sales and growing revenue

What you will bring to our team:

  • Experience in a Senior Account Management role
  • Experience growing and strengthening relationships with clients at all levels
  • A media background in digital sales or digital marketing is a huge advantage
  • A background in Real Estate is certainly useful
  • You expertly use Salesforce, Power BI, and AI tools to uncover deep client insights, identify strategic opportunities, and drive measurable growth
  • Solid analytical skills - the ability to see opportunities through effective use of data
  • Strong presentation skills - the ability to deliver a compelling story to one or to many
  • Ability to operate autonomously on the road/home office
  • A genuine curiosity to uncover and solve customer challenges
You'll have the best time working at Trade Me, and this is why:

#AI and Tech: We live and breathe AI in our daily tasks. We value curiosity and an open mind towards new tech, offering dedicated AI skilling to help you grow and thrive in a fast-changing landscape.
#Flexibility: Flexibility means different things to different people and we support you to find what works, including a home office set up and utilities allowance. We value team connection and come together in person on Monday and at least one other day a week.
#Wellness: Being your best self means caring for your physical and mental wellbeing, we offer lots of resources to help you along the way.
#Leave: We support you with leave when you need it, including 5 days of wellness leave each year and 10 days of sick leave from day 1.
#Social: Nothing beats getting together to have some fun and celebrate our success. Join us in the office on payday for company paid lunches. Regular Friday drinks and nibbles, annual Trade Me company awards, celebrations and more.
#Learning: Whether it's on the job, formal training, or mentoring, you'll grow with us from Day 1. We're big on internal mobility and look to our own talent first for new opportunities.

We know some candidates can be reluctant to apply for roles if they feel they don't 'tick all the boxes'. If you're excited about this opportunity, we'd still really like to hear from you so please send us your resume and a short cover note outlining the “Why”.

Trade Me is an INZ accredited employer. We truly value diversity and embrace a flexible workplace where people are encouraged to achieve their potential.

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