Business Development Manager - Berlin (7-month fixed term contract)

at  New Zealand Trade And Enterprise

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL: Ō PŪKENGA

You will need to be a superb relationship manager and team player with excellent local networks and a solid understanding of one or more of the sectors and markets, highlighted earlier. Your commercial acumen combined with your resourcefulness will assist you to manage a busy portfolio of companies.
Superior communication and expectation management skills are critical, as is the ability to build credibility and trust quickly and a willingness to ‘roll up your sleeves’ and do whatever is required to set your clients on a course for success. You will understand how to develop and leverage industry networks. Your enthusiastic, ‘can-do’ attitude, proactive nature, creative problem-solving skills and ability to work in virtual teams will be critical to your success. Fluent English and German is necessary for this role, Scandinavian languages would also be beneficial, but not essential.
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Why you’ll love working here: Nau mai ki Te Taurapa Tūhono
NZTE offers a flexible, fun and stimulating environment with a unique opportunity to develop and access world class business networks with a talented, diverse team. You will be part of a recently established team that makes a significant impact for New Zealand companies in helping them to succeed in competitive, sophisticated European markets. You will be part of a global organisation working with colleagues worldwide to achieve the New Zealand government’s economic development goals.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING: TE WHAKAMAHERE

Europe offers great opportunities for New Zealand companies across a range of sectors especially in niche manufacturing, and technology (health, agritech and multi-sector) sectors. Our team in Berlin is evolving and we are looking for another highly motivated, self-starting Business Development Manager to help New Zealand businesses enter and thrive in these markets.
You will proactively support companies to develop and execute their business growth plans. Drawing on your own experience, knowledge, networks, and collaborating with NZTE colleagues and specialist advisers you will help companies’ senior leaders and in-market managers navigate the nuances of these key northern European markets. Your strength will be in identifying potential partners and opportunities, and further developing and growing new channels to market.
You will be responsible for a portfolio across a range of sectors, including niche manufacturing, and technology (health, agritech and multi-sector). If you have experience in these sectors and a curiosity to learn more, we would love to hear from you. Our customers are active across traditional channels (consumer & B2B) and increasingly eCommerce. You will manage a busy portfolio of companies with varying work intensity and would expect to spend a proportion of time liaising (whether in person or virtually under the current circumstances) with customers, their partners and industry contacts to develop your network connections.