Business Development Manager
Network Finance
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Job summary
Network Finance is seeking a technically minded and commercially driven Business Development Manager to join its Centurion team. You will bridge Engineering, Sales, suppliers, OEMs and partners to drive multi-stakeholder business development and product integration.
The role translates complex technical capabilities into customer value, supports supplier engagement, coordinates projects, and enables sales with technical material. Occasional international travel is required.
Qualifications
- Matric / Grade 12 is required.
- Relevant Bachelor's Degree is required.
- Average of 85% in Matric.
- A strong or prestigious academic track record will be advantageous.
- 0–3 years' relevant experience in business development, engineering, technology, sales, project coordination or a related technical environment.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a technical liaison between the organisation and suppliers, OEMs and technology partners.
- Support technical and commercial discussions throughout procurement and integration lifecycle.
- Coordinate information between internal stakeholders and external technology partners.
- Assist with evaluating supplier capabilities, products and technical compatibility.
- Support development and maintenance of strategic supplier and technology relationships.
- Act as central coordination point between Engineering and Sales during product integration phases.
- Assist with managing integration activities, timelines, deliverables and technical requirements.
- Track project progress and ensure stakeholders receive timely information.
- Support identification and resolution of technical or integration challenges.
- Ensure products and technologies align with customer and programme requirements.
- Provide Sales with current technical and product knowledge and translate capabilities into commercial value.
- Prepare technical presentations, proposals and customer-facing material.
- Support competitive positioning and market analysis.
- Develop internal technical enablement material to strengthen customer engagement capabilities.
- Monitor defence technology, aerospace and systems integration developments.
- Research new products, technologies, suppliers and strategic partners.
- Identify opportunities for product enhancement and technology integration.
- Support Sales and Engineering with market and technology intelligence.
- Identify and develop new business opportunities and prospective customers.
Education
Job description
A leading organisation within the defence and aerospace industry is seeking a technically minded and commercially driven Business Development Manager to join its team.
The Business Development Manager will serve as a critical bridge between technical, engineering, sales, suppliers, OEMs and technology partners, supporting complex, multi-stakeholder business-development and product-integration activities.
This role is ideally suited to a graduate or early-career professional with a strong academic background, excellent written communication skills and an interest in defence technology, engineering and commercial development.
The successful candidate will help translate sophisticated technical capabilities into compelling customer value propositions while supporting supplier engagement, product integration, sales enablement and technology research initiatives.
Occasional international travel will be required.
- Serve as a technical liaison between the organisation and suppliers, OEMs and technology partners.
- Support technical and commercial discussions throughout the procurement and integration lifecycle.
- Coordinate information between internal stakeholders and external technology partners.
- Assist with evaluating supplier capabilities, products and technical compatibility.
- Support the development and maintenance of strategic supplier and technology relationships.
- Act as a central coordination point between Engineering and Sales during product integration phases.
- Assist with managing integration activities, timelines, deliverables and technical requirements.
- Track project progress and ensure relevant stakeholders receive accurate and timely information.
- Support the identification and resolution of technical or integration challenges.
- Assist with ensuring that products and technologies are appropriately aligned with customer and programme requirements.
- Provide the Sales team with accurate and current technical and product knowledge.
- Translate complex technical capabilities into clear commercial value propositions.
- Assist in preparing technical presentations, proposals, product documentation and customer-facing material.
- Support competitive positioning and market analysis.
- Assist Sales with technical preparation for customer meetings, presentations and engagements.
- Develop internal technical enablement material to strengthen the team's customer engagement capabilities.
- Monitor emerging developments in defence technology, aerospace, systems integration and adjacent technology sectors.
- Conduct research into new products, technologies, suppliers and potential strategic partners.
- Perform preliminary product compatibility and capability assessments.
- Identify opportunities for product enhancement, technology integration and new capability development.
- Support the Sales and Engineering teams with market and technology intelligence.
- Support the identification and development of new business opportunities.
- Research prospective customers, markets and technology partners.
- Assist with opportunity qualification and development.
- Contribute to commercial proposals, tenders and business-development initiatives.
- Develop strong relationships across technical, commercial and operational stakeholder groups.
- Matric / Grade 12 – required
- Relevant Bachelor's Degree – required
- Average of 85% in Matric
- A strong or prestigious academic track record will be advantageous.
- 0–3 years' relevant experience in business development, engineering, technology, sales, project coordination or a related technical environment.
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