Business Development Manager is responsible for driving profitable growth across valve-related services, products and solutions throughout the APAC region. This role focuses on identifying, developing, and securing new business opportunities within LNG, mining, power generation, oil & gas, and broader industrial sectors. The role will build strong customer relationships, develop new accounts, and expand existing business while ensuring strong commercial discipline and margin performance. A key focus is positioning the business as a preferred supplier through technical credibility, responsiveness, and commercial value. This position plays a critical role in supporting regional growth objectives and improving overall EBITDA performance through disciplined business development and customer acquisition.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Identify, pursue, and secure new business opportunities across target industries
- Actively develop pipeline opportunities across APAC markets
- Generate new revenue streams through project work, maintenance, shutdowns, and capital projects
- Ensure regular engagement with key stakeholders at multiple levels of customer organisations
- Develop deep understanding of customer operations, challenges, and upcoming project requirements
- Drive revenue growth with strong focus on gross margin and profitability
- Apply disciplined pricing strategies aligned to value, risk, and market conditions
- Support negotiation of commercial terms to ensure sustainable business outcomes
- Identify opportunities to improve account profitability and reduce margin leakage
- Maintain a structured and accurate pipeline of opportunities in CRM systems
- Provide regular forecasting and updates on opportunity status and conversion likelihood
- Ensure strong qualification of opportunities to maximise win rate and efficiency
- Work with internal technical, operations, and commercial teams to develop winning proposals
- Support preparation of bids, quotations, and tender submissions
- Contribute to value propositions and differentiated customer solutions
- Monitor market trends, competitor activity, and customer investment cycles
- Identify new market opportunities across APAC regions and industries
- Provide market feedback to internal teams to support strategic planning
Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Commerce, or related discipline or Trade qualified
- More than 7 years’ experience in industrial services, mechanical maintenance, integrity services, or oil & gas/mining sector products/services
- Experience working across APAC markets (multi-country exposure advantageous)
- Strong understanding of valve products (highly desirable)
- Proven ability to grow new business lines and develop customer relationships in complex technical environments
- Entrepreneurial mindset with strong ownership of product line performance
- Commercially driven with focus on growth and profitability
- High level of initiative and ability to operate across a diverse APAC region