Business Development Manager (Fire & Gas Suppression)
Johannesburg North, Gauteng
Posted yesterday
- Company:
- Innovation Advance
- Company Description:
- Innovation Advance provides customised training and recruitment solutions that are tailor made to suit what is currently relevant, needed most and perfect for your specific needs. We love doing what we do and believe that learning and progression should be ongoing, valuable and inspiring. We take learning seriously but, we also believe that it should be fun and that achievement should be celebrated.
- Contract Type:
- Full Time
- Experience Required:
- 5 to 10 years
- Education Level:
- Bachelor
- Number of vacancies:
- 1
Job Description
Every meeting, every site visit, every proposal — it’s all in service of creating safer, smarter environments.
Your Mission
• Identify and secure new business across key sectors
• Drive growth in technical safety and security solutions
• Lead tender responses and craft compelling proposals
• Build and maintain long-term client partnerships
• Conduct site visits, technical assessments, and solution presentations
• Monitor market trends and competitor moves
• Collaborate across teams to match client needs with delivery excellence
• Maintain accurate pipeline reports using CRM platforms
What You’ve Got
• Matric plus relevant post-matric qualification
• Registered with PSIRA and SAQCC (Fire Detection and/or Gas Suppression) an advantage
• At least 5 years’ experience in technical solution sales
• Confident in tender submissions and commercial strategy
• Hands-on knowledge of fire protection and electronic security systems
• Able to interpret drawings and grasp basic network infrastructure
• Valid driver’s license and own transport
Your Superpowers
• Persuasive communicator and strategic negotiator
• Results-oriented with a proven track record
• Technically sharp and commercially savvy
• Professional presence with a client-first mindset
• Collaborative yet self-sufficient
• CRM and MS Office savvy
This is for someone who sees opportunity in every blueprint and builds trust with every conversation. If you're ready to engineer safer spaces and open new doors, let's talk.
