TWG is a New Zealand success story, founded by Sir Stephen Tindall and evolved from a single The Warehouse store to become one of the largest retailing groups in New Zealand with $3 billion in sales. TWG consists of six core retail brands: The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Noel Leeming, Torpedo7, 1-day and TheMarket.

Each business unit of TWG has a commercial division which operates through the TWG Business programme. TWG Business allows a consolidated shopping experience for businesses nationwide, allowing a wide range of product and service procurement through a central group. The vision is that a business can procure technology, stationery, appliances, furniture, sporting, outdoor, apparel, FMCG and many more categories; through one central supplier.

We now have a great opportunity for an experienced sales leader with significant experience in the Government sector to lead the team of Business Development Managers to leverage existing and harness future opportunities as the new Government Sector Head.

This position reports to the National Sales Lead - TWGB and will work closely with the wider commercial team, Regional Managers and key stakeholders within the Government sector. Your primary responsibility will be to drive a high performance culture. You will coach & mentor your team of Government specialists to identify, develop and grow new revenue streams and source commercial sales for the retail network within the Government sector.

The Sector Head is responsible overall for managing business relationships from a day-to-day perspective to ensure that sales are maximised and account relationships are maintained. It is imperative that you maintain a high level of product knowledge to effectively manage current client relationships.

We are looking for an active Sales Manager who has a passion for success and who shows a commitment to their team and the business. The pace of this role is fast and complex dealing with multiple brands and stakeholders, therefore, to truly succeed in this role, you will need to be highly resilient and have both excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Innate leadership abilities are essential, and through your extensive leadership experience; you will be required to manage the complexities & changes of a high-performance environment, all while driving the wider team engagement.

We offer a dynamic, supportive team environment within a business that cares about and recognises individuals. The business is at an exciting point in its life story.  As a Company we’re going agile to ensure our customers always come first.   To meet the ever changing demands of our customers, we’re simplifying the way we work, speeding up decision making, and breaking down the hierarchy so we work better, faster.  By empowering our teams and increasing cross-collaboration, we aim to make TWG New Zealand’s best place to work!