The Opportunity

Due to business growth, we are recruiting for a proactive Technical Business Development Specialist to join our Blackwoods team at our Canning Vale branch.

As a Technical BD Specialist, you'll combine strong customer engagement capability with product expertise to confidently work with customers, understand their challenges, and identify opportunities to improve outcomes through the application of fit-for-purpose products and solutions.

Working across our PPE category, you'll engage directly with customers, undertake workplace assessments, conduct evaluations and demonstrations, and partner with sales teams to deliver solutions that address customer requirements. A key focus of the role is to create awareness, build preference and generate demand for designated brands and category solutions through technical expertise, customer engagement, and value-led conversations.

What you'll be doing:

- Engage customers to understand their operating setting, challenges, and requirements, and identify opportunities where our products and solutions can add value.
- Create demand for targeted products and solutions, growing market share and sales.
- Run customer trials and demonstrations, including product evaluations and proof-of-concept activities.
- Conduct workplace assessments and recommend solutions that can improve safety, productivity, and compliance.
- Support customer projects, tenders, evaluations, and solution implementation activities.
- Bring customer feedback, product insights,



and market observations back to our Sales and Category teams to support ongoing category development and future growth opportunities.

What you'll bring:

- Experience in business development, customer engagement and/or in relevant sales solutions
- The ability to build customer relationships and influence product adoption through credible technical advice and consultation.
- Strong problem-solving skills and an ability to translate customer needs into fit-for-purpose recommendations.
- Confidence presenting, demonstrating products, and communicating with a broad range of stakeholders.
- B2B experience will be highly regarded.
- A current driver's licence will be required for success in this position.

Next Steps

If you meet most of the criteria listed above and would like to be considered for this opportunity, please send your application today. We will be contacting suitable candidates as we receive them.

As part of our recruitment process and commitment to safety, you may be required to undertake background checks (which may include a police check, a pre-employment medical assessment; and/or drug & alcohol testing) as part of your application process.

Blackwoods also promotes diversity and inclusion across our workplaces and encourages applications from all backgrounds, including people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, the LGBTQI+ community and people with disabilities.

📌 Technical Business Development (Canning Vale)
🏢 Blackwoods
📍 Canning Vale