National Sales and Operations Manager

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Lead Corefleet NZ’s national sales and operations strategy to drive revenue growth, profitability, and market share.

Are you a commercially driven sales and operations leader with a passion for building strong customer relationships, developing high-performing teams and delivering sustainable business growth? Corefleet NZ is seeking a National Sales and Operations Manager to lead our national fleet and sales strategy across New Zealand.

About the role

This senior leadership role is responsible for driving revenue growth, profitability and market share for Corefleet NZ. You will lead the execution of national sales initiatives, oversee key customer and supplier relationships, and provide strategic and operational leadership across sales and operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the national sales and fleet strategy aligned to business growth objectives.
• Drive national sales targets and key performance indicators.
• Identify new business opportunities, tender activity and strategic partnerships across fleet and corporate customers.
• Lead key account management and executive level stakeholder relationships.
• Build and maintain strategic OEM and supplier partnerships to support business growth.
• Lead, coach and develop a sales and operations team, creating a high-performance and accountable culture.
• Contribute to business planning, forecasting, pipeline management, performance reporting and strategic planning.
• Champion safe work practices and support a strong health, safety and environmental culture.

About you

You are a proven senior sales leader with strong commercial acumen, excellent stakeholder engagement skills and experience leading teams in a B2B, fleet, automotive, commercial services or related environment. You are confident managing complex customer portfolios, negotiating commercial agreements and turning strategy into measurable outcomes.

What you’ll bring

• Senior sales leadership experience in fleet, automotive, commercial services or a similar B2B environment.
• Demonstrated success leading sales teams and managing large or complex customer portfolios.
• Strong commercial, financial and business acumen, including contract negotiation and margin management.
• Experience in strategic planning, forecasting, reporting and operational management.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with customers, OEMs, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Excellent influencing, communication and people leadership capability.
• Tertiary qualifications in Business, Commerce, Marketing or a related discipline will be highly regarded.

What you can expect from us

Along with a remuneration package commensurate with experience and in line with market, you’ll enjoy outstanding mentorship, a stable long-term opportunity with a respected industry name, career growth and training opportunities, and access to Sime’s employee privileges programme among others.

This is your opportunity to join a team where people and results matter, and your drive makes a difference. If you're ready to take ownership, be bold, and make an impact, we want to hear from you.

Apply online now addressing your cover letter to Jason McDonnell.

About us

Corefleet is a trusted provider of light commercial vehicle rental and leasing solutions, delivering fully managed fleet services including vehicle fit-out, maintenance, and support. Backed by the Sime Group and a network of branches across Australia and Auckland, New Zealand, Corefleet serves the mining, oil and gas, civil construction, and industrial sectors with reliable, nationwide fleet solutions tailored to meet operational demands