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Kogan.com is seeking a General Manager - Commercial Sales to drive the growth and development of our commercial sales division. This role is suited to a proactive and self-motivated professional who takes initiative and is focused on delivering outcomes.
You will lead a team of two and be responsible for executing our commercial sales strategy across both formal tender opportunities and proactive business development initiatives, including outbound engagement. The successful candidate will play a key role in expanding the division, demonstrating strong ownership, commercial acumen, and a consistent focus on performance and growth.
This is a unique opportunity to join a market-leading, ASX-listed ecommerce powerhouse. At Kogan.com, we move fast, challenge the status quo, and lean into the technology that has made us a household name. You’ll be joining a high-performance environment where your commercial strategy directly impacts the trajectory of one of Australia’s most iconic digital retailers. If this sounds like you, apply today!
You'll be responsible for:
- Drive Commercial Sales: identify and pursue new business opportunities through a combination of formal tender submissions and proactive business development activities, including outbound engagement and relationship building.
- Build & Scale the Division: support the continued development of the B2B division by implementing effective frameworks, processes, and operating structures to enable long-term growth.
- Leadership & Team Management: lead and develop a team of two, fostering accountability, collaboration, and performance across both in-office and remote team members.
- End-to-end Tender Management: manage the full tender process, including opportunity assessment, proposal preparation, submission management, and contract execution.
- Contract Negotiation: conduct commercial negotiations to secure favourable outcomes while maintaining appropriate legal and commercial oversight.
- Strategic Reporting: deliver clear, data-driven reporting on sales pipelines, tender activity, and team performance, with a focus on continuous improvement and execution.
To be successful in this role, you should be:
- University degree qualified in a relevant field (Commerce, Business or similar).
- Have demonstrated success in achieving and exceeding sales targets through proactive business development, outbound engagement, and relationship management.
- Strong understanding of government and B2B procurement processes, with hands-on tendering experience preferred.
- Strong experience managing complex tender submissions within the Australian market, including large-scale commercial opportunities.
- A sound leader, with a proven ability to lead and manage teams, including experience driving accountability and performance across both in-person and remote environments.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and influence decision-makers.
- Proven ability to review, negotiate, and manage commercial contracts with a strong understanding of commercial and legal considerations.
- Highly organised, with a sharp attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple opportunities, competing priorities, and tight deadlines.
- Confident working cross-functionally to drive commercial outcomes across logistics, fulfilment, finance, and customer service teams.
- Forward-thinking and tech-savvy, with a proven ability to leverage AI and emerging technologies to streamline workflows, enhance decision-making, and drive maximum productivity and effectiveness
- Comfortable developing pricing models and commercial strategies that balance competitiveness with profitability.
- Proactive and process-oriented, with a mindset geared towards continuous improvement and innovation.
- Adept at tracking, reporting, and analysing performance data to refine future commercial and tendering strategies.
Why Kogan.com?
- Work with an incredible team to solve important challenges, helping to drive Australia and New Zealand’s eCommerce future
- Your role has a lot of ownership, autonomy and little red tape. You’ll be empowered to achieve positive outcomes and your work will have a real impact
- You’ll be at the forefront of the eCommerce industry with us and be part of a company that are the Pioneers of eCommerce in Australia
- Be an Intrepreneur, playing a hands on role in shaping our strategy at our HQ
- A range of employee benefits such as; complimentary Kogan First Membership, team exclusive discounts, Health & Wellness program, Learning & Development and Lunch & Learns, Hackathons, Team member referral program, Company and team events and celebrations, community engagement (volunteering) and extensive career development opportunities plus loads more!
To apply
Express your interest in this opportunity by uploading your CV and Cover Letter, outlining your interest in the position and how you think you can help grow the Kogan business.
Hot tip, generic Cover Letters won’t cut it here! Stand out with an application that shows a deep knowledge of the Kogan.com business and how we operate, to allow yours to be looked upon more favourably.
Innovative thinking got our business to where it is now, so it makes sense that we look for like-minded problem solvers! As a first step to our process, all new candidates will be sent testing, so be sure to keep an eye out for it!
About Us
We’re Kogan.com, Pioneers of eCommerce in Australia.
At Kogan.com we offer rewarding careers, where you build your skills, are mentored by the best in the industry and get to share your expert knowledge in an innovative Company where your ideas and opinions count. You get to solve really important challenges to drive eCommerce’s future, and get to do it with a great team culture and benefits!
Join Kogan.com to master your craft, do your best work, make a real difference and work with the best. At Kogan.com, your work will have an immediate impact on transforming the Australian and New Zealand retail environment.
Heads up!
Kogan.com is a fast-paced business - our vacancy close dates are subject to change. We will assess applications as they are received, so don't wait to apply!
All new Kogan.com team members are required to undergo a National Police Record check and must have full-time Australian working rights
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