Origin Energy

Business Development Manager - LPG (Outbound Sales)

Origin Energy  •  Melbourne, AU (Onsite)  •  10 days ago
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Job Description

  • New business hunting role with a strong focus on cold calling
  • Build your pipeline, win new customers and drive LPG growth
  • Melbourne based

Join a team that's All Kinds of Useful

At Origin, being useful is more than a tagline - it’s how we approach work every day. As a collective, we’re a team that thrives on finding better ways, working together, and owning our impact. From powering homes to delivering award-winning internet and helping to lead Australia’s energy transition. If you’re driven by purpose and excited to be part of something bigger, we’d love to have you on the journey.

About the role:

We’re looking for a driven Business Development Manager – Outbound Sales to join Origin’s LPG Business Sales team in Melbourne. This is a true new business hunting role, suited to someone who enjoys prospecting, picking up the phone and creating opportunities from scratch.

You’ll spend a significant part of your day cold calling prospective business customers, following up leads and running targeted outbound campaigns to grow Origin’s LPG customer base. You’ll be responsible for building your own pipeline, overcoming objections and converting opportunities into new customers, while also identifying win-back and cross-sell opportunities.

Why this role matters?

  • Proactively cold call and prospect new business customers
  • Build and manage your own sales pipeline through outbound activity and targeted campaigns
  • Convert new leads into customers through confident, consultative sales conversations
  • Identify win-back and cross-sell opportunities to drive further growth
  • Own the customer journey from first conversation through to onboarding and first delivery
  • Work closely with Field Sales, Operations and Logistics to deliver a strong customer experience

What will you bring?

  • A genuine hunter mentality with a passion for winning new business
  • Strong experience in outbound sales, cold calling or business development
  • Confidence picking up the phone, prospecting and creating opportunities rather than waiting for leads
  • A proven ability to work towards and achieve sales targets and KPIs
  • Strong communication, negotiation and objection-handling skills
  • Resilience, energy and persistence, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced sales environment

So, why join us?

  • 21 weeks of paid parental leave for primary carers with flexible return options.
  • Thrive in a culture of personal and professional growth.
  • Enjoy a central CBD location with access to parking and public transport.
  • Purchase up to four additional weeks of leave annually.
  • Engage in opportunities through the Origin Foundation to support your community.
  • Powering your career with unbeatable perks - Get discounted electricity, gas, and internet as an Origin employee.
  • Explore unique and cost-effective employee EV Car subscriptions.

Origin - Where good change happens

At Origin, we’re powered by people who believe in creating change.

We are committed to fostering a diverse, gender equitable workforce, where everyone is welcome, and all applications are evaluated on merit and potential. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people living with disabilities, culturally diverse people, any stage in life, people with intersex variations and people within LGBTQ+ communities, including trans and gender diverse.

Enjoy a challenging career in an exciting industry where you can grow and explore your potential. If you think you have transferable skills, an appetite to learn and would be a great fit, we’d love to hear from you.

Here's a little about us: https://www.originenergy.com.au/about/careers/

Background checks may be required to determine your suitability for this position as part of the recruitment process and during your employment. These checks may include police checks, AusCheck, medical assessment and/or drug and alcohol testing.

Please note unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

Origin recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.

Origin Energy

About Origin Energy

Origin is one of Australia's leading energy companies, exploring, generating and delivering energy to over 4 million customer accounts. Our purpose – getting energy right for our customers, communities and planet – drives everything we do.

As Australia's largest energy retailer, we have an important role to play in providing electricity, natural gas, solar and LPG to Australian communities and work every day to make energy more affordable, more sustainable, smarter and easier for our customers.

We are committed to leading the transition to a cleaner energy future and believe our company, and the energy industry more broadly, should be at the forefront of action to reduce carbon emissions. Origin was the first Australian company to set an emissions reduction target endorsed by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) – aiming to halve our Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon emissions by 2032, as we work towards achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

Through the Origin Energy Foundation, we support programs that use education to help break the cycle of disadvantage and empower young Australians to reach their potential, contributing more than $27 million to support community organisations since 2010.

View our community guidelines here: http://bit.ly/1GQP6E9

Industry
Energy & Utilities
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Sydney, AU
Year Founded
2000
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