Date Posted:
2026-08-27
Country:
New Zealand
Location:
LOC8005: 20 Hutt Road, Petone, Wellington 5012 NZ, 20 Hutt Road, Wellington, 5012 New Zealand
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About You
We are currently looking for a sales-focused Service Account Representative based in Wellington, New Zealand
In this role, you would be responsible for growth of the Otis lift and escalator service business, along with existing portfolio management, and selling our value add products within the portfolio. You will be part of a close knit professional team of Account Managers in regions around the country, with a strong daily connection, a network of camaraderie and constant support.
Great customer relationships are key with responsibility for some of our most important national business. Energetic , professionalism and strategic mindset are key to success in this role. You are excited about proactively maintaining face-to-face contact with Otis Customers.
Your selling activities, including prospecting, presenting, proposing, tendering, securing, and processing, will meet the OTIS standards and customer requirements.
- Permanent/Full-Time role
- Reports to National Sales Manager – Service Solutions
What We Offer
- Competitive base salary, car, and Service Sales incentive
- A culture that encourages innovative ideas and appreciates our talent is the key to our success.
As a Service Account Representative, your key responsibilities are to
- Achieve Service sales targets for the portfolio – unit and revenue – growth.
- Provide daily, professional, value-based account management to all tiers of accounts in and around Wellington, including nationally significant Key Accounts.
- Achieve Service sales targets for transactional, value add products for safety, passenger experience and lift reliability.
- Proactively maintain regular face-to-face contact with Otis Customers within the portfolio, requiring travel between Dunedin, Queenstown & Invercargill.
- Provide timely and accurate sales forecasts, and risk, and reports to management
- Proactively engage with our new installation customers to achieve 100% warranty conversions, and with prospective customers to expand the portfolio unit count and revenue base.
- Organise, prepare, and deliver customer presentations promoting the features and benefits of Otis’s products and services, resulting in direct sales with new and existing customers.
- Act as a facilitator between Otis Customers and the Otis Operations team, assisting with developing, implementing and communicating solutions to customers.
- Support the wider business requirements by identifying, actively introducing, and collaborating for Modernisation sales success within the portfolio.
What you will need to be successful
- Have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in Frontline Sales or Key Account Management.
- Hold a valid driver's license.
- It will be an added advantage if you have experience working in or closely within the elevator industry.
- Have strong business acumen, be results-driven and demonstrate a good understanding of the Wellington market.
- Be able to manage multiple accounts, be customer-focused, and anticipate client needs.
- You’re a self-starter and enjoy working both independently and in teams.
- You like to understand how things work and embrace new learning to pass on technical information reliably to Customers.
- Adept at using traditional and emerging business technologies equally (for data handling and analysis, communication and sales support) and ready to upskill at pace
- Strong communication skills with evidence of a strategic mindset, and bold ideas.
Apply Today and help us build what's next
If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day.
Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2.4 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.4 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.
You may recognize our products in some of the world’s most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers! We are 72,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.
When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You’ll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you’ll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge.
We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs.
Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do. We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes – prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do. If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click here.
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