- Full-time
Lead Generation Specialist
Bathurst, Blue Mountains & Central West NSW
The role
Are you a confident communicator looking for a defined career pathway in sales?
Akura is on the hunt for a Lead Generation Specialist to join our amazing team in our Sydney OR Bathurst office. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on the phone, enjoys the chase of finding new leads, and plays a key role in driving sales growth.
Reporting to the Marketing Director, you’ll be at the frontline of our business development efforts — making outbound calls, qualifying leads utilising multiple platforms, setting appointments, following up with prospects across the Eastern Seaboard and updating our CRM system. You’ll engage directly with investors, developers, builders, and owner-occupiers, helping to build the pipeline for our sales team and ensuring no opportunity is left unturned. You will be supported with training by our lead generation guru to set you up for success.
This role is fast-paced, phone-heavy, and results-driven! You are a puzzle master bringing all the pieces together to generate growth for the business. Your main focus will be cold calling, lead generation, and driving conversions, and you will help coordinate follow-ups and support broader sales and marketing activities.
If want to be part of a great business, are target focused and want to win – we’d love to hear from you.
Key responsibilities
- Identify and qualify new Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) and convert to Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs).
- Research and capture decision-maker details and project information.
- Conduct phone and email outreach to assess project needs and timelines.
- Maintain CRM accuracy with daily updates and consistent follow-up.
- Provide market and customer feedback to the Sales and Marketing teams.
- Support handover of qualified opportunities to Project Consultants.
- Participate in ongoing sales and communication training.
About you
As the Lead Generation Specialist, you will support the team with a strong drive to identify opportunities and unlock new possibilities. You will demonstrate a proven track record of building enduring relationships that lead to successful partnerships.
What we’re looking for:
- Hunger to help win new projects and contribute to business growth
- Respectfully persistent – follow up, follow up, follow up
- Exceptional communication skills time management skills
- A team player with a can-do attitude and high level of initiative and drive
- Excellent communication skills
What we offer you
- An exciting opportunity in a growing, market-leading business
- Opportunity to grow your career – a clear pathway and we invest in our people
- A supportive and collaborative team environment
- Competitive remuneration plus phone allowance
- Akura Bonus Scheme is included for this position
About Akura
At Akura, people come first, and it’s been that way since 1976. For generations, we’ve built more than industrial spaces; we’ve built a culture where initiative is valued, curiosity is encouraged and great work is recognised.
Our team is diverse, hands-on and united by a shared purpose: creating well-designed industrial units, warehouses and self-storage facilities that genuinely improve the way people work.
We support our clients across the full construction cycle, from architectural design and in-house manufacturing through to on-site teams and project management.
You’ll be part of a business that backs its work and its people. Where integrity and accountability are more than buzzwords — they’re how we operate.
At Akura, every role matters. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, contribute and help develop projects that stand proudly in the Australian industrial landscape. You’ll build a career you can be proud of, the Akura way.
Interested?
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Akura team.
Alignment with our core values is key so if you’ve got the right skills and you’re reliable, a team player with a can-do attitude, driven to deliver quality outputs and willing to innovate/challenge the status quo, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now by submitting your resume and cover letter to HR@akura.com.au to start your Akura journey.