Job Descrption
Founded in 2008, Greensolver is one of Europe's leading renewable energy consultancies. With its expertise in wind, solar and BESS energy, Greensolver supports investment funds, banks, major energy production groups and large industrial energy consumers throughout Europe:
• France
• United Kingdom
• Portugal
• Spain
• Greece
• Netherlands
• Poland
Greensolver offers a wide range of solutions covering the technical and financial operation of wind , solar and BESS farms and advises investors on the acquisition or sale of assets.
As part of its growth, Greensolver is looking to strengthen its team with a senior Business developer. You will be joining a multicultural team and will have a major role in the company leading the growth in the U.K.
Greensolver has already a good track record in wind , solar and BESS asset management in the UK and plans to continue growing in the area increasing business volume and selling new services with the recruitment of a Senior Business... Developer.
Job Description
Contract: Permanent
Location: Ideally London but flexible for premium profile.
We are currently seeking for a Senior Business Developer, with expert sales skills and knowledge of the renewable energy market in UK in particular.
You will work closely with the technical team and related stakeholders; more specifically, the Senior Business Developer will be responsible for:
New Business Development
• Find potential new clients and turn this into increased business.
• Cold call as appropriate to ensure a robust pipeline of opportunities.
• Meet potential clients by growing, maintaining, and leveraging your network.
• Identify potential clients, and the decision makers within the client organization.
• Research and build relationships with new clients.
• Set up meetings between client decision makers and company’s practice leaders/Principals.
• Plan approaches and pitches.
• Build offers and pricing for the solutions/services proposed to clients.
• Handle objections by clarifying, emphasizing agreements and working through differences to a positive conclusion.
Client Relation
• Present new products and services and enhance existing relationships.
• Work with technical staff and other internal colleagues to meet customer needs.
• Engineering background is a plus e.g. perform ability to perform technical tasks when technical team is busy (e.g. site inspection, contract review, etc.)
• Arrange and participate in internal and external client debriefs.
• Business Development Planning
• Attend exhibitions, such as association events and conferences, and provide feedback and information on market and creative trends.
• Using knowledge of the market and competitors, identify and develop the company’s unique selling propositions and differentiators.
• More specifically, the U.K Business developer will be responsible for a portfolio of clients based in United Kingdom.
• The role will involve regular travel across Europe.
Marketing
• Supervise the attendance to all events in the area (conference, exhibitions, etc.)
• Set up and manage the sales and marketing budget in the area
Qualifications / Experience
The candidate should be able to demonstrate the following skills:
Autonomy, Proactivity Networking, Persuasion, Financial acumen, Public Speaking, Writing, Closing Skills, Motivation for Sales, Prospecting Skills, Sales Planning, Identification of Customer Needs and Challenges, Market Knowledge, Meeting Sales Goals, Professionalism, CRM (Salesforce), and Microsoft Office.
Engineering qualification, followed by an MBA, OR a business degree with renewables experience.
Looking for someone who can demonstrate at least 5 years of success in a sales role in the UK, with an experience in a services sales function and in the UK REN sector (wind, solar or BESS).
Languages: English fluency is essential, other languages like French are a plus.
Start date: ASAP
Salary: The remuneration is a combination of a fixed salary + an annual performance bonus based on growth objectives.
Pension contribution, life assurance and health insurance.
25 days annual leave per year, plus public holidays.
Opportunity to participate in Employee Share Purchase Plan of our parent company Voltalia S.A
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