With 2500 employees and annual turnover of 1 billion €, My client is a leading German builder of office, retail, manufacturing, logistic, shipping, parking, and athletic buildings as well as solar power plants.
Position Overview: The Sales Director will serve as a key member of the European product and services sales team and will be responsible for expanding sales and business development activities in Europe for large PV power plant sales. The Sales Director will be responsible for lead generation, customer relationship development, proposal development, contract preparation and negotiation in the region.
Responsibilities:-
- Development of international investor contacts and service for the existing client base
- Provision of consultation service and expertise from first contact to contract finalization
- Profit responsibility for international contracts
- Development of the international sales strategies
- Direction of the international sales teams
- · Distribution of photovoltaic solar power plants and accessories
- · Customer service for existent customers and acquisition of new customers
- · Conduct of sale negotiations in predetermined desired value and tender preparations
- · Conduct trainings and sales events
- · Participation in fairs
- · Responsible for relationship management
- · Lead business development activities in large-scale power plant sales
- · Build the brand image.
Education:-
- · Must have strong educational background (bachelors degree)
Core Requirements:-
- You will have at least 3-5 years sales experience in the solar industry
- · Good understanding of regulatory requirements in the European solar industry
- · Proven track record in business development
- · Large-scale renewable energy project experience preferred.
- · Excellent sales talent and a certain exposure to technical orientated project developers and also to institutional investors with whom you already worked together successfully in your previous career.
General Requirements:-
- Ability to travel frequently to client sites
- · Proficient with making impactful presentations
- · Proven ability to communicate across all levels of an organization
- · Ability to work under deadline pressure and deliver high quality results
For more information please send a Word copy of your CV to jobs@viridiumassociates.com, call us on +44 (0) 203 005 5560, or visit www.viridiumassociates.com. No PDFs please. We can only respond to applicants with relevant experience as detailed above.
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