Technical Business Development Manager, Hamburg, Germany

My client is a wind energy consultancy developing and managing large scale onshore wind projects. They have a strong market reputation and a proven ability to provide high quality and technical experts with strong experience in the wind industry.

Position Overview:

My client is looking to recruit a Senior Business Development Manager in order to grow the company’s influence in the European market and oversee the project development through to construction process. You will be working closely with the managing directors of the company  in regions across Europe in order to reduce costs and manage projects to the standards of the customer.

Responsibilities:-

• ·         Develop relationships and gain exceptional contacts in the market
• •         Key contact of the company in order to develop strong relationships with new and existing contacts in the wind market.
• •         Ensure that my client is in the bid process for large scale wind farm developments
• •         Management of technical aspects such as wind assessment analysis, data storage management and availability, layout definition and optimization; grid connection point availability, data management and project designing
• •         Develop and implement strategic sales plans, forecasts and performance goals to achieve corporate objectives for projects within Europe
• •         Demonstrate ability to negotiate large scale contracts with a team of bid managers, sales managers and support staff
• •         Preparation of all legal / economical/ commercial requirements of development contracts, partnership agreements and M&A agreements
• •         You will manage the development of initial relationships with developers, operators, manufacturers and investors of wind projects
• •         Ensure all deals meet revenue and margin expectations for the wind energy company and that your team is performing within the framework of the company
• •         Team coordination at a national and international level

Education:-

A degree in either Business or Mechanical or Civil or Electrical Engineering

Core Requirements:-

• ·         6-10 years experience working in the wind industry
• •         You must have 2-6 years business development or sales experience in the wind market
• •         Specific experience in Business Development of wind farms or production plants
• •         Must be fluent in English with other European language as a bonus
• •         Proven ability to communicate across all levels of an organization and work closely with VP level managers in a large international company
• •         Ability to manage multiple large scale projects

General Requirement

• •         Ability to travel internationally
• •         Ability to manage multiple projects in an environment of constantly changing priorities
• •         Ability to work independently but within tightly controlled business policies

Key Skills:-

Energy, renewable energy, construction, negotiations experience, business development, large wind projects, exceptional team leadership skills, experience with complex contact negotiations and complex stakeholder and customer management experience

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.