Are you a talented sales professional with proven success selling in to EPC contractors on renewable energy projects?
Interested in joining a financially secure and stable employer with over 15 manufacturing sites across the world?
Why This Company?
With a multimillion-pound turnover and advanced manufacturing capabilities, my client has become a leading supplier of electrical components for a number of key and critical renewable applications.
Following consecutive record-breaking sales years, coupled with the explosive growth in key markets, my client wishes to bolster its efforts by recruiting a sector specialist to take a dedicated and focused approach to developing sales.
Rewards & Benefits
- £50K – £65K Basic (Starting salary dependent on experience)
- Up to £20K Bonus
- Company Car (Hybrid)
- Up to 12% Pension Contribution
- Subsidised BUPA Healthcare
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Critical Illness Cover
- 7 x Life Assurance
- 26 Days Holiday (rising with service to 36 days) + Public Holidays
- Training & further education funding
- Company Fuel & Credit Card
About The Role
Reporting to the Sales Director you will be responsible for:
- Covering the UK, forging solid relationships with key decision-makers within EPC Contractors including Design Engineers, Program Leaders, and Procurement.
- Operating in a 75% new business and 25% account management role.
- Managing relationships with distributors (50%), EPC Contractors (currently 40% with a desire to grow in this area), and OEMs (10%).
- Increasing the company’s engagement with EPC Contractors, specifically on large scale solar farm projects.
- Understanding customer project needs and providing guidance and input on the best-proposed solution.
- Acting as market specialist within a particular segment
- Handling both technical and commercial inquiries from your customer base. (Inhouse technical support, marketing and internal sales teams are available to assist).
- Attending industry events, exhibitions and shows.
- Inheriting a territory turnover of £1m-2m, securing orders with a value of up to £100K
About You
It’s essential you possess a minimum of 3-5 years technical sales experience in the renewable energy sector with proven success developing relationships with EPC Contractors.
My client is open on the technology you have sold, however electrical engineering products or systems would be preferred.
A related education would be beneficial but not essential should you possess the aptitude to learn.
Other key skills needed:
- Customer focussed mindset.
- Ability to find solutions to customer problems.
- Self-motivation and comfortable with longer sales cycles associated with project-based selling.
- Comfortable opening doors at design and procurement level.
- Hunter mentality with a desire to identify new prospects.
- Able to operate autonomously.
- Excellent communication skills with a consultative sales approach.
- Willingness to travel.
- Ability to listen and be prepared to learn.
- Full driving license.
Interested in this role? Here’s what happens next…
Click the apply button below to send us your CV. If we think you’re a great fit for this role, we’ll be in touch in the next couple of days.
Thank you for taking the time to read about this opportunity. We look forward to hearing from you,
Team Mase.
Job Ref: 153-0878
Sales Manager – Renewable Energy
Location: Ideally based anywhere in England (Northeast, Yorkshire, Northwest, Midlands, Southeast or Southwest)
Keywords: Sales Engineer, Sales Manager, Regional Sales, Business Development, Account Manager, Account Management, Territory Sales Manager, Technical Sales, Area Sales Manager, Electrical Engineering, Electrical Design, Project Sales, UK Sales, AC, DC, Alternating Current, Direct Current, Low Voltage, Switchgear, Power Infrastructure, Power Distribution, Low voltage, High Voltage, Circuit Protection, Motor Control, Drives, Transformers, Invertors, Circuit Breakers, Sensors, Cable Assemblies
