Business Development Manager – Solar PV, Johannesburg

Job Description

A medium sized Consulting company with international offices is looking to hire a Business Development Manager.

Minimum requirements:

•Bachelor’s degree in Business Development, Economics or Marketing.

• 7 years’ experience in a mid to senior level in Sales

• Experience of working in a multinational, multi-segment, environment with matrix reporting.

• Preferred:

o Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and/or master’s degree in Business Administration.

o Previous experience in the solar industry.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop growth and market strategy on how to approach the client together with Country Manager SA and execute prospecting.

• Generate leads and cold calling prospective customers to unlock new project opportunities.

• Conduct market research and identify key commercial and industrial customers for distributed solar leasing and energy efficiency systems, within the SA market to maintain a healthy pipeline and ensure business continuity.

• Have an in-depth knowledge of business products and value proposition to negotiate with stakeholders.

• Client negotiation

• Administration