Business Development Manager - Solar Industry - with Growth Opportunities

Solar Hub is  driven by a mission to make sustainability more accessible and solar energy more attainable for kiwi families. We believe in the power of ONE, that each family or individual can make a difference. We strive to reach out to every Kiwi with the vision to educate, empower and to enable them to make their own contribution to make NZ more sustainable through more innovative ways to power their homes whilst saving money on your power bill.  Solar hub is also an authorised reseller for solarZero as well. 

At Solar Hub we have a team of ‘Dreamers’ and ‘Believers’, People who believe in themselves and the team work. This creates a dynamic high performance work culture with lots of fun whilst embracing contribution by each one to our success. We achieve this by two key strategies, ‘Supporting and Challenging’ and by ‘Sharing, Learning and Succeeding  Together’. 

We are doubling our sales team for the year 2023 therefore are recruiting additional Business Development Managers across the nation. 

The role consists of managing Solar Ambassadors generate leads, attending to appointments or following up leads that we have generated through various means and leading Project Coordinators ensuring an amazing experience of installing solar on customers property. The candidate will become a subject matter expert in Solar Power and Batteries, Electricity and Gas Bills, EV’s Climate change and Sustainability initiatives.   

The ideal candidate must have a high degree of maturity, great leadership skills, be a team player, and be able to positively engage and educate potential customers. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Leading Solar Ambassadors and Project Coordinators to an optimal sales performance and customer experience.
• Contribute to the success of the organization by guiding quality prospects through the sales channel
• Manage lead flow to ensure customer satisfaction and successfully grow team sales
• Presenting solar roof design, battery technology and grid energy proposal to prospective customers.
• Outline service agreements, attending to all enquiries and guiding customers to agreement execution. 
• Guiding customers through to installation ensuring customer satisfaction and quality assurance. 
• Cross selling other value added services and products to prospective customers.
• Dealing with objections and customer retention initiatives. 
• Professionally managing customer relationships for all enquiries and creating referral opportunities. 
• Working with reseller organizations to generate leads and close sales. 
• Exceed set quotas and work in a fast paced environment.

Qualifications 

• Must have at least 3 year + experience as a Sales Executive or Business Development Manager in Solar, Electricity , Telco, Insurance, Financial Services or related industry.
• Experience in the solar industry will be given preference but is not mandatory. 
• Ability to learn new technology, policies and work procedures
• Be proficient with MS Office and CRM systems
• Proven track record in working in a target driven environment
• Previous experience carrying a sales quota
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to use sound judgment in the qualifying process
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills required
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, flexible with competent ability to plan and
• prioritize work in a fast paced, high volume work environment
• A persuasive, confident phone manner is required.

Benefits 

• Career path and visa support opportunities for top performers

Working Hours 

• We operate Mondays to Saturday and offer flexible working hours.
• 40 hours per week 

Setting you up to succeed

• Paid training with the nation’s leader in solar power.
• Personal Development program to be an effective leader and sales person. 
• Mentoring and Shadowing programs for you to learn from the best.

If you want to contribute to protecting our environment, Join dynamic team which believes in learning and succeeding then we’d love to hear from you.