Location: Plano
Position Summary:
This position will be responsible for expanding Green Mountain Energy Company’s Be Green Carbon Offset product distribution to businesses nationally. As our business grows, this position will focus on solution based selling and the development of a broker network that will accelerate our growth and consolidate leadership in the national carbon offset markets.
The position will be responsible for creating a solution based product for companies committed to sustainable business practices and developing an extensive broker and other indirect channels to push these solutions to market.
Duties:
- Develop national broker network for sales of carbon offset products.
- Understand financial viability of each deal.
- Work with internal constituencies and within the business evaluation process and execute group signups.
- Pursue new partnerships via networking and sales calls.
- Manage and develop new partner programs and networks with clear market value.
- Negotiate agreements that are mutually beneficial and operationally straightforward to implement. Delivering the maximum number of sales in the shortest amount of time at an acceptable acquisition cost are the key components to any potential deal.
- Act as account manager for newly executed contracts/relationships.
- Act as lead when executing against a new contract. Rally internal support for the efforts, put in place any operational necessities, and track success.
- Quota based sales position that will carry monthly sales objectives and gross margin targets.
- 30% travel required.
Experiences, skills, and education needed:
- BA or BS degree in Business, Environmental Sciences, Marketing, Communications, or Economics.
- Self starter, ability to work independently within a market.
- 5-7 years relevant experience. Solution based sales experience in the IT or energy management industries desirable.
- High energy, able to develop relationships at a grass roots level that will stimulate group buying.
- Demonstrated success in building partnerships from the ground up.
- Demonstrated success in managing relationships with external parties.
- Knowledge of renewable energy or emissions markets a plus.
- Strong written communication and verbal skills required. Experience in formal presentations to internal and external senior management preferred.
For immediate consideration, please submit your resume to us at:
bestjobs@greenmountain.com. The subject field of your email must include the job title. Please submit the document in PC compatible Word or rich text file.