Solar Specialist - Edmonton, Canada - SkyFire Energy

SkyFire Energy

Verified Company

Edmonton, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

_SkyFire Energy is a Certified B Corporation and employee-owned company with offices and staff in four locations across Western Canada. We value integrity, accountability, perseverance, safety, celebration, and innovation. Our vision is to bring the magic of solar to the world for a stronger, healthier, and more sustainable global community._

Solar Specialist - Commercial Projects (Edmonton or Calgary) - Permanent, Full Time

SkyFire Energy is seeking an experienced and motivated
Solar Specialist, Commercial Projects familiar with the Alberta markets with an active network of suitable prospects to engage.

Your main role is to drive the growth of solar energy projects within the commercial and industrial (C&I) sector for the business.

You will be responsible for identifying and securing new business opportunities, building relationships with clients, developing strategic partnerships and taking these complex sales across the finish line.

Responsibilities:

Help to build and foster a clientcentric sales environment that is focused on new business development, retention and relationship development
Qualify new business opportunities for overall fit with SkyFire's value proposition
Maintain key relationships and accounts among commercial, industrial and home builder segments
In conjunction with the VP, Business Development, develop and maintain, a business plan and strategy that ensures attainment of commercial revenue goals
Identify opportunities for growth and increased profitability within the areas serviced by SkyFire by securing new contacts and driving new business
Develop individualized sales strategies specific to each opportunity and provide guidance and direction to internal stakeholders (e.g. engineering/estimating)
High level design and estimating/quoting of residential and C&I systems to enable quick turnaround of indicative pricing
Able to host events, speak at public seminars and forums, act as an ambassador representing SkyFire in an official capacity at events on an as needed basis
Be a trusted colleague and catalyst for positive change

Requirements:

Sales experience in construction, renewable energy or similar
Exceptional organizational skills
Ability to respond in a fastpaced environment managing several opportunities and both internal and external expectations concurrently
Energetic, passionate and driven towards success (embodies a psychology of achievement)
Motivated to identify and qualify good prospects and close deals in excess of $1M
Strong theoretical and practical understanding of sales processes
Selfstarter who takes initiative and maintains excellent followthrough and followup
Expertise in clientcentric and solution selling approaches
Superior communication skills
Uses good judgment at all times
Maintains integrity at all times
Follows through on commitments, keeps others informed of progress, addresses problems and issues constructively to find mutually acceptable and practical business solutions
Works effectively with and among coworkers, prospective customers and others by sharing ideas in a constructive and positive manner
Superior customer service skills, including excellent oral, written and interpersonal communications skills
Post secondary education and a minimum of one year of experience in the renewable energy industry (ideally solar PV) as a sales professional would be considered highly valuable assets
Computer fluency exceptional competencies with CRM (Salesforce) spreadsheets (Google Sheets or Excel), word processing (Google Docs or Word) and presentation software
Experience with First Nation and Métis communities and projects is an asset

Schedule:

Monday to Friday with some exceptions for tradeshows, events, etc.
Hybrid work

Salary:

Base + Commission

Benefits:

A competitive salary
Opportunity to own shares in SkyFire Energy as an employee shareholder
Comprehensive health and dental benefits
Accrued paid vacation and sick days
Diverse, challenging and exciting opportunities
The opportunity to work among highly qualified, industryleading professionals in a collaborative working environment
The difference of working for a Certified B Corporation
An enjoyable, modern workplace, including significant flexibility and other benefits like the ability to bring a wellbehaved dog to work with you
At SkyFire Energy, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of our organization. We know that having varied perspectives helps generate better ideas to solve the complex problems of a changing world. These values are central for us to achieve our mission to relentlessly lead the solar industry to the benefit of our community and future generations._