In this article series, we are highlighting exciting job offers from the European renewable energy industry. Today’s job offer: The Oslo-based solar software startup Glint Solar is looking for support in their Sales Development Team.
Who is offering the job?
The world needs to increase the amount of renewable energy to battle climate change. Glint Solar is an Oslo-based startup founded in 2020, accelerating the growth of solar energy by making it fast and simple to find the best solar project locations. Our product uses GIS, satellite and climate data to scan hundreds of thousands of potential sites, letting our customers quickly find the best sites for their projects. Our goal is to drastically speed up renewable energy adoption by making it fast and simple to develop solar projects, in order to accelerate what we call the solar revolution. Fast forward to today and we are working with both large global and small local solar developers, enabling them to quicker build their greenfield project pipelines through seamless collaboration. Technologies like satellite data and cloud computing mean that we’re able to deliver high precision insight into a user-friendly software for the development team. We’re proud to every day empower the companies that are building solar PV in record speed to mitigate climate change.
What are you doing as a Sales Development Representative at Glint Solar?
You will work closely with both COO Even Kvelland and VP of Sales Evan Sarkisian in building and converting our sales pipeline.
- Own the sales cycle from lead identification to meeting scheduled
- Identify new prospects through outbound sales motions including: cold calling, emailing, LinkedIn, and in-person meetings
- Manage a growing pipeline of opportunities across diverse regions
- Maintain quality data and dependable forecasts
- Drill down to understand the customer’s pain points and how we may solve them
- Establish credibility through a consultative sales method and build relationships across the solar industry
- Attend conferences and trade shows
Which skills are required?
- Caring for your colleagues’ well-being and bringing a positive mood to work
- Curiosity and an eagerness to always learn new things
- A “roll-up-your-sleeves” mentality and always wanting to help out
- Being motivated by solving complex problems and breaking them down into smaller pieces
- Laziness, in the sense that you don’t like unnecessary work and always look for how we can achieve our goal with the least amount of effort
- Motivation to accelerate the adoption of solar energy
- Comfortable selling internationally with an interest in understanding a diverse target audience
- Collaborative spirit both within the sales team and across to our friends in product
- Experience or interest in renewable energy
- Excellent communication skills, oral and written (English)
- Experience or interest in working with CRM (we use Hubspot) and sales analytics
- Roll up your sleeve-mentality where you contribute where needed
How to apply for this renewable energy job?
Go over to the job posting on the career side on Glint Solar!
Picture source: Glint Solar