Position: Business Development Executive – Solar
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Renewables and Environment | Function: Sales – Business Development | Experience: 1–2 years in sales, business development, solar energy, or renewable energy roles.
Job Type: Full-time | Salary Range: AED5,000‑8,500 per month.
This role is for a motivated sales and business development professional with experience in solar energy solutions, lead generation, client relationship management, proposal support, and revenue growth. The incumbent helps grow the company’s solar and renewable energy business by identifying new clients, generating leads, building relationships, supporting proposals, and coordinating with technical teams to deliver suitable energy solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct market research to identify potential clients, new business opportunities, solar project demand, and emerging trends in the renewable energy sector.
- Generate leads through networking, cold calls, field visits, referrals, digital platforms, exhibitions, and direct customer engagement.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with existing clients, prospective customers, consultants, contractors, facility owners, and business partners.
- Understand customer requirements and recommend suitable solar energy systems, rooftop solar solutions, renewable energy products, or customized energy options.
- Communicate with customers through phone, email, meetings, and digital channels to handle inquiries, follow‑ups, payment discrepancies, and outstanding issues.
- Support the preparation of proposals, presentations, quotations, technical submissions, contracts, and commercial documents.
- Assist senior team members during negotiations, pricing discussions, contract reviews, and deal closure activities.
- Achieve assigned sales targets and contribute to revenue growth through consistent lead conversion and customer follow‑up.
- Work closely with the technical team to review project feasibility, system requirements, site conditions, and customization needs.
- Coordinate with internal departments to ensure timely delivery of services, accurate client communication, and smooth project handover.
- Track sales pipeline activity, customer status, proposal movement, and pending actions to improve conversion rates.
- Stay updated on solar industry developments, renewable energy regulations, competitor activity, pricing trends, and new product offerings.
- Attend training programs, seminars, trade exhibitions, and industry events to improve product knowledge and market understanding.
- Share customer feedback, competitor insights, and market observations with management to support better sales planning.
- Maintain accurate customer records, lead data, follow‑up notes, meeting updates, sales reports, and business development activity logs.
- Promote solar products and renewable energy solutions with a professional, consultative, and customer‑focused approach.
- Support customer education by explaining solar system benefits, cost‑saving potential, installation considerations, and long‑term value.
- Coordinate with suppliers, project teams, and internal stakeholders where required to support proposal accuracy and timely service delivery.
Ideal Profile
- 1–2 years of experience in sales, business development, solar energy, renewable energy, field sales, or a related commercial role.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Renewable Energy, or a related field.
- Experience in the solar or renewable energy field is strongly preferred.
- Good knowledge of solar energy systems, rooftop solar solutions, renewable energy products, and energy‑saving solutions.
- Understanding of solar products such as panels, inverters, batteries, mounting structures, cables, and related system components.
- Proven ability to achieve sales targets, generate leads, follow up with prospects, and convert opportunities into business.
- Ability to generate leads through direct sales, referrals, field visits, digital channels, networking, and customer outreach.
- Good coordination skills with clients, technical teams, internal departments, suppliers, and project support teams.
- Strong market awareness of solar industry trends, competitors, customer demand, pricing movement, and renewable energy opportunities.
- Valid UAE driving license is preferred.
- Arabic‑speaking ability is preferred.
- Fluent in English; Hindi or Arabic language skills will be an added advantage.
- Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and customer relationship management skills.
- Comfortable attending client meetings, site discussions, exhibitions, seminars, and field sales visits.
- Self‑motivated, organized, target‑driven, and able to work independently while supporting team sales goals.
Skills Set
- Solar sales
- Renewable energy sales
- Business development
- Lead generation
- Field sales
- Direct sales
- Client relationship management
- Customer acquisition
- Market research
- Solar energy systems
- Rooftop solar solutions
- Renewable energy products
- Solar panels
- Inverters
- Batteries
- Mounting structures
- Solar cables
- Energy solutions
- Proposal preparation
- Presentation support
- Contract support
- Sales negotiation
- Pipeline management
- Customer follow‑upPayment discrepancy follow‑up
- Competitor analysis
- Pricing awareness
- Technical team coordination
- Project feasibility coordination
- Revenue growth
- Sales target achievement
- Digital lead generation
- Networking
- Exhibition participation
- UAE driving license
- English communication
- Arabic communication
- Hindi communication