Europe Power Gen Business Development Lead

Ecolab; Brussel; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Ecolab is seeking a Business Development Manager to drive profitable growth in the power generation market across Europe. You will identify new opportunities, qualify leads, and convert them through long-cycle sales processes, collaborating with Sales, Marketing, RD&E, Regulatory, and Supply Chain to craft customer solutions.

Ideal candidates bring a technical background in ion exchange and robust commercial acumen, with fluent English and readiness to travel up to half the time across Europe.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, business, or related field, or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years of lead-generation, sales-development, business-development, technical sales, or relevant field experience in power, industrial water treatment, ion exchange, utilities, or related technical market.
• Experience with power-industry customers, technical stakeholders, plant operations, or utility accounts.
• Ability to travel up to 50% across Europe.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement business development plans for power generation market segments.
• Identify, qualify, and pursue new customer opportunities aligned with growth.
• Build and manage a qualified opportunity pipeline with forecasts.
• Lead customer discovery and articulate technical and commercial requirements.
• Coordinate pilots, evaluations, and validations to advance opportunities.

Skills

Fluent English

Ion exchange knowledge

Commercial acumen

Relationship building

Travel up to 50%

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, business, or related field

Tools

CRM software

Forecasting tools

Job description

Ecolab is seeking a Business Development Manager to drive profitable growth in the power generation market across Europe. You will identify new opportunities, qualify leads, and convert them through long-cycle sales processes, collaborating with Sales, Marketing, RD&E, Regulatory, and Supply Chain to craft customer solutions.

Ideal candidates bring a technical background in ion exchange and robust commercial acumen, with fluent English and readiness to travel up to half the time across Europe.