Sales Consultant

Highbridge Human Capital; Kamloops; On-site; CAD 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual health spending account

Professional membership fee support

Structured training and certification

Uncapped commission

Job summary

Riverside Energy Systems, based in Kamloops, is seeking a Sales Consultant for its residential solar business. You will manage the full sales cycle from engagement to close, leveraging company-generated leads and proactive prospecting while coordinating with technical and operations teams to deliver accurate information and strong client experience.

The role emphasizes proactive relationship-building, disciplined discovery, and selling into multiple product lines through Riverside’s

Qualifications

• Demonstrated record of consultative selling with clear sales targets and results.
• Comfort working with both company-generated leads and proactive prospecting.
• Strong discovery, follow-up, presentation, objection-handling, and closing skills.
• Strong CRM discipline, numerical comfort, and ability to learn and communicate technical concepts accurately.
• Coachability, sound judgement, personal accountability, and the confidence to ask questions when additional technical or operational guidance is required.
• A valid driver’s licence, reliable transportation, and ability to work primarily from Riverside’s Kamloops office and travel for client meetings.
• Strong relationship-building skills and ability to establish trust with prospective clients, referral partners, and community contacts.
• Ability to manage multiple active opportunities while maintaining consistent follow-up, organization, and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Own each opportunity and follow Riverside’s service standards from engagement to close.
• Conduct disciplined discovery to understand client needs, investment, timing, and site constraints.
• Develop solutions using Riverside’s pricing, discovery, and proposal processes.
• Close deals and hand off details to Engineering and Operations for delivery.
• Maintain an accurate CRM with progress, notes, and next steps.

Skills

Consultative selling

CRM discipline

Prospecting

Relationship building

Communication

Travel flexibility

Driver's license

Job description

High earning potential: $100,000+ earning potential with uncapped commission, supported by Riverside’s structured sales process, training, and lead generation.

ABOUT RIVERSIDE

Riverside Energy Systems is a Kamloops-based solar, battery and energy solutions company serving homeowners, businesses, First Nations, and remote or off-grid customers across British Columbia. Riverside brings together discovery, design, engineering, installation, service, and consulting to deliver practical energy solutions from initial planning through to implementation.

Having installed thousands of systems, Riverside is continuing to grow its presence across BC while maintaining a strong focus on technical accuracy, quality, and client trust. The company is committed to understanding each client’s unique needs and delivering energy solutions it can confidently stand behind.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Riverside is looking for a Sales Consultant to join its Kamloops team and support the continued growth of its residential solar business across BC. This role will manage the sales process from initial client engagement through to close, developing new opportunities through prospecting, referrals, and community relationships while also working with company-generated leads. The Sales Consultant will work closely with Riverside’s technical and operational teams to ensure clients receive accurate information, appropriate solutions, and a strong experience throughout the sales process.

The ideal candidate is proactive and relationship-focused, with sound judgement and consistent follow-through. They can build trust with clients while balancing sales goals with technical accuracy and client needs. Starting with residential solar, the role offers a clear path to expand into additional products and customer segments through Riverside’s certification program.

YOUR ROLE AT RIVERSIDE

• Own each opportunity. Respond within Riverside’s service standards, maintain consistent follow-up, and keep clear next steps in place until the opportunity is won, lost, or moved to nurture.
• Run disciplined discovery. Understand and qualify the client’s needs, investment, decision process, timing, and site constraints before moving into proposal development.
• Turn needs into approved solutions. Use Riverside’s established pricing, discovery, and proposal processes to develop solutions that align with client needs, technical requirements, and approved pricing.
• Close and hand off cleanly. Set accurate expectations, secure signed agreements, and provide Engineering and Operations with the information, decisions, risks, and assumptions required for a smooth transition from sale to delivery.
• Maintain an accurate CRM. Keep opportunity stages, values, notes, decision processes, next activities, risks, and lost or nurture reasons current to support effective pipeline management and forecasting.
• Build your own pipeline. Develop new opportunities through referrals, partnerships, community relationships, and targeted outbound activity in addition to working company-generated leads.
• Protect Riverside’s reputation. Provide accurate technical, financial, incentive, and warranty information while maintaining approved pricing, margin, scheduling, design, and performance parameters.
• Keep learning and growing. Complete Riverside’s certification requirements, participate in ongoing coaching and development, and continue building the knowledge required to expand into additional products and customer segments.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, & EXPERIENCE

Required

• A demonstrated record of consultative selling in a consumer or business environment, with clear sales targets and results.
• Comfort working with both company-generated leads and proactive prospecting.
• Strong discovery, follow-up, presentation, objection-handling, and closing skills.
• Strong CRM discipline, numerical comfort, and the ability to learn and communicate technical concepts accurately.
• Coachability, sound judgement, personal accountability, and the confidence to ask questions when additional technical or operational guidance is required.
• A valid driver’s licence, reliable transportation, and the ability to work primarily from Riverside’s Kamloops office and travel for selected client meetings.
• Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to establish trust with prospective clients, referral partners, and community contacts.
• Ability to manage multiple active opportunities while maintaining consistent follow-up, organization, and attention to detail.

Preferred

• Three or more years of experience in big-ticket, multi-step sales such as solar, construction, HVAC, roofing, electrical, home improvement, automotive, financial services, or commercial solutions.
• Experience with Sandler, SPIN, or another structured sales qualification methodology.
• Experience selling technical solutions that require coordination with estimating, engineering, operations, or installation teams.
• Knowledge of British Columbia communities and an interest in helping Riverside grow referral and partner channels beyond Kamloops over time.

WORK LOCATION & TRAVEL

• Primarily on-site in Riverside’s Kamloops office.
• Travel within the Kamloops region is required to support client and business relationships.
• Base salary of $42,000 annually
• Compensation: $3,500/month base salary, paid year-round, plus uncapped monthly commission
• Performance-based commission with strong earning potential
• Annual health spending account for extended health and dental
• Support for eligible work-related professional membership fees
• Structured training and certification with opportunities to expand into additional products and customer segments