Business Developer

AltGen South Africa; Gqeberha; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

AltGen South Africa designs and manufactures lithium-ion battery energy storage systems (BESS) and smart power management solutions for residential, commercial, and industrial use. This role focuses on identifying and closing new business opportunities by understanding energy challenges and presenting complete energy solutions.

You will work face-to-face with customers, articulating solar and storage options, including PPAs, and collaborating with project teams to deliver tailored energy

Qualifications

• Approximately four to five years of energy-industry sales experience.
• Practical electrical knowledge and understanding of how energy solutions address costs and operational challenges.
• Ability to generate new business and sell directly to end customers; sector experience valuable.
• Self-starting, customer-focused approach with confidence discussing technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop new opportunities across agriculture, mining, manufacturing and other energy-intensive sectors.
• Understand customers' electricity costs, power-quality challenges and infrastructure requirements.
• Work with client's technical and project teams to develop suitable solar and battery storage solutions.
• Present project solutions and funding options, including PPAs, and convert opportunities into sales.
• Build trusted customer relationships and coordinate internal support, maintaining the client as single point of accountability.

Skills

Energy sales experience

Electrical knowledge

Business development

Technical communication

Job description

Our Client designs and manufactures lithium-ion battery energy storage systems (BESS) and smart power management solutions for residential, commercial, and industrial use.

About the Role

Purpose of the Role Identify and win new business by understanding customers' energy challenges and selling appropriate project solutions. This is an active, customer-facing sales role requiring commercial ability and practical technical understanding, with a focus on complete energy solutions rather than individual product sales.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop new opportunities across agriculture, mining, manufacturing and other energy-intensive sectors.
• Understand customers' electricity costs, power-quality challenges and infrastructure requirements.
• Work with client's technical and project teams to develop suitable solar and battery storage solutions.
• Present project solutions and funding options, including power purchase agreements (PPAs), and convert opportunities into sales.
• Build trusted customer relationships and coordinate internal support, maintaining client's role as a single point of accountability.

Qualifications

An engineering qualification is not essential.

Required Skills

• Approximately four to five years of relevant energy-industry sales experience, with flexibility based on proven capability.
• Practical electrical knowledge and an understanding of how energy solutions address customer costs and operational challenges.
• The ability to generate new business and sell directly to end customers; experience in one or more target sectors is valuable.
• A self-starting, customer-focused approach and confidence discussing technical solutions.