New Business Developer

AltGen South Africa; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

AltGen South Africa is seeking an energetic sales professional in Gauteng to identify and win new business, focusing on complete energy solutions including solar and battery storage. You will engage with agriculture, mining and other energy-intensive sectors, understanding electricity costs and infrastructure needs, and presenting integrated projects with funding options.

The role requires 4–5 years in energy-industry sales, practical electrical knowledge, and the ability to sell directly to end

Qualifications

• 4–5 years of energy-industry sales experience.
• Practical electrical knowledge and understanding of energy solutions.
• Ability to generate new business and sell directly to end customers.
• Self-starting, customer-focused approach; comfortable discussing technical solutions.
• Engineering qualification is not essential.

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 the 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's role as a single point of accountability.

Skills

Energy sales

Technical understanding

Customer relationships

Presentation & negotiation

Self-starting

Job description

Our client provides integrated energy solutions, combining battery storage and solar systems with its own project and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) capability. Alongside equipment distribution, the business delivers complete solutions to agricultural, mining, manufacturing and other commercial and industrial customers, supported by financing options and after-sales support.

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.

Key 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.

Experience and Requirements

• 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.

An engineering qualification is not essential.