Solar Inverter Account Manager, Free State

Greenlight Planet Inc.; Vrystaat; On-site; ZAR 450,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Greenlight Planet Inc. seeks a Solar Inverter Account Manager to oversee the Free State sales territory. You will coordinate the sales team, drive volume, and protect gross profit while expanding the customer base.

You will work with Call Centre, procurement, and marketing to execute the EasyBuy strategy and ensure timely forecasting, inventory, and stakeholder engagement across projects.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Business Administration, Engineering, or other relevant disciplines.
• Proficiency with modern statistical analysis and data visualization software.
• At least 5 years of experience in technical sales.
• Experience within the electrical and solar industry.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Meet or exceed KPI targets for volume, gross profits, costs and credit for the sales territory.
• Implement market space strategies affecting customers and contribute to global strategies.
• Collaborate with Call Centre to vet customers and complete sales process.
• Provide input into forecasting cycles with Sales Manager and procurement to ensure inventory.
• Develop and maintain strong customer and stakeholder relationships; build new ones.
• Address customer queries and complaints promptly related to orders, deliveries, and credit vetting.
• Grow the market in the property development sector.
• Monitor market and competitor behavior and adjust with Sales Manager and Marketing.
• Submit expense reports in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with sales, product, operations, and other teams to monitor product performance.

Skills

Technical sales

Market analysis

Customer relations

Data visualization

Education

Degree or Diploma in Business Administration or Engineering

Tools

Statistical analysis software

Data visualization tools

Job description

Solar Inverter Account Manager, Free State

Department: EasyBuy Direct Sales

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: South Africa

Reporting To: Solar Inverter Business Manager

Description

Job Location: Free State, South Africa

About the role:
The Solar Inverter Account Manager at Sun King will effectively plan, organize, coordinate and control the overall activities within the sales team to achieve set objectives around volume, gross profit, credit extensions to customers and growth. The incumbent will be a key driver in the execution of the Inverter EasyBuy strategy for Sun King.

What you would be expected to do:

• Meet or exceed KPI targets of volume, gross profits, costs and credit applicable to the sales territory.
• Ensure implementation of market space strategies affecting the customers.
• Contribute to and implement global strategies.
• Work closely with the Call Centre to ensure that customers are vetted and the sales process is completed.
• Provide timeous input into the forecasting cycles through the Sales Manager and procurement, ensuring adequate inventory for the customer base.
• Develop and maintain strong customer and stakeholder relationships and develop new relationships.
• Ensure that all queries and complaints received from customers are expeditiously attended to and resolved in the areas of orders, deliveries and credit vetting.
• Grow the market in the property development sector.
• Monitor and analyze the market and competitor behavior; and act upon this as appropriate in order to safeguard performance levels in collaboration with the Sales Manager and the Marketing team.
• Ensure timeous submission of expense reports.
• Collaborate with sales, product, operations, and other teams to monitor product performance.

You might be a strong candidate if you Have:

• A Degree or Diploma in Business Administration, Engineering, or other relevant disciplines.
• Proficiency with modern statistical analysis and data visualization software.
• At least 5 years of experience in technical sales
• Experience within the electrical and solar industry
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders

What Sun King Offers:

• Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry.
• An open-minded, collaborative culture made up of enthusiastic colleagues who are driven by the challenge of innovation towards profound impact on people and the planet.
• A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
• Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun Center for Leadership.