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Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Associate Business Development

Account ExecutiveConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-time$90k - $140k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • Professional experience in business development, sales, account management, customer success, or another customer-facing role with transferable commercial responsibilities.
  • Experience using structured analysis, market insights, stakeholder communication, and cross-functional collaboration to support customer, operational, project, or commercial objectives.
  • Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship now or in the future.
  • Ability to travel up to 50% of the time based on business needs.

Responsibilities

  • Understand the solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS) services markets and use customer, market, and internal data to help prioritize business development opportunities consistent with short- and long-range commercial plans, including operations and maintenance (O&M), repowering, and restoration.
  • Support organic sales growth by identifying prospects, preparing for customer outreach, and developing relationships with new and existing customers over their full asset lifecycle.
  • Collaborate with customers to understand their needs and develop creative solutions for maintenance and service opportunities for their solar and BESS assets, promoting long-term partnerships built on trust.
  • Capture customer feedback, competitive insights, and lessons learned, and translate them into recommendations to improve the sales process and Services offerings.
  • Support proposal development, pricing, deal reviews, negotiations, and contracting by coordinating inputs from internal capabilities and subject matter experts.
  • Partner with DEPCOM Business Development and cross-functional teams to deliver a coordinated customer experience and promote DEPCOM's One Source Solution philosophy.
  • Develop value-based proposals that align DEPCOM's differentiated capabilities with customer economic outcomes.
  • Participate in customer meetings, site visits, trade shows, and industry events to build relationships, strengthen market knowledge, and represent DEPCOM's capabilities and brand.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in the power, renewable energy, utility-scale solar, BESS, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), O&M, industrial services, or another related technical industry.
  • Exposure to energy markets or customer types such as utilities, independent power producers, developers, or asset owners.
  • Experience supporting proposals, pricing analysis, commercial negotiations, contracts, or customer presentations.
  • Demonstrated ability to learn technical products or services and communicate their value to customers.
  • Education and/or prior roles in business, engineering, finance, economics, marketing, or a related field.

About the Company

Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Koch Industries is a large, private, diversified conglomerate that operates in energy, chemical processing, and manufacturing. It started from an innovation that turned heavy crude oil into gasoline and grew through long‑term investments rather than short‑term market moves. The company generates value by refining fuels and producing chemical products, and it operates Georgia-Pacific, a major maker of paper and building products. Its business model relies on reinvesting most earnings back into the company to fund steady, long‑term growth rather than paying out frequent dividends or seeking quick profits. Koch differentiates itself from many competitors by staying privately owned, which reduces pressure from public markets and enables longer‑range planning. The company’s goal is to build scale and durability across its holdings by sustainable, multi‑decade growth rather than rapid, episodic gains.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$985.2M
Headquarters
Wichita, KS
Founded
1940

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