Business Development Manager - Renewables Advisory Services

UL Solutions is a leading management and technical consultancy to the renewable energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world’s leading energy developers and investors.

We are currently seeking a Business Development Manager, Renewables Advisory Services remote in Germany to grow our renewables advisory business in EMEA region.

As a member of the commercial and sales organization, you will be responsible for:

• Generating revenue and pipeline across all services within EMEA
• Delivering on regional sales targets for Solar, Wind, and BESS service lines
• Leading the sales team to meet KPIs and sales objectives
• Identifying new business development opportunities and growing the pipeline
• Responsible for the pipeline generation for Germany.

• Supporting operational team for the execution of local topics.

• University Degree (Equivalent to Bachelor’s degree) in  Engineering, Business Administration or a related discipline plus generally.  Having a MBA is a plus, but not mandatory.
• 10 Years or more of experience in the renewables advisory market with focus on Germany/EMEA market.
• Strong understanding of the renewables advisory services scopes (including management consulting, transaction and asset advisory for Wind, Solar and BESS services)
• Strong technical and business/economic foundations, including formal account planning, sales strategy development,  sales tracking, and measurement.
• Ability to interact with customers throughout all levels of their organization, which include highly visible activities such  as negotiating or presenting.
• Requires a focused individual that has a clear vision and can think strategically.
• Ability to work and lead in a matrixed organizational structure.
• Demonstrable track record of effective client engagement, opportunity management, business development, proposal drafting.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, planning and time management. Ability to deliver against tight deadlines and work with a potentially diverse and dispersed team to deliver outputs to the necessary quality standards and schedule. Attention to detail is critical to succeed in this role.
• Commercially inquisitive and determined to get results - able to turn sometimes unstructured input into a business case and work with an initiative owner to develop and improve this.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in all aspects of work and to handle sensitive information.
• Personable and team oriented: able to quickly build relationships across the group and with external third parties and develop junior or less experienced resources
• Native or near-native proficiency in English and German, with strong written and oral communication skills

Total Rewards: We understand that rewards are an important consideration as you plan the next step in your career. In addition to a competitive annual salary, this position is eligible for the Sales Incentive Plan. The annual target incentive for this position is 20% of the base salary, paid quarterly, and is contingent upon performance. You’ll also enjoy annual paid leave, access to our ULS University to support continuous learning and career development, two volunteering days each year to participate in community activities, and flexible working arrangements designed to help you balance work and life.

What you’ll experience working for ULS

UL Solutions has been pioneering change since 1894 and we’re still leading the way. From day one, we’ve blazed a trail protecting the planet and everyone on it. Our teams have influenced billions of products, plus services, software offerings and more. We break things, burn things and blow things up. All in the name of safety science.

That’s where you come in — because none of it could happen without you. It takes passion to protect people, problem-solving to safeguard personal data and conviction to make the world a more sustainable place. It takes bold ideas and brilliant minds to build a better world for future generations across the globe.  

This is more than a job. It’s a calling. A passion to use our expertise and play our part in creating a more secure, sustainable world today — and tomorrow. As a member of our safety science community, you’ll use your ideas, your energy and your ambition to innovate, challenge and ultimately, help create a safer world.

Everyone here is unique. But we’re also a global community, working together to help create a safer world. Join UL Solutions and you can connect with the brightest minds in the business, all bringing their distinct perspectives and diverse backgrounds together to deliver real change.

Empowering our customers to keep the world safe means thinking ahead. It means investing in training and empowering our people to learn and innovate. At UL Solutions, we help build a better future — one where everyone benefits.

Join UL Solutions to be at the center of safety. To learn more about us and the work we do, visit  https://www.ul.com/industries/energy-and-utilities/renewables

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• Deliver on growth targets with potential developers, investors, and relevant stakeholders in the renewables industry to understand their investment, development and financing plans and identify potential areas for support and opportunities.
• Generate pipeline and business strategy for the Germany
• Secure new transactions with our existing and new potential customers including Technical Advisory support for M&A transactions, Energy Advisory and Asset Advisory related services, among others for wind onshore, solar PV and BESS.
• Define business growth plans and go-to-market strategies, in collaboration with the Renewables Advisory Business Manager.
• Identify prospective new customers and collaborate with technical leads to establishing positive business relationships with them.
• Participate of proposals detailing a clearly defined scope and understanding of client required deliverables and establishing a corresponding budget that satisfies the clients’ expectations
• Conduct market, client and opportunity specific analyses as required.
• Attend conferences, webinars and events to generate new business opportunities UL Solutions brand and services and develop client relationships.
• Proactively expand customer portfolio to develop opportunities, including responding to RFPs, RFQs and PQs.
• Manage pipeline development and opportunities through contract signing.
• Build regional client account plans and track news flow related to these clients to enable proactive engagement.
• Lead client engagement by developing and managing relationships at the executives and middle management level for large customers.
• Direct the development and execution of customer relationship plans that detail business goals and strategies which deliver customer solutions.
• Supervise sales transaction pipelines and forecasting.
• Stay up to date with and understand the latest market developments and trends.
• Manage the performance of direct reports by developing accountabilities, establishing performance objectives,  providing career counseling, feedback and guidance and ensuring that all policies are understood and adhered to.
• Support development and provide motivation to sales professionals by coaching and transferring knowledge of sales techniques, service offerings, and industry knowledge to the sales team to drive results.
• Be accountable for the performance and results of multiple related teams, potentially across disciplines or locations.