Business Development Manager

Renewable Exchange

Renewable Exchange is a market leader in providing insights and delivering value to managers of renewable energy projects. Everything we do is designed to increase the transparency simplicity and efficiency of the renewable energy sector in the journey towards netzero.

Our online power purchase agreement (PPA) platform is the cornerstone of our offering in the UK and were currently active in Germany and expanding into more international markets. We add value to our clients while ensuring that we take an ethical clientfirst approach to everything we do.

We are a small but mighty team of 16 mainly based in the centre of Bristol. We value integrity teamwork and continuous improvement.

Role

In your role as Business Development Manager youll be a crucial part of the UK sales team responsible for growing and expanding our client base by finding and converting new generator accounts.

Tasks

What youll be doing at Renewable Exchange

Your main responsibilities will be to:

• Identify target and acquire new owners of renewable energy projects (such as investment funds asset managers and developers) to support customers in optimising the sale of their electricity.
• Take full ownership of a business development pipeline delivering value to clients through a relationshipfocused sales process.
• Develop or build upon an indepth understanding of the UK power market and use this expertise to communicate market insights to our clients.
• Build strong client relationships by communicating regularly travelling to inperson meetings and networking at industry events.
• Be curious! Find innovative ways of adding value to our clients through different consultancy reporting and optimisation services.

Requirements

Requirements

The ideal candidate will be:

• Commercially focused and able to deliver superb sales results whilst delivering outstanding service to clients.
• 210 years of business development experience with a proven track record.
• You dont have to have direct experience in the energy industry but if you do or youve specifically worked with power purchase agreements wed like to hear from you.
• An excellent communicator through phone video calls email and inperson meetings with experience pitching to company directors or equivalent.
• Motivated and driven to deliver the best service possible to our clients and develop longterm relationships.
• Confident with presenting complex data sets to deliver highlevel insights and analytics to key clients.
• Ideally based in Bristol but we are also open to candidates based in the UK in locations that can conveniently travel to Bristol and London.
• Passionate about sustainability and accelerating the journey to netzero.

Benefits

Benefits

Were excited to contribute to the journey to netzero using technology and innovation to support Renewable Energy generators. We can offer you a genuinely purposeled career with a culture built on trust innovation and fun. In addition well give you:

• Flexibility: we can build a working schedule that works for you whether its to accommodate the school run or manage some of that life admin. We understand that flexibility is important and we trust you to do the right thing for you and us.
• Generous tiered bonus scheme for hitting targets.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off with the option to buy back a further 5 extra annual leave days p.a.
• 1 extra day of annual leave for every year of service after 5 years up to a maximum of 5 extra days.
• 3 month sabbatical after 4 years of service! Take the opportunity to explore all the wonderful things the world has to offer.
• Enhanced parental leave policies; maternity & adoption (12 weeks at full pay followed by SMP entitlement) paternity/partner (6 weeks at full pay to take at any point during the first year of your childs life) shared parental leave.
• Salary sacrifice scheme for electric cars and cycletowork available.
• An annual allowance of 100 to spend as you see fit towards your professional development plus access to other professional development resources.
• Group pension scheme.
• Convenient central Bristol office location with bike storage and shower facilities.
• A positive and supportive work culture with regular team events incentives and quarterly social activities.

At Renewable Exchange we are committed to Diversity Equity and Inclusion. We encourage people from every diverse background to apply; even if you arent sure if you meet all of the criteria we would love to hear from you!

If you have any questions about our DEI policy please dont hesitate to contact us.