Sales Manager_Benelux

Fluence is the leading global energy storage technology and services company, created and backed by Siemens and AES, two industry powerhouses and pioneers in energy storage. Fluence unites the scale, experience, breadth, and financial backing of the two most experienced icons in energy storage.

Our mission is to create a more sustainable future by transforming the way we power our world. Energy storage is critical to this transformation, yet today the market is fragmented and customers face the challenge of finding a trusted technology partner amidst conflicting technical claims, inexperienced vendors and installers, and new market entrants with limited power sector knowledge.

Fluence brings the proven technology solutions and services that overcome the commercial and regulatory barriers that stand in the way of modernizing our energy networks. We are the partner that can deliver at a global scale with the most experienced and knowledgeable team in the world.

 

-        Identification of customers, applications, and segments that are an attractive fit for Fluence’s energy storage products, services and digital applications. Strive to understand the customer’s needs inside and out.

-        Building and maintaining management level relationships with key customers and industry stakeholders (with regional travel as required).  Assessing and prioritizing sales opportunities using strategic selling criteria.

-        Provide technical and commercial support during sales process – become a subject matter expert across all elements of Fluence’s technology, able to answer a range of technical queries on our hardware, software, and services offerings.

-        Lead and collaborate with commercial project management, legal and sales engineering teams (“Deal Team”) to develop compelling offers for key customers.

-        Lead the negotiation and closing of transactions for energy storage products and services with the support of a Deal Team, and provide oversight and mentorship of more junior deal team members.

-        Deliver on quarterly and annual sales order intake and margin targets established in coordination with the Sales Director. Individual accountability for meeting sales team budget and key KPIs’. Support data driven decision making via Salesforce and other reporting/CRM tools including tracking customer interactions and opportunity pipeline management.

-        Gathering and dissemination of competitive intelligence and bid feedback to improve Fluence offerings

-        Maintenance, development and improvement of tools to support sales efforts and improve sales team efficiency

-        Collaboration with market applications and growth team to understand policy, regulatory and market opportunities that strengthen or weaken the business case

-        Representation of Fluence at industry conferences and other events

           

-        Master’s degree in a relevant subject (environmental studies, business, economics, engineering, sciences, computer science, mathematics, statistics, etc.) or equivalent demonstration through additional work experience

-        Minimum 5 years of sales, technical or commercial experience in the power generation or a related industry (directly in energy storage would be a plus)

-        Demonstrated track record in building up sales pipelines successfully and driving contracts to efficient close as a deal leader

-        Direct experience on battery-based energy storage systems and contracting from a technical and commercial perspective

-        Strong management level stakeholder relationships and network within the regional energy storage sector, including developers, IPPs and local EPCs

-        Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).  Experience with Salesforce, Klue, RFPio, PowerBI a plus.

-        Superior verbal and written communication skills and high attention to detail

-        Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a remote team environment

-        Strong analytical skills and commercial acumen

-        Fluent English, fluency in Dutch is a plus.

-        Ability to seek and give constructive feedback and advice.