Job Title
GE Vernova's Power Conversion & Storage business combines advanced energy conversion and storage systems to meet the electrification needs of utilities and industries. With a focus on power stability, energy storage and industrial electrification solutions, Power Conversion & Storage empowers customers by addressing their most complex electrification challenges and accelerating their transition to a sustainable, decarbonized future.
Essential Responsibilities
- Be accountable for meeting or exceeding an established OP plan
- Develop and execute commercial strategy for sales of Solar / Storage / Hybrids equipment and adjacent tie in product lines
- Own the accurate forecasting of orders and convertible orders for your account package and reflect that in Salesforce.com
- Manage relationships on day-to-day basis and provide transactional support.
- Coordinate with selected GE Renewables sales personnel across the region to implement joint account strategies and close synergy orders
- Develop and execute an overall growth strategy with integrated plays for GE across the region
- Develop strategic customer relationships with key decision makers in support of the sales team's strategic direction
- Drive identification, prospecting and creation of new sales opportunities
- Support your customers in sales activities and provide assistance to them in identifying new opportunities
- Coordinate activities and provide leadership to establish individual sales strategies obtaining appropriate approvals for pricing and delivery
- Negotiate contracts as required
- Maintain knowledge of market trends, competitive actions, product needs, and customer base
- Work with Marketing to develop project specific sales strategies for assigned customers
- Provide feedback to the leadership team to drive continued growth
- Manage expenses within a given budget
- Own the accounts in region; responsible for maintaining relationships at all levels of organization; developing and monitoring growth plans; marketing programs; training
- Manage, maintain, and grow accounts in region to achieve quarterly and yearly quotas
- Ensure GE-provided leads are followed-up and convert to orders.
- Enforce global compliance standards; collaborate with compliance manager to perform due diligence activities.
- Provide market feedback, competitive intelligence and hit-rate information to business and sales leadership.
Qualifications / Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business or related technical discipline from an accredited university or college.Minimum of 6 years of experience in Sales / Commercial Operations / Engineering / Technical EngineeringMinimum of 4 years of experience within the Developer and Utilities MarketsEligibility Requirements
Ability and willingness to possess and maintain a valid driver's license / satisfactory driving recordAbility and willingness to travel North America 50% of the timeDesired Characteristics
Prior sales success in Battery storage / Data Centre Power Management / hybridsExperience and familiarity with Gas Turbines / Battery storage / Grid connection and Islanded grids / hybrids industry customers and their overall system operations processesSuccessful sales leadership experience with high value, high price system sales to senior leadershipIn-depth knowledge of the battery storage applications for product lines and marketsExperience developing relationships at all levels within an organizationExisting executive-level contacts at one or more accounts in the regionComfortable / experienced with cold calling new targeted customers