Solar Business Development Manager Spain Remote

Solar Business Development Manager Spain Remote At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.
Job Overview This position covers the entire EMEA region, with special attention to major growing markets such as Spain, Germany, East Europe, and the Middle East, working closely with local teams.
The Business Development Manager (BDM) is responsible for exploring evolving dynamic business models in the volatile Solar market and mapping major stakeholders.
They will also be responsible for developing and executing new projects and accounts with EPC companies, Developers, and IPPs in the Renewable market, with a special focus on Solar Large-Scale projects.
The BDM is primarily responsible for identifying and attracting new opportunities or projects to increase customer share for TE Energy and driving the project pipeline.
The BDM is responsible for managing their assigned accounts and providing support to other account managers in the EMEA region on key regional projects.
This includes all business aspects with customers or accounts, such as managing offers, project contracts, and quotations, leading price and contract negotiations, and following up on current opportunities or projects.
The BDM is also responsible for developing and executing strategy and plans, managing customer relationships, and handling promotion activities or project management tasks associated with the account(s).
Responsibilities Map the market to develop and execute strategic initiatives aligned with the TE Energy business strategy and product roadmap to ensure revenue growth, account penetration, and customer satisfaction for the assigned accounts.
Relevant market information: mapping markets in line with Solar evolution and fast dynamics, including market share, competitor SWOT, technologies, trends, environmental changes, political factors, TAM details, etc.
Customer information: understanding the buying cycle/process, customer goals, focus growth segments, market share, priorities and strategies, key stakeholders and decision-makers, application details, global footprint, Voice of the Customer, etc.
Growth Information: strategies to win over competition or recover previously lost business, gaining market share, and delivering productivity while increasing TE Energy's profitability.
Coordination with the BDM team to influence technical specifications with strategic Developers and/or Utilities and corporate groups leading the renewable market.
Communication with internal TE stakeholders (including Sales Accounts, Technical Service Engineers, Vertical Lead, Product Management, Engineering) to share relevant customer information.
Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders (executive-level relationships and key decision-makers) within the customer organization, applying professional selling methodologies and leveraging these relationships to position TE Energy as a preferred supplier.
Identify and understand current and future customer needs and opportunities to introduce and sell products, services, and solutions to the customer.
Actively participate in the Project Leads Qualification process to ensure timely involvement in projects and maintain an active pipeline of projects and opportunities in the assigned region/area.
Effectively use and maintain assigned reporting tools, ensuring data is up to date in Salesforce and other TE systems.
Proactively address and resolve open customer issues, including quality concerns, until appropriate closure is achieved.
Prepare or review designs for solar plants (or other renewable projects) to create fully customized connectivity solutions for large-scale solar installations, maximizing TE Energy product content.
Coordinate with internal teams to ensure that quotations, quality complaints, VOC, and technical information are provided to the customer within agreed timeframes.
Prepare budgets and forecasts, and report on actual performance against won projects.
Actively monitor and maintain customer KPIs relative to supplier performance standards.
Proactively promote the value TE brings to the customer (supported by data/results) and work to efficiently service the account.
Provide after-sales support, including courtesy calls and site visits.
Maintain an overview of the engineering project pipeline as proposed by relevant Field Engineers to ensure alignment with the account plan and growth strategy.
Implement and support marketing strategies by demonstrating TE products in a working environment and supporting relevant industry events in the region.
What your background should look like: University degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or Electronics engineering preferred) or business administration.
5+ years of experience in business development, sales management, and/or product management.
Proven experience in a similar role within the large-scale solar industry—preferably with experience working for an EPC, installers, Tier 1 manufacturers, among others.
Ability to identify and pursue new business opportunities in alignment with business plans.
Strong ability to develop executive relationships (internally and externally), enter new markets, deliver sales presentations, and handle conflict and challenges.
Deep understanding of products and technologies for commercial or large-scale solar applications, with in-depth knowledge of solar equipment and techniques.
Exceptional entrepreneurial thinking.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Ability to work under deadlines and meet challenging targets.
Mobility: Flexibility in working days, including domestic and international travel.
Valid driver's license.
High level of proficiency in written and verbal English communication; knowledge of other languages (Spanish preferred) is a plus.
Strong knowledge of sales tools (e.g., Salesforce) and MS Office software.
ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY TE Connectivity is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future.
Our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, renewable energy, automated factories, data centers, medical technology and more.
WHAT TE CONNECTIVITY OFFERS: We are pleased to offer you an exciting total package that can also be flexibly adapted to changing life situations - the well-being of our employees is our top priority!
• Competitive Salary Package • Performance-Based Bonus Plans • Health and Wellness Incentives • Employee Stock Purchase Program • Community Outreach Programs / Charity Events • Employee Resource Group Across our global sites and business units, we put together packages of benefits that are either supported by TE itself or provided by external service providers.
In principle, the benefits offered can vary from site to site.
Location: Barcelona, B, ES, 25000 City: Barcelona State: B Country/Region: ES Travel: 25% to 50% Requisition ID: 123983 #J-18808-Ljbffr