Solar Sales Specialist

Inpower, an Intelligent Power Solutions, offers a wide variety of energy solutions to sectional title schemes, commercial and industrial customers. Our team has provided power management, backup power, solar energy and metering and generator solutions to our customers in Cape Town and the surrounding areas.

We are looking for an organized and professional **Solar Sales Specialist** **who can manage the sales administration process by handling incoming enquiries, prepare and submit quotes, schedule and manage appointments and provide overall assistance to the engineering team.

**Duties include but are not limited to**:

- Provide technical information about solar systems, equipment, and services to potential customers or dealers
- Managing all external and internal enquiries received, ensuring that each request is attended to in a timely manner
- Develop sales opportunities for solar and backup solutions
- Gathering relevant information from clients to correctly identify their energy needs
- Providing clients with information regarding company and products
- Submit quotations, including cost calculations, data sheets and drawings to customers and follow up independently or in liaison with a responsible representative.
- Ability to connect with decision makers and build long-standing relationships
- Sending out quotes and following up
- Scheduling and managing, site assessments and prospective client meetings
- Organizing purchase orders, project codes, procurement / stock, invoices and payments etc.
- Working closely with the engineering team and ensuring all new jobs logged have been attended to
- Other tasks related to internal sales processes

**Requirements**:
Qualifications: Relevant tertiary qualifications advantageous

Experience and Knowledge:

- Must have extensive technical and electrical knowledge of solar and backup systems
- Relevant technical qualifications will be advantageous
- Previous experience in a similar role in the solar/back-up industry required/highly advantageous.
- This person should have a practical understanding of a client’s needs
- Must have at least 2 years' experience with sales in renewable energy
- Be able to interpret technical data accurately and deliver exceptional customer service
- Build a strong solar reputation in the commercial sector

Skills and Attributes:

- Creative, persistent and outgoing personality, with a keen eye for detail
- Excellent phone and customer service skills
- Attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy
- Sales-focused, target oriented and a good team player who can work in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to work under pressure
- Customer service orientated
- Proactive, positive and self-motivated with ability to work without close supervision
- Excellent organisational skills
- Computer literate (Google sheets)
- Observe compliance with the local and company regulation

**Specific Requirements**:

- Own transport
- Clear health record
- Clear criminal record
- Clear credit record
- Contactable references
- Vaccinated against covid-19 or prepared to be vaccinated prior to commencing work

We offer Barista produced coffee available all day to all our staff at Claremont.

Normal working hours are Mondays to Fridays from 08h00 until 17h00 with a 45 minute lunch break. The company allows employees, by approval of the direct manager, to work flexi time between 07h00 and 18h00.

With centrally located and modern offices just across from Cavendish in Claremont, Faircape offers a market-related salary from R 30 000 Cost to Company per month. The salary is depended on experience, qualification, attributes and skills.