Business Development Manager

3 months ago

Bristol, United Kingdom Renewable Exchange Full time

Looking for a place where you can grow, make a real impact, and be part of an incredible team? At Renewable Exchange, we're a small passionate team with a culture that values people as much as performance. We thrive on collaboration, celebrate diversity, and embrace new opportunities. We’re dedicated to creating a positive, supportive environment where every team member has the opportunity to shine, innovate, and directly contribute to the companies success.

You won’t just be another cog in the machine—you’ll be part of a mission-driven team committed to making the renewable energy sector more transparent, efficient, and accessible. We believe in the power of teamwork, and together, we’re driving the transition to net-zero, making a lasting impact on both our industry and the environment.

Our flagship online power purchase agreement (PPA) platform is revolutionising the renewable energy market in the UK and has recently expanded into Germany, marking our first international success.

As a Business Development Manager, you’ll be a key player in our UK sales team, responsible for expanding our client base by connecting with new renewable energy generators and introducing them to the strength of our platform. If you’re ready to be part of a team that values your input, offers room for growth, and is on the cutting edge of the renewable energy revolution—we are the place for you

Tasks

What you’ll 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 them in optimising the sale of their renewable electricity.
  • Take full ownership of your business development pipeline, delivering value to clients through a relationship-focused sales process.
  • Develop or build upon an in-depth understanding of the UK power market and use this expertise to deliver value to our clients.
  • Build strong, genuine client relationships through, phone, in-person meetings and networking at industry events. Everything we do is focused on a win-win.
  • Be curious Find innovative ways of adding value to our clients through consultancy, reporting and optimisation services.
Requirements

Requirements

The ideal candidate will be:

  • Relationship focused with strong commercial acumen, able to deliver outstanding results for clients and exceed sales targets
  • 2+ years of business development experience with a proven track record.
  • You don't have to have direct experience in the energy industry, but if you do or you've specifically worked with power purchase agreements we'd like to hear from you.
  • An excellent communicator through phone, video calls, email and in-person meetings, with experience of pitching to company directors or equivalent.
  • Motivated and driven to deliver the best service possible to our clients and develop long-term relationships.
  • Confident with presenting complex data sets to deliver high-level insights and analytics to key clients.
  • Based in Bristol or can conveniently commute in a few days a week
  • Passionate about sustainability and accelerating the journey to net-zero.
Benefits

Benefits

We're excited to contribute to the journey to net-zero using technology and innovation to support Renewable Energy clients. We can offer you a genuinely purpose-led career with a culture built on trust, innovation and fun. In addition, we'll give you:

  • Flexibility: we can build a working schedule that works for you, whether it’s 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 child’s life), shared parental leave.
  • Salary sacrifice scheme for electric cars and cycle-to-work available.
  • Investment in your professional development, plus access to other professional development resources.
  • Group pension scheme.
  • Convenient, modern central Bristol office location with bike storage, shower facilities and a wealth of eateries on the doorstep.
  • 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 aren’t 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 don’t hesitate to contact us.

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