Care about climate change and want to contribute to solve it? Aspire to shape and contribute to a fast-growing climate technology start-up as an early employee? This could be your opportunity.
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Solar AI Technologies is a clean energy startup based in Singapore and funded by ENGIE, one of the world’s largest renewable energy companies. We provide a first-of-its-kind rooftop solar-as-a-service offer for residential and small commercial property owners, with a mission to make it as simple as possible for all property owners to get solar. Find out more at https://getsolar.ai.
The opportunity
In the Business Development role, you’ll support our residential solar sales pipeline, from customer engagement, proposal generation through to closing. You’ll be working closely with our CEO and be a part of a small but collaborative community in ENGIE Factory, passionate about using technology and innovation to solve climate change.
We don’t see our interns any differently from one of us. If you’re up for it, lead teams, craft strategies or drive new initiatives – the sky’s the limit. Our past sales interns have started with no sales experience but were coached to close up to $150K of revenues a month.
What you’ll be responsible for
While we encourage you to take ownership of your role and spend time on areas that you find exciting, the following tasks are likely to be a part of your role:
- Serve as an inside sales representative in generating qualified leads through follow-ups to marketing campaigns, fielding website inquiries and outbound emails or calls
- Oversee homeowner enquiries and sales qualification to assist them in getting solar quotes through our partner network of solar installers
- Coordinate and work with our solar installer partners to provide solar quotes to homeowners
- Support proposal generation for our sales team, learning the basics of a solar system and rooftop solar designs
- Conduct customer research (homeowners, building owners or solar companies) to understand their needs and pain points in order to refine business strategies
- Assist in crafting proposals and communications materials to assist in business development
- Identify and evaluate new opportunities for business development and partnerships
What you’ll gain from the internship
- Sharpen sales pitch and understand customer personas and sales techniques
- Learn to use and effectively work with sales and operations tools like Hubspot and Airtable
- Learn how to manage and analyze sales activity and prospects through CRM systems and dashboards
- Gain insights into the regional renewables market and digital technologies
Who we’re looking for
- A people person: friendly, loves interacting with others and taking up sales calls; customer-centric and self-driven in engaging stakeholders
- Have an interest in solar or renewable energy and enjoys spreading the word about it
- Entrepreneurial spirit and genuinely excited by a fast paced start-up environment
- Strong willingness to learn and pick up new skills
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and deal with ambiguity
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
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