Business Development Manager Africa - ib vogt GmbH｜Meet.jobs
Salary
73k - 96k EUR Annually
Required skills
Job description
About us
Established in 2002, ib vogt GmbH focuses on developing high-quality large-scale PV plants worldwide as an Independent Power Producer. As a technology-agnostic integrated developer with a strong worldwide network of local development partners ib vogt provides high-quality turnkey PV plants, designed and engineered in Germany, to end investors internationally.
Since 2009 company has realized plants with a total rated capacity of over 2GWp worldwide, with over 200MWp in Africa.
The company creates business in more than 55 countries, operating internationally from its headquarters in Berlin, Germany and offices in UK, USA, Australia, Panama, Poland, Spain, South Africa, India and South East Asia.
Your tasks will include:
- Execute and manage projects according to ib vogt safety, ethical and quality standards as well as Governmental regulations from development to start of operation;
- Conduct due-diligence and analysis on new opportunities (acquisitions, partnerships); Identify potential projects and participate in the initiation of cooperation/development agreements;
- Coordinate/Interface with engineering, legal, finance, procurement, construction and portfolio management as needed to ensure effective execution of assigned solar projects;
- Lead of the negotiation of project’s contracts with government entities and offtakers;
- Manage consultants, external stakeholders, and other third parties to ensure projects’ success;
- Manage budgets, milestones, schedules and deliverables for assigned development projects;
- Responsible for developing and executing an annual business plan which includes a strategic plan, financial plan for the given area of operation;
- Develop responses to RFQ and RFP;
- Responsible for Market Development and Market Shaping activities such as engaging government regulators, financing entities, utilities to accelerate the uptake of the PV and energy storage market;
- Define, approve local partner in diverse markets
Your Profile:
- Master or Bachelor‘s Degree in a relevant area
- Proven performance with business development and bid strategy
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience within solar business
- Project management experience
- Africa experience is mandatory (Western Africa preferred)
- Fluent in French, English. Additional languages would be an asset
- Self-driven and able to work, communicate and do networking closely with stakeholders from different cultures
- Willingness to travel to the project area
We offer you:
- A truly international work environment with colleagues from around the world
- An open-minded and highly motivated team
- Ownership of projects and challenging tasks
- We encourage both teamwork and personal responsibility.
- Great opportunities for professional and personal growth
- Competitive compensation (based on experience)