Selby Jennings is the foremost provider of recruitment solutions to global environmental institutions, major energy and commodity corporations and leading sustainability consultancies across Europe, the US, Asia and the Middle East.

Within the sustainable and renewables space we cover project financing, commodity financing, project development, CDM/JI development roles, exploration and engineering, and all other areas related to the wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, biomass, carbon and GHG markets.

Covering both contingency and retained recruitment services, we offer our clients an industry leading marketing driven operation, as well as a search and selection service to ensure we access the best and most relevant pool of candidates for every assignment.

Job description

My client is a leading European manufacturer of amorphous and microcrystalline thin-film photovoltaic modules. Supplying to some of the biggest players in the European solar PV market, they are looking to hire a Head of Sales for their venture in France, selling to French speaking distributors and installers.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Maintain strong relationships with existing distribution and installation clients across France and French speaking Europe
• Travelling frequently to pitch to potential new clients
• Advising new and existing clients on their business requirements and the best products from a marketing perspective
• Working to strict sales targets
• Working in conjunction with the Italy and Germany Country Heads in order to share contacts and leverage off each other\'s clients

Skills and qualifications required:

• Completely fluent in spoken and written French and English
• Excellent track record in sales for manufacturing businesses
• Proven track record selling photovoltaic modules
• Existing client base would be highly desirable
• Excellent network of solar PV distributors and installers in France

This opportunity does involve frequent travel but allows the successful candidate to be very flexible as you are able to work from home, so this is a great opportunity to earn high commission as well as maintain an excellent work/life balance.

For more information please send a Word copy of your CV to the Environmental team on environmental@selbyjennings-solutions.com, call us on 00 44 207 019 4140, or visit www.selbyjennings-solutions.com.  No PDFs please.