Renewable Energy Business Development Manager (M/F)

Job Description:

LHH Recruitment Solutions, a recruitment consulting, transition management, and expert, executive, and leader assessment firm, is searching for its client, a recognized international player in the engineering and execution of large infrastructure projects, a PV & BESS Business Manager Africa M/F.

Our client is a leading international group, specialized in the development of complex projects in the fields of renewable energies, electrical infrastructures, and large industrial projects.

As part of its development in West Africa, it is recruiting a BESS Business Manager M/F. This strategic position, based in Nanterre (92), Mulhouse (68), or Verquin (62), offers high autonomy and a key role in the development of large-scale projects.

Your Missions

Reporting to the Sales Department, you will drive the development of your business in West Africa, in collaboration with technical, legal, financial, and operational teams.

Business Development

You are responsible for defining and deploying the commercial strategy in your zone.

• Identifying and qualifying new business opportunities.
• Developing and retaining a portfolio of strategic clients.
• Building a network of local partners and decision-makers.
• Ensuring active monitoring of markets and tenders.
• Representing the company at professional events.

Large Project Development

You manage the entire sales cycle of complex projects: Qualification of opportunities.

• Coordination of offers with internal teams.
• Management of responses to tenders.
• Negotiation of contracts until signature.
• Guaranteeing profitability and risk management.
• Supporting operational teams at the start of projects.

Cross-functional Management

Acting as a true conductor, you coordinate different internal expertises to build competitive offers adapted to client needs.

You also ensure the monitoring of your activity (pipeline, turnover, margin, conversion rate) and actively contribute to the evolution of the commercial strategy.

Profile Description:

Profile Sought

With a higher education background (Engineering School or Business School), you have a successful experience of at least 3 to 7 years in the business development of complex international projects.

Ideally, you operate in one of the following BESS environments:

• Renewable energies
• Energy transmission and distribution (HT/MT)
• Electrical infrastructures
• Industry or large EPC projects
• Engineering or construction.

You master long sales cycles, responses to complex tenders, as well as the negotiation of contracts with high financial stakes.

Experience in Sub-Saharan African markets, and more particularly West Africa, will be a real asset.

Fluent English is indispensable.

Beyond your technical and commercial skills, you are recognized for your development sense and entrepreneurial spirit:

• your ability to create relationships of trust with high-level interlocutors
• your autonomy and sense of responsibility
• your ability to manage complex projects in a multicultural environment
• your excellent interpersonal skills, negotiation ability, and results orientation

Why Join This Company: Join an international group recognized for its expertise on large-scale projects

• Contribute to the development of essential infrastructures promoting the energy transition and the economic development of many countries
• Evolve in an international, multicultural, and technically stimulating environment
• Benefit from a strategic position offering high autonomy and real visibility to Management
• Develop high-impact projects and build lasting partnerships with key market players

Regular travel in Europe and Africa (1 to 2 weeks per mission) is to be expected.

Do you wish to give an international dimension to your career and contribute to projects that shape the infrastructures of tomorrow? Join a company that will allow you to have a concrete impact on the development of territories undergoing transformation.