Head of Commercials – Wind – North America

Join a unique global company, which develops the people, who power the world
One of the few with potential to be our future Director in the US

About us
Danish Wind Power Academy (dwpa) was founded in 2004 by former wind turbine OEM training managers who had a deep understanding of what the industry was missing in terms of technical competency development support and advice for employees, professionals and technicians in the wind industry. Over the past 19 years the company has become recognized as the leading independent wind turbine technical training solution provider, worldwide. dwpa provides customized training programs for renewable energy asset owners, operators and independent service providers, which are involved in all aspects of operation and maintenance. dwpa is established on the USA market and have, with success, been there for the last 15 years. We look forward to the coming years in a market of huge growth potential.

Learn more about dwpa at www.danishwpa.com

Employment type
Full-time

Location
USA (location flexible)

The job
You are one of the few, who today can build the foundation for your next career step tomorrow.

Reporting directly to the dwpa Head of Growth and Development in Europe, your main responsibility will be leading all dwpa’s sales activities in the North America (USA and Canada) and contributing to the global development of dwpa in line with our future company growth targets. You will be employed in our subsidiary Danish Wind Power Academy Americas currently based in Denver, Colorado, but the location is flexible.

Based on your personal sales and performance, you will show, that you have, what it takes to become the future Head of Commercials for dwpa North America.

You can perform on all levels. You know how to sell to both wind farm team leaders as well as CEOs of large companies in the wind industry.

You will have a wide range of key accountabilities:

Responsible for your personal sales budget and key accounts. Show us today, that you are able to take the lead tomorrow.

Responsibility for breaking down the company strategy into your personal operational sales plan for the US and Canada.

Developing and implementing customer life cycle strategies to ensure positive long term customer relationships.

Conducting market/customer research and presenting future sales opportunities and new product development ideas to the dwpa management team.

Leading all business development activities in North America (including conference attendance and participation in local working groups as required).

Direct contribution to the ongoing development of the global marketing strategy (with a focus on specific North American elements).

When the time comes, building and developing the sales organization in North America

Qualifications/Experience:
You get things done. You are empathic and self-driven, with a big engagement and strong power. People feel you and they follow you, and it is natural for you to do, what it takes to reach the goals.

You have operated at a senior level within an operational environment within the wind industry or wider renewables sector or alternatively you will have extensive sales experience from an alternative (fast growing and rapidly changing) technical sector.

Requirements:

Direct experience of working in a customer focused environment with strong experience across all stages of the customer life-cycle preferable with a proven track record of your sales capabilities.

Willingness to travel to customer locations across the US and Canada as required, as well as international travel to Europe and other global locations to support global growth & development activities and dwpa internal alignment.

Assisting in the development of new processes and ways of working, as well as the improving existing processes, as part of a continuous improvement culture.

It will be a key advantage if you have a strong reputation within the US renewable (wind sector) with extensive contacts across all organizational levels.