SVP Commercial Development

Essential:

* University Degree in Business/Mechanical Engineering or related field.
* 10+ year experience in direct sales role and managing teams.

* Experience opening offices in emerging countries, process development and management of diverse teams, as well as exposure to project financing.
* Experience of working in a multinational and multi-segment environment with matrix reporting.

Preferred:

* Post Graduate degree in business management.

* Solar industry experience important but not critical.

* Understanding of construction and engineering marketplace.

* Understanding of renewable energy market place

* Experience on working on large complex multinational projects.

* Fluent in Arabic or other regional language/s.

Functional Competencies

* Stakeholder Management: Has strong influencing skills to sustain high impact relationships with customers, shareholders, and stakeholders to deliver results.Negotiation: Is proactive in driving deals forward and is capable of winning concessions without damaging relationships.

* Staffing: Strong ability to drive results through others, coach and recognise and develop talent.

* Technical: Is comfortable in understanding quickly technical and commercial solutions.

* Cross selling: Demonstrates vision, expertise, and resourcefulness in developing selling strategies.

Core Competencies

* Makes sound decisions and can prioritize and handle numerous competing demands in a high-volume, fast-paced working environment.
* Is organized, available and with a high sense of responsibility.

* Has strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Has leadership skills across multi-cultural teams.
* Can communicate as a leader on technical products and services, and their implications for businesses.
* Has high integrity, being politically sensitive and discrete.To find out more about Progressive Recruitment, please visit www.progressiverecruitment.com

Award winner of:

KSA Recruitment Company of the Year, Best Executive Search Firm of the Year by TALint Recruitment Awards 2019/2020 | Best Engineering Recruitment Firm of the Year by Recruitment International Awards 2018