Sales Manager

The Role

You will join our wholesale team, selling solar panels and associated components to installers of solar PV across the UK. You will be responsible for handling key customer accounts, preparing quotes for customers and assisting them with designs and technical enquiries, entering orders onto our system and liaising with the warehouse to ensure they’re processed correctly. You will also help to develop the business by making contact with new customers and working to build those relationships.

Since we’re a small company, you will also be involved in other areas of the business as well, as there are times when we need to cover for each other.This may include helping to pack orders in the warehouse during busy periods, as well as purchasing, credit control and book-keeping.

About Us

Midsummer Energy specialises in solar PV systems. The bulk of our turnover is in distributing complete solar PV kits – including solar panels, inverters, mounting systems and electrical components - to a network of installation customers. We also sell smaller PV systems for off-grid applications direct to retail customers, and we have developed our own software product for designing PV systems, available online at easy-pv.co.uk.

We’ve grown significantly from humble beginnings - our first storeroom was the front room of a narrowboat, and we’ve outgrown four warehouses since. We’re moving into larger premises on the outskirts of Cambridge shortly with 8000 sq ft of storage space and offices for our current staff of 12.

We're passionate about the environment, and we've gained a reputation for a helpful and open approach to business. The office is a friendly, dynamic and informal place to work.

What you'll get:

• A friendly and fast-paced work environment
• £21-28K (depending on experience)
• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
• A varied daily work life, and insight into all the workings of a small business

The ideal candidate

You have an honest and approachable manner with customers, and good commercial sense. You’re committed to making a difference by working in renewables, and thrive in a lively work environment. You’re friendly and helpful with customers and co-workers alike, and good at understanding technical information and communicating it clearly over the phone and in writing.

You're happy to get involved with whatever needs doing, and eager to be part of helping a small company grow.

Some prior technical sales experience or knowledge of solar PV would be an advantage but are not essential – initiative, enthusiasm and the right attitude are more important. APPLY NOW

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you. Please complete the application form before the 31st October.