Commercial Director – Carbon

Full Time
Employment Info

Commercial Director – Carbon

Company Details
Name: BURN
Industry: Oil & Energy
Description: BURN designs, manufactures, and distributes aspirational fuel-efficient cooking products that save lives and forests in the developing world.BURN has revolutionized the global cookstove sector by proving the business case for selling a high quality, locally manufactured and unsubsidized cookstoves.Since 2013, BURN has sold 200,000+ high quality, locally manufactured and unsubsidized jikokoas â„¢ stoves in East Africa. These stoves have helped 1,000,000+ beneficiaries save $39 million in fuel expenditures and 626,221 tons of wood while reducing indoor air pollution by 65%. BURN currently sells ~10,000 stoves per month and intend to double sales by the end of 2017.
Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities :

  • Maximize carbon credit sales revenue, across the scope of carbon credit sales and carbon services sales.  
  • Carbon Sales – monetize our carbon credits, by building a functional sales desk to service voluntary and compliance markets, both through direct and indirect channels 
  • Carbon Services – maximize BURN’s success in winning long-lead-time deals with strategic global partners, resulting in high-value, carbon services partnerships signed.  
  • Build an effective origination engine to maintain a full, high-conversion pipeline of leads.  
  • Service delivery and risk mitigation on closed deals, ensuring all obligations are met and expectations are exceeded.  
  • Build and refine processes, systems and team structure to support the successful and efficient achievement of both deal origination and account management across all three verticals.  
  • Define and own our sales pitch, tailoring each value proposition into an impactful offering that resonates with our ideal target audience for our suite of products and services.  
  • Identify key target audiences and ideal channels to reach them. Subsequently, drive the design and execution of effective campaigns and storytelling to meet our visibility and commercial objectives.  
  • Spearheaded communications and engagement, including tracking the effectiveness of different approaches to continuously refine our overall strategy. 
  • Team management. Lead the geographically dispersed carbon investment, carbon sales and carbon marketing teams in achieving their objectives. Streamline processes and systems to ensure the department functions optimally.  
  • Reporting/Forecasting. Produce regular analytical reports and ad-hoc research papers on key partnerships, business development updates, and market landscape, as well as monthly forecasting and reporting for distribution activities   
  • Synthesize market intelligence to inform strategic direction for carbon across the board  

Skills and Experience  

  • 5+ years of Senior-level Commercial experience in the carbon industry.  
  • Operational and strategic leadership experience 
  • Demonstrated success and achievements in new business development; proven record in identifying and onboarding new partnerships that helped a company achieve its strategic goals.  
  • Experience with Marketing, Communications, Branding etc is highly desirable. 
  • Demonstrated experience managing a high-performing team.  
  • Mature, highly motivated, energetic self-starter who takes ownership and works independently. 
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. 
  • Ability to work collaboratively across multiple country offices and departments. 
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. 
Education: Degree, Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time

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