Business Development Manager

About Us:

Chint PVSTAR, part of the CHINT Group, specializes in photovoltaic and smart energy solutions. As a global clean energy company, we are committed to driving the energy transition by delivering innovative and sustainable products and services to our customers.

Key Responsibilities :

We are looking for a hands-on, entrepreneurial sales professional to develop our business in the German residential and small C&I PV & energy storage market. The successful candidate will be expected to build the market, leveraging existing sales channels while also identifying and creating new routes to market. As the company is still young in Europe, we are looking for someone who can operate independently, move quickly, bring new ideas, and ultimately leave a clear blueprint for sustainable growth in Germany.

Business Development: Identify, develop, and capitalize on new business opportunities across the German market, proactively exploring sales channels, strategic partnerships, and emerging market segments.

Market Expansion & Account Development: Build and grow a sustainable customer portfolio from the ground up, developing long-term relationships while expanding existing accounts in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Strategic Sales Planning: Define and execute sales strategies aligned with market trends, customer needs, and the company's growth objectives, translating opportunities into measurable commercial results.

Commercial Ownership: Take a hands-on approach to managing the entire sales cycle—from prospecting and lead generation to negotiation, closing, and after-sales follow-up—ensuring an outstanding customer experience.

Industry & Solution Expertise: Develop a deep understanding of the photovoltaic and energy storage market, positioning the company's products and value-added services across a wide array of sales channels, identifying new commercial opportunities and maximizing market penetration.

Negotiation & Partnership Management: Lead commercial negotiations, establish strategic partnerships, and conclude agreements that generate sustainable, profitable growth.

What We Would Like to See:

Experience

• 3–5+ years of proven sales experience in PV and/or energy storage, ideally within the German market.
• Strong understanding of the residential and small C&I segments.
• Established relationships with installers, distributors, wholesalers or other relevant channel partners are a strong advantage.
• Experience in a start-up, scale-up or entrepreneurial environment is highly valued.
• Experience with a Tier 1 PV manufacturer is an advantage, but strong market knowledge and commercial capability are more important.

Skills & Mindset

• Strong business development and channel-building capabilities.
• Ability to both leverage existing channels and create new ones from scratch.
• Excellent negotiation, communication and relationship-building skills.
• Results-oriented, proactive and commercially minded.
• Comfortable working with a high degree of autonomy in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Strong understanding of PV and energy storage technologies, products and market dynamics.
• Proficiency in CRM tools and Microsoft Office.

Other Requirements

• Native-level German; native speaker preferred.
• Fluent English.
• Willingness to travel within Germany and internationally as required.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Renewable Energy, or a related field is preferred.

What we offer :

• The best of both worlds – group muscle with startup spirit. As part of the CHINT Group, you join a globally established clean-energy player with deep manufacturing scale, R&D, Tier-1 products — but you'll operate inside a young, agile European team where values open communication, collaboration, and a positive work culture, and your decisions actually move the needle.
• A chance to leave your mark. Your blueprint for Germany won't sit in a drawer. The relationships, partnerships, and routes to market you create will define the company's long-term presence in one of Europe's largest PV & storage markets.
• Competitive, growth-linked compensation. An attractive base salary combined with a performance and growth-oriented variable component that rewards the market you build, not just what you maintain.
• Guaranteed Benefits. We provide attractive vacation benefits and business travel allowance. We also provide mental health EAP assistance.
• International platform and career trajectory. A clear path to grow with our European expansion, visibility to global leadership, cross-border collaboration, and the opportunity to step into a larger leadership role as the business scales.
• Flexibility and mobility. Flexible/remote-friendly ways of working, a company car or mobility allowance, and the travel needed to be where the customers are, across Germany and internationally.
• Continuous learning. Ongoing product, technical, and commercial training, plus exposure to industry events and a knowledgeable international network, so your expertise in PV and storage keeps compounding.