Pre-Sales Agent

About the job

Soly is one of South Africa's leading solar power providers, specializing in home solar installations. We are committed to helping South Africans transition to clean, sustainable energy while reducing their energy costs. As a fast-growing company, we are looking for enthusiastic, proactive individuals to join our team.

We are seeking a Pre-sales agent  to support our sales team by scheduling meetings with potential clients.  As Pre-Sales Agent you are the first contact that customers will have with Soly. With your energy and enthusiasm you make sure that the first impression is at its best. As a Pre-Sales Agent, you’ll listen carefully, identify opportunities, and schedule appointments with our sales consultants.

The ideal candidate will be customer-focused, organized, and driven by results. This is a crucial role in helping to grow Soly's customer base, ensuring a seamless booking process and effective communication between our sales representatives and prospects.

The function

You’ll be working in our sales team from our beautiful office in Cape Town. As we are a small team, so we work closely together to provide the best care for our customers.Will you help us with our mission? Solar energy for everyone. It’s possible.

Your impact

• Appointment Scheduling: Book meetings for the sales team with qualified prospects, ensuring all information is accurate and up-to-date.

• Track leads and follow up to ensure meetings are confirmed and all necessary documentation is shared with both parties.

• Collaboration: Work closely with the sales and marketing teams to refine outreach strategies and improve meeting conversion rates.

• Reporting: Provide regular reports on lead status, scheduled meetings, and overall performance to management.

Your profile

• Experience: Prior experience in a customer service, lead generation, or appointment setting role is preferred.

• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Fluency in English is required; fluency in additional South African languages is a plus.

• Tech-Savvy: Proficient in using CRM software and online communication tools.

• Sales-Oriented: A basic understanding of sales processes with a willingness to learn and improve.

• Organized: Strong time management skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.

• Team Player: Ability to work independently as well as part of a collaborative team.

What we offer you

• A dynamic and rapidly growing start-up environment with numerous training and career opportunities.

• Individual performance control.

• 21 days of vacation.

• Rent our solar panels at a significant discount.

• Work in our office in De Waterkant, surrounded by highly skilled and motivated colleagues, daily lunches, regular drinks, and larger team events.

• You will work at an international B-corp and can immediately contribute to a more sustainable world.

• Fully equipped workplace with standing/sitting desk and a laptop, so you can work hybrid.

• The opportunity to use your knowledge and skills in other departments (or in other countries).

• Our company is growing more and more and if you are doing well within our organization, we would like you to grow with us! We will therefore always look at career opportunities at an individual level.

About Soly

Soly is an international Clean Energy Tech company on a mission to make solar energy available to everyone. The company was founded in the summer of 2013 by brothers Patrick and Milan van der Meulen. The brothers were inspired at a young age by Al Gore's documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth' and have since decided to use their entrepreneurship 'As a force for good'.

The company is today one of the European market leaders in the field of decentralized energy generation and storage through solar panels, batteries and charging stations. Soly focuses on the residential and business markets and is active in the Netherlands, South Africa (2019), Belgium (2022), Germany (2023), the United Kingdom (2023), Italy (2024) and Austria (2024). By developing its own software platform, Soly is one of the most capital-efficient energy suppliers with only 140 employees in seven countries.

The Soly platform won a place in the Deloitte Technology Fast50 in 2021. Soly is an impact-driven company and has beenB-corp certified since 2018.B-corp is an international label for companies that strive for the highest standards in sustainability, financial transparency and social justice.

Our Application Process

Any questions?

Email Chris Smeda, he will be happy to assist you at c.smeda@soly.co.za

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