Entering the wind trade in Greenwood, IN, typically begins with specialized training and apprenticeships, which combine hands-on experience with classroom learning, allowing individuals to earn while they learn. These apprenticeships last about four to five years, requiring many hours of training under licensed professionals. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the wind energy sector is experiencing a 60% job growth from 2023 to 2033, with Greenwood, IN, emerging as a significant hub for wind energy development. Apprentices in Greenwood earn an average of $1,040 per week, with experienced professionals often exceeding $5,600 per week. Training programs, industry partnerships, and local initiatives are available to help aspiring wind trade professionals find apprenticeship opportunities, leading to a career with strong earning potential.
Position: Account Executive (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan Region) Press Tab to Move to Skip to Content Link Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: Date: Mar 3, 2025 Location: Greenwood, IN, US, 46143 Company: NRG Welcome to the intersection of energy and home services. At NRG, we’re all about propelling the next generation of leaders forward. We are driven by our passion to create a smarter, cleaner and more connected future. We deliver innovative solutions that make our customers’ lives easier—helping them power, protect, and intelligently manage their homes and businesses. To do this, we need creative and talented people to join our company. We offer a dynamic work environment and a unified and inclusive culture. NRG fosters a strong sense of belonging that leads to better collaboration and business performance. Our company programs are designed to help employees develop the skills they need for success now and in the future. In everything we do, we aim to champion our employees and bring value to our customers, investors and society. The Account Executive will be tasked with building sales through various channels. They will work internally with other sales and origination teams, while building relationships with customers externally. The role will require developing sales strategies, building strong relationships with our customers, and selling our products and services. The primary objectives for this role are to initiate and qualify new prospects, make sales calls/visits, sell the full value of NRG products and services, and to maintain strong business relationships with customers and brokers identified and assigned in each designated sales territory. This individual will be responsible for the development of a territory in the commercial and industrial market segment. • This position is responsible for delivery of agreed sales targets in terms of overall gross margin, customer numbers, and energy volumes in the industrial and commercial market segment. • Establish a network of large commercial or industrial accounts within a particular territory. • Experienced with target account selling, solution selling, and/or managing various sales channels. • Develop territory specific sales strategies directed toward maximizing company objectives and goals. • Create new business through organized prospecting and networking to increase Direct Energy market penetration. • Track record of maintaining and developing relationships with direct customers or indirect sales channels. • A strong history of exceeding assigned sales quotas. • A high business acumen outside of the energy industry. • Remain current on the competition and market conditions. • Ability to communicate with senior managers about their business challenges and expectations of the Account Executive. • Ability to create a new idea or strategy and deliver on that strategy. • Utilize CRM (SFDC) to track prospecting, task, events and future activities. • Provide weekly status updates to your Leader including forecast/pipeline information. • Strong verbal and written communications skills including presentation and excel skills. • Ability to work collaboratively with employees within the sales function and across functions including Marketing, Sales Operations, Systems implementations, Credit, and Product development. Working Conditions: • Remote • Up to 50% travel requirement to establish and maintain customer business. • Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, management, or related field from an accredited college or university. • Minimum of 5 years experience in direct / outside sales and marketing consultative selling. • Ideal candidate will have an established network of large commercial or industrial accounts in the electric utility or natural gas industry and will reside within the area. Preferred Qualifications: • Strong commercial skills and proven “hunter” that identifies and closes commodity transactions. • Critical thinker with good judgment skills who doesn’t simply accept a “business as usual” approach. • Knowledge of the changing power/gas market landscape and the impact of renewables and other key market fundamentals. • Ability to analyze data and make insights for customers that challenge the way they think about energy procurement. • Ability to build…
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