Siemens Energy

About the role

Location: Midrand

Department: Business Development, Southern Africa

Mode of Employment: one-year contract

Position Title: Business Development Graduate

A Snapshot of Your Day

Business Development at Siemens Energy

We are looking for driven and able commerce grauate willing to work under pressure to assist Business Development in building our portfolio and Customer footprint in Southern Africa.

Business Development is the key entry point to Siemens Energy for new Customers and opportunities. You will be assisting us to grow our business into target countries and industry verticals.

You would be working with a Team of five experienced and dynamic Business Development Professionals.

How You’ll Make an Impact  

• Conduct Go2Market research & prepare presentations.
• Arrange Roadshows / Customer events including creating and sending invitations, following up with Customers, arranging venues, etc.
• Assist in identifying and qualifying potential leads through tender portals and working with the Business Development Team.
• Write social media content (Linkedin, etc.) that highlights Business Development activities in the region, newsletters (internal & external), etc.
• Adding and maintaining contacts in SalesForce, etc.
• This includes tasks like creating & track actions in Teams, processing Travel & Expenditure claims for Business Development, etc.

What You Bring 

We are looking for a graduate with a degree or diploma in commerce.

Further, requirements:

• Have a clear criminal record.
• Be able to meet deadlines.
• Good organisational, administration and time management skills.
• Good verbal, written, interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Be able to perform under pressure.
• A proactive attitude.
• Personal integrity and trustworthiness.
• A willingness to treat all people with respect, integrity, and consistency.
• A capacity for persistence and resilience and patience in a sometimes-challenging environment.
• An appreciation of the value of teamwork and willingness to work as part of a team, providing support for other team members as required.

Business Development

Business Development is responsible building Customer relationships, gathering market intelligence,

promoting all of Siemens Energy’s portfolios across many Customer verticals, building a pipeline of opportunities and pushing them through the sales process to gain order intake, managing a CRM system and networking internally and externally.

We are the key that drives new business into Siemens Energy.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 92,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we’re also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Rewards

• Working with a global team and gaining tremendous experience
• Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects
• Possibility to take over further tasks within the company
• Supportive work culture
• Remote/Flexible work, minimum three days per week in the office in Midrand.
• Time off/Paid holidays
• Parental leave
• Continual learning through the Learn@Siemens-Energy platform

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences. #LI-SM1