Growth and Market Development Manager Benelux

at  Fluence Energy

The Growth Manager will be instrumental for shaping our long-term, ambitious growth strategy in Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as building a go-to-market strategy for France. The role will provide critical business intelligence, working as an integral part of our commercial organization to support our success in key markets for energy storage, and support efforts to expand the market for energy storage into new geographies and customer verticals. The role will be focused on the Belgian and Dutch markets.
This will require you to develop a deep understanding of electricity markets, customers, technical and commercial product requirements, as well as opportunities and entry barriers to help develop and shape our medium-term sales and product strategy. You will be supporting the efforts of the regional Growth team including, market development, business development, policy, and regulatory work, strategic marketing and more. The energy storage industry is highly dynamic – this role will be crucial to meeting the needs of our customers today and in the future.

• Research, analyze and interpret market developments, providing critical business intelligence informing and shaping our commercial, product and digital strategy with a focus on Belgium, Netherlands and France.
• Develop forward looking market forecasts and business case analysis to support decision making across the organization – procurement, product, sales, etc.
• Lead our policy and market design work in Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as supporting at an European Union level. Including policy research, drafting of position papers and dissemination efforts.
• Collaborate with sales, product, digital, services and execution teams to define market and customer segmentation, creating and implementing go-to-market strategies, and defining product vision, positioning, pricing, and promotion.
• Lead regular efforts to integrate market knowledge, strategic insight and a strong customer focus to help our organization expand into new verticals, new geographies and create great products to serve the EMEA region.
• Lead early-stage business development activities in new market or customer segments, with a focus on a potential entry strategy into the French market.
• Proactively develop thought leadership content and working with marketing to position Fluence in Belgium and the Netherlands.