Join and drive the growth of a global construction life-cycle assessment (LCA) leading SaaS to multiply the business and positive climate impact we have.
We are looking for a Business Development Manager to join our fast-growing team, working to decarbonise buildings and construction, currently responsible for around 40% of global carbon emissions.
We are close to doubling our business each year meaning you will play a pivotal part in making this happen within the architecture, engineering & construction (AEC) and Manufacturing sectors. Join us to help grow a business that plays a key role in delivering a zero-carbon future for us all.
You will be responsible for identifying new opportunities and understanding customer needs to help them find solutions that ensure their success with our software. This is an outbound sales role, focused on engaging with both existing and potential customers to expand our market presence. In this role, you will work with AEC and manufacturing companies across the UK and Ireland.
Why One Click LCA
One Click LCA is the world-leading and rapidly growing life-cycle assessment software for the construction industry. It is used in 170+ countries and integrates all leading standards, data and design tools globally.
You will join a supportive, effective, and mission-oriented team in a flexible, friendly work environment. You will be working with cutting-edge tools and a team of world-class professionals around the globe to solve one of the world’s biggest challenges.
This full-time, permanent position is available on a remote basis for candidates based anywhere in the UK or Ireland.
What you will do:
- Hunt and close strategic new business sales in the UK and Ireland
- Be part of expanding the offering of LCA and EPD tools in AEC and Manufacturing sectors
- Keep up to date on developments around LCA and EPD standards, PCRs and practices
- Educate prospects on the value and opportunities of LCA tools, EPD and low-carbon construction
- Support our LCA software product development where needed
- Attend industry events around the UK and Ireland when necessary
What you need:
- First and foremost, you MUST always demonstrate a hunter mentality in your sales approach
- Ability and motivation to maximise the potential of assigned territory
- Motivation to help others succeed and to find solutions to their obstacles
- Preferably an understanding of LCA/EPD and their importance in the construction/manufacturing industry
- 3+ years of B2B Sales and Account management experience with a successful track record of growth
- Fast learning skills and desire to improve constantly, using what works
- Customer- and results-oriented attitude and a hands-on approach
- Curious, with the ability to understand a client’s perspective
- Fluency in English as it is our working language
What we offer:
- Work in a growing business that helps bring about a zero-carbon future
- Substantial freedom – with no fixed hours and remote working
- Challenges, substantial responsibility and the chance to see the results of your work directly
- Competitive compensation and opportunity for professional development
- A dynamic, friendly, motivated and diverse team of top-notch professionals
- Great colleagues, social events and ability to contribute to market transformation
Interested?
We are eagerly waiting for your application until 3 November 2024. Applications are reviewed upon receipt so please apply promptly to be considered.
We train, equip and support the makers of a zero-carbon future to tackle low-carbon design, planning, manufacturing, and procurement using life-cycle assessment to achieve zero.
This is how we do it:
- We train everyone in the world to life-cycle assessment via One Click LCA Academy for free.
- We provide software tools to decarbonize any project or product anywhere in the world.
- We create free resources and policy tools to power all the makers of zero-carbon future.
- We aim to power one million users by 2035.
Maximizing our decarbonization impacts
- We’re training tens of thousands of people for free annually via One Click LCA Academy.
- We provide One Click LCA Planetary, a free embodied carbon software for everyone.
- We author free policy papers and best practice guidelines for governments and businesses.
- Supporting decarbonization outside our direct business
- We invested over 150 000 EUR in the creation of a surplus construction materials marketplace business to reduce site wastage and advanced regulations supporting this activity.
- We have invested 150 000 EUR in the construction of new primary wind power in Finland.
- We donate annually to a number of sustainability NGOs in line with our mission.
Minimizing our internal carbon impacts
- We’re a proud signatory of the World Green Building Council Net Zero commitment and shall achieve zero carbon facilities by 2030.
- We’ve invested in primary wind power generation capacity to power our entire operations.
- We minimize travel emissions by supporting remote work and encouraging public transport.
- We do not serve meat in any company events or dinners and use plant-based milk.
- We operate a paperless business.
- We have a very supportive, highly expert, and friendly team of colleagues.
- We leave staff a great deal of autonomy & freedom; you can get done what needs to get done.
- We have a low hierarchy and support an open flow of information.
- Our team is highly international and represents well over 20 nationalities.
- We work on the same mission together with our customers to create a zero-carbon future.
One Click LCA is a Helsinki-based tech company decarbonizing construction and manufacturing with world-leading, easy-to-use, and automated life-cycle assessment (LCA) to calculate and reduce the environmental impacts of building, infrastructure, and renovation projects — as well as construction and other manufactured products. It also enables manufacturers to generate and publish third-party verified EPDs and allows assessment of circularity, life-cycle cost, and soon also biodiversity.
One Click LCA is used in +170 countries. Its decarbonization platform includes a unique global database with +200,000 LCA datasets, and it supports +80 standards and certifications, including LEED, BREEAM, GRESB and other national regulations.
One Click LCA was founded in Finland in 2001 and has a team of +200 people on all continents.
Learn more at: www.oneclicklca.com
