| ABOUT THIS POSITION
SunCommon Solar Home Advisors are outgoing folks who love meeting new people and have a strong work ethic.
Our Solar Home Advisors take a consultative approach to educating customers on the growing role that solar is playing in our clean energy future and how individual homeowners can participate. Solar Home Advisors spend much of their time visiting with homeowners helping them reach their solar goals. Most of our customer visits happen during normal work hours Monday-Friday, but we are there for our customers to follow up when they need us — nights, weekends, rain or shine.
Our Solar Home Advisors are the face of SunCommon for our customers and are expected to carry themselves in the utmost professional manner. This position requires tact, adaptability, confidence (without arrogance), and a high degree of customer service and professionalism.
Solar Home Advisors are also required to have a strong technical grasp of how solar energy works to inform the design done by our engineers who design the systems. SunCommon provides all essential training.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Close sales – not by taking customer orders but by gathering information and building the relationship to understand the customer’s needs and fashion options to meet them.
- Finalize deals and sign contracts at client homes.
- Exhibit positive, enthusiastic personality – this is absolutely key.
- Conduct basic site evaluations, to determine the technical suitability of our customers’ homes to host a productive solar electric system
- Determine customer’s current and projected electrical usage and solar savings.
- Convey clear understanding of our sales process and contract agreements — and be able to explain and review agreements to close customers.
- Maintain mobility to climb stairs, inspect attics, and traverse uneven topography.
- Log all communications with customers in CRM contact database
- Manage time effectively.
- Operate in collaborative, team atmosphere – giving and taking feedback to improve your personal performance as well of that of your team and the entire business.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
- Personality and experience. Do you revel in customer interaction and sales? You might be the newest SunCommon Solar Home Advisor.
- Solar industry experience is a plus but not required.
- Handiness, meaning familiarity with basic building construction.
- Proficiency in using IT hardware (iPhone, MacBook, iPad) and software (MSOffice, CRM and file management).
- Desire to stay on the leading edge of the solar and renewable energies industry.
- Strong and confident team player with solid relationship building skills.
- Articulate in person and by phone, clear and efficient writing ability for emails.
- Ability to drive a car, clean driving record and maintenance of that clean driving record.
- Demonstrated commitment to social change.
PAY & BENEFITS
SunCommon provides our Solar Home Advisor employees with competitive pay and a strong package of benefits, including:
- For the employee’s children, medical premiums fully paid, and for the employee and other adults, we cost share 50% of the costs of the premiums
- Health Savings Account (HSA) available to provide pre-tax dollars for your deductible expenses
- Dental and vision insurance available at your cost
- 2 weeks paid vacation leave (combined vacation and sick) for years 0-5; 3 weeks for years 5+
- 6 paid holidays annually
- 2 personal days and 2 sick days
- 401k available after 90 days of employment – employees are eligible to make unmatched contributions up to the annually revised statutory contribution limit.
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