Land Acquisition Manager

Location: Frankfurt/Berlin/Flexible, Germany
Work pattern: Full time - 40 hrs/week
Department: Development

The Opportunity

The Land Acquisition Manager lays the basic commercial foundation for projects by continuously developing a pipeline of qualified land positions (deals) to be developed into promising project sites (projects).

The Land Acquisition Manager is responsible for identifying and capturing land suitable for the realization of a solar park. From prospect or lead to the transfer of a closed land agreement to the Development Manager. The Land Acquisition Manager strives to build its own network but is also regularly presented with warm leads. In addition, the Land Acquisition Manager proactively thinks along in the development and elaboration of new 'business opportunities', such as double use of land or new forms of cooperation.

In a proactive and commercial manner, the Land Acquisition Manager strives for optimal results and customer satisfaction. The Land Acquisition Manager enjoys building bridges and easily establishes contact with our target groups; landowners, energy cooperatives and municipalities, among others. By critically analysing each prospect or lead, the focus is always on the most promising locations.

Job Responsibilities

• Market Exploration
  • Identification of potential areas for solar parks in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg
  • Tracking developments and trends in the market, competitor activities, customer needs, etc
  • Collaborate with the Development Manager to establish contact with municipalities, provinces and energy cooperatives and determine early success rate of sites
  • Exploring new business opportunities and collaboration possibilities
  • Planning, preparation and joint implementation of information events and trade fair presentations
• Realisation of sales targets
  • Proactively (cold) approach landowners and prospects
  • Follow up on (warm) leads
  • Negotiation of leasing, use, design and urban development contracts with landowners and authorities
  • Advising potential partners on the realization of a solar farm on their land
  • Cooperation in the development and realization of new strategies and business models in coordination with the department management
• Relationship Management
  • Actively build, maintain and expand relationships with landowners
  • Project presentations to local politicians and municipal administrations up to the point of a decision to prepare a development plan
  • Organising and leading project kick-offs after deal closing
  • Contact person for property owners in all phases of a project
• Administration
  • Processing every contact and capture details in the Company's CRM system
  • Record details regarding developments in the market and with specific clients
  • Record customer commitments, explaining appointments to fellow departments as necessary
  • Create and communicate timely and accurate quotations
  • Cooperate with other Company Departments

Requirements

• 2-5 years of relevant work experience
• Professional experience in acquisition, also career starters and career changers desired
• Knowledge of the solar and/or agricultural sector
• Strong negotiation, influencing, and commercial skills
• IT literate, experience with Microsoft Office suite
• Proactive working style, able to take initiative, work unsupervised and get things done
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in verbal and written German. Knowledge of English will be considered a plus
• Ability to engage, create and maintain work relationships with a wide range of stakeholders from diverse backgrounds
• Team working skills, able to collaborate and communicate effectively with colleagues
• Valid class B driver's licence and willingness to travel on a regular basis across the country

Apply

To apply, send an up-to-date CV and a cover note to careers@ampyrsolareurope.com

About us

AMPYR Solar Europe (ASE) was created in 2021 through the merger of NaGa Solar with the existing AMPYR Energy UK solar joint venture between AGP Group and Hartree Partners. The merger created a major European Solar Enterprise with a combined pipeline of over 4GW of large-scale ground- mount and rooftop solar projects in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands and a team of over 30 experienced renewable development professionals.

The ASE team has recently secured a €400 million facility with CarVal Investors to support their plans to bring over 2GW of solar power capacity into operation by 2025. It is an exciting time in the evolution of the business, and we are looking for energetic, committed people to help us deliver our vision and help to decarbonise the European electricity market.

What we offer

• Competitive compensation, including performance bonus
• Hybrid working
• Pension plan
• Health care and dental insurance
• An active environment in a fast-growing market
• Great opportunities for growth within an international and dynamic organisation
• Good balance of independence and teamwork