Sales Trader - Environmental Markets
Sales Trader | Renewable Energy Markets
Location: New York, NY
About the Opportunity
An expanding environmental commodities trading firm is looking for a highly motivated and commercially driven professional to join its New York team.
This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, sales-focused environment, enjoys building relationships, and has a proven ability to create business opportunities. If you are entrepreneurial, resilient, and motivated by performance-based success, this could be an excellent next step in your career.
As a Sales Trader, you will be responsible for developing and managing your own portfolio of clients while facilitating transactions within renewable energy and environmental markets.
This is a highly commercial role centered on business development, relationship management, market intelligence, and deal execution. You will be given significant autonomy to identify opportunities, negotiate commercial terms, and drive revenue growth.
The Sales Trader must...
- Generate and manage revenue through successful trading and brokerage activity.
- Identify, qualify, and develop new business opportunities.
- Build a portfolio of clients through proactive outreach, networking, and relationship building.
- Source, negotiate, and execute transactions from initial opportunity through completion.
- Develop expertise within assigned markets and provide pricing guidance, market updates, and strategic insights to internal stakeholders and clients.
- Maintain and expand relationships with market participants throughout the renewable energy value chain.
- Collaborate with internal teams to identify growth opportunities and optimize commercial performance.
The Sales Trader should have...
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in B2B sales, brokerage, trading, business development, or another client-facing commercial role.
- Demonstrated experience within renewable energy, environmental commodities, Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM), or related sectors.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Proven ability to develop relationships and close commercial transactions.
- Self-motivated, resilient, and highly results-oriented.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a strong desire to grow professionally and financially.
if you are interested in this position, do not hesitate to apply.
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