Schneider Electric™ is the most sustainable company in the world - and we seek like-minded, passionate people that share our values of Meaning, Inclusion, and Empowerment to join our team.

Our Sustainability Business (SB) Division is a leader in the development and delivery of strategic solutions to address climate action, including sustainability and ESG consulting, data and resource management, enterprise efficiency, renewable energy procurement, and supply chain
decarbonization.

Great people make Schneider Electric a great company.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

- Develop, maintain, evolve, and innovate Sustainability Business (SB) offers with a focus on advancing and optimizing our service delivery in line with global standards.

- As a sales and commercial expert based in the UAE provide technical leadership driving the sales process from hunting to closing, and contribute to both client engagement and management as well as business
development activities of the SB team.

- Prospect for new customers, exploit, develop, and maintain the SB MEA team's business network, leading proposals design, carrying out customer negotiations, guaranteeing the sales process, responsible for customer accounts and coordinating sales actions on our accounts, making a personal contribution to the SB MEA team's sales turnover.

- While responsible for customer relationships, ensure that the clients are aware of and benefit from SB service offerings in the Gulf market regarding ESG consulting, data and resource management, enterprise efficiency, renewable energy procurement, and supply chain decarbonization, manage politically complex and deteriorated situations, and provide factual value of SB support leading a community of expertise in customer segments.

- Collaborate effectively with diverse cross-functional teams across the region to create financially competitive offers for cross-selling and upselling, ensuring project margins, and provide support in deploying and implementing them.

- Coordinate multi-disciplinary or multi-workstream projects spanning various aspects of SB in a collaborative and effective manner. This can involve creating project plans, producing slides for new SB offers, participating in kick-off and key meetings and workshop sessions, delegating tasks and deliverables to colleagues, and providing ultimate oversight and
review of deliverables with valid recommendations based on market insight.

- Develop and implement a market eminence strategy to enhance our brand reputation in sustainability and attract more deals, strengthening the project pipeline of the SB MEA team.

- Understand various topics related to SB and other evolving sustainability-related subjects, and develop and lead initiatives that support clients' journeys, fostering delivery excellence, high-quality service, and the use of digital tools, subject matter expertise in sustainability, and the ability to create new and recurring SB sales.

About You:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

- Bachelor's degree from accredited college/university with 7+ years of relevant work experience with preferably 3+ years of experience in the sustainability or climate change area.

- Strong commercial, sales, and networking skills with outgoing personality.

- Basic knowledge and expertise in decarbonization, ESG, and broader sustainability topics preferably with a track record of relevant consulting work experience in an in-house role and/or a consulting firm.

- Digital acumen and a strong desire to integrate technology solutions into SB offers, along with demonstrated professional involvement in digitization and digital transformation.

- Native Arabic language strongly preferred; English language business level.

- Excellent people management skills and experience, with a preference for client-facing activities, or a strong desire to collaborate with people in alignment with Schneider's values.

- Solid understanding of sustainability industry trends, challenges, opportunities, and associated corporate sustainability network (i.e., prospects, client and industry contacts).

- Ability to listen and understand prospect/customer sustainability pain points through adaptative communication, and to address those concerns by mapping them to SB solutions.

- Excellent communication, presentation, and time management skills.

- Ability to develop and thrive in a team-oriented environment.

- English Fluency (Arabic is a plus).

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values - Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork - starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric - apply today!

€36 billion global revenue
+13% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
#1 on the Global 100 World's most sustainable corporations

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and 'inclusion' is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.

At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here

Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.