SSW Business Development Manager - Southwest (AZ, CO, NM)

Description

Seven Seas Water Group  

Seven Seas Water Group () is a portfolio company owned by investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (“MSIP”). Headquartered in Tampa, with operations across the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America, Seven Seas Water Group (SSWG) delivers annually over 20 billion gallons of water to industrial, commercial, governmental, municipal, and hospitality customers. SSWG designs, builds, owns and operates, delivers new facilities, or acquires and upgrades existing facilities, with the goal of optimizing project risk transfer between the public and private sectors. We have more than 200 water and wastewater treatment plants in operations throughout the United States, Caribbean and Latin America. With an outstanding reputation for decentralized water and wastewater treatment solutions, the SSWG “Water-as-a-Service®” approach seeks to help solve global water and wastewater infrastructure challenges.

SSWG operates two businesses within the water infrastructure space. Seven Seas Water, which provides water treatment and desalination for governmental, hospitality and industrial customers in United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the AUC Group (), which provides decentralized water and wastewater treatment plants for industrial and municipal customers in the United States. 

MSIP is a leading global private infrastructure investment platform. Founded in 2006, MSIP has made over 30 investments across its three flagship closed-ended funds. Since inception, MSIP has had more than $13 billion in commitments. For further information about Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, please visit .

Job Summary

This role will be responsible for developing, securing, and managing long-term WaaS contracts in new municipal and industrial markets throughout the Southwest (AZ, CO, NM). Ideally, this person would be located in the Phoenix market.

Responsibilities

· Identify current assets & future projects that could benefit from the water and wastewater treatment systems sold as WaaS business model for municipal, as well as industrial clients.

· Meet with potential clients to promote the SSW Group WaaS business model approach & create a strategic advantage for SSW Group.

· Identify key decision-makers & create an appropriate strategy.

· Identify and meet with relevant local and state decision-makers.

· Be familiar with the specific state legislation allowing public entities to execute long-term contracts.

· Act as primary client contact during the project development period and create a strategic advantage for SSW Group.

· Coordinate with SSW Group BD team, engineering, finance, and legal, to develop project proposals.

Requirements

Key skills and Qualifications

· Driven individual with an eagerness to identify and close projects (new & existing). 

· History of successful sales experience in a similar industry. 

· Ability to understand municipal government politics and utility decision-making processes.

· Ability to identify key decision-makers in both municipal and industrial organizations.

· Ability to find new business while maintaining current projects. 

· Excellent oral, written, and presentation communication skills.

· Strong interpersonal skills.

· Ability to develop project-specific BD strategy.

· Strong skills with the MS Office suite of programs.

· Ability to travel throughout the territory. 

Education and Experience

· Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field preferred. 

· Minimum of 10 years combined experience in industry-related technical sales. 

· Experience in lease &/or concession contracts and sales is preferred.

· Experience in the location and specified states is preferred with relevant knowledge and relationships highly welcome

How to Apply

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal-opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans.

The applicant will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.