Residential Solar Sales Manager (Solar)

Location: Christchurch, Canterbury Region, New Zealand; hybrid workplace

Company

hirify.global is Aotearoa’s largest renewable electricity producer, with Meridian and Powershop supplying more than 400,000 homes, businesses and farms across New Zealand.

What you will do

• Qualify residential solar leads, understand customer needs, recommend suitable solutions, and guide customers from enquiry through sale.
• Design, test and refine solar sales stages, scripts, templates and customer communications.
• Coordinate sales, operations, technical and design teams to create a seamless customer journey.
• Explain technical and commercial options clearly and coordinate information needed for proposals and delivery.
• Support customers through installation and onboarding, follow up after installation, and capture feedback.
• Use customer insights and pilot results to help create a repeatable residential solar model.

Requirements

• Proven success selling residential solar and experience building or improving a solar sales process.
• Strong understanding of the residential solar customer journey from lead and proposal through sale and delivery.
• Experience with lead qualification, discovery, solution presentation, follow-up and closing.
• Ability to explain technical and commercial details simply and confidently.
• Strong relationship-building and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple customers and opportunities simultaneously.
• Experience with CRM, quoting or workflow systems; experience with playbooks, scripts and hand-off processes is expected.
• Customer-first, commercially minded approach with honest communication.
• Ownership, comfort with change, and ability to test, learn, adapt and bring structure to an evolving environment.
• Strong collaboration skills across sales, operations and technical teams.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of the New Zealand residential energy market.

Culture & Benefits

• 12-month fixed-term opportunity with flexible work options where possible.
• Competitive salary package, partnership discounts and employee electricity discounts.
• Three company-paid days over the holiday period and enhanced KiwiSaver contributions.
• Learning and development opportunities plus an award-winning wellbeing programme.
• One-off $400 payment to support a work-from-home setup if needed.
• Inclusive, supportive workplace focused on environmental stewardship, integrity, diversity and belonging.

Hiring process

• Apply by 11:59pm on 15 November 2026; the closing date may be subject to change.
• Explain why the role is a fit. Applicants are encouraged to apply even if they do not meet every listed requirement.