Are you a highly driven sales executive with forestry experience?

Noora’s mission is to unlock the environmental potential of the boreal forest with new management practices and incentives. The VP of Forest Partnerships’s main objective is to drive growth of our forestry carbon projects in the Nordics, by identifying, engaging and securing new forest owners. Unlocking supply of suitable forest area is key to our success, and we are looking for a highly driven and passionate sales person with forestry experience to join us on this exciting journey. 

Key responsibilities 

Build forest supply

• Develop and execute a comprehensive strategy for acquiring suitable forest area through forest owner partnerships..
• Building influential relationships with key decision-makers and stakeholders within forest organizations.
• Own the forest owner pipeline, follow up on inbound interest, secure progression of leads, maintain accurate account and opportunity forecasting using CRM.
• Actively contribute to increase forest owner interest through webinars, the Noora blog, PR and participation at exhibitions and conferences.
• Overall responsible for making effective carbon project proposals, lead negotiations and close deals.
• Conduct follow-up activities required by the carbon project throughout the project period, including tasks such as coordinating verification events and handling forest owner support.

Trusted advisor

• Act as a trusted advisor to forest owners, educating them on how they can participate in carbon projects to maximize their earnings and climate contribution.
• Coordinate with the product team to ensure valuable learnings and feedback from forest owners is integrated into Noora's service.

Building the Noora company

• Recruiting, training and coaching business development representatives.
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on achieving results.

Qualifications

• M.Sc. or equivalent 
• Minimum 5 years experience in sales and business development, ideally within agriculture, forestry or IT
• Experience in forestry, including a deep understanding of forest management 
• Proven track record in securing successful partnerships
• Experience with forest carbon projects is a bonus, as is a forestry academic background

Person-profile 

• Strong commercial skills: Ability to identify leads, pitch products/services effectively, negotiate and close deals
• Skills to inspire and educate forest owners, and build strong relationships
• Great written and oral communication skills in English and Norwegian
• Able to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment in high-growth mode
• Proficiency using CRM software to manage forest owner interactions, track sales activities, and analyze customer data
• Strong ability to identify key learnings from forest owners and in a structured way continuously share it with the team to ensure product improvements
• Self-driven, energetic and ambitious
• High level of integrity