Consultant and Corporate Sales Trader – Aviation
Based in either Brussels or Madrid
Vertis Environmental Finance is looking for a new talented Aviation Consultant and Corporate Sales Trader to support our aviation team! The role will focus primarily on CORSIA – ICAO’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation.
Our mission at Vertis is to inspire and empower businesses to make the transition to a zero-carbon economy. We have been a pioneer in the carbon markets since 2001 and our drive is relentless to move the world towards a greener future. Our aviation team works with authorities, industry bodies, and operators to help operators in their transition to a low-carbon business.
This role is based in Brussels or Madrid
🌟The role
As our ideal candidate, you will be experienced in aviation and consulting services, passionate about a zero-carbon world, entrepreneurial in your creativity, and strategic in your actions. You will already have strong experience in aviation and will be excited about developing projects with our corporate clients.
Please apply ONLY if you satisfy the below requirements and with an ENGLISH language CV.
More About the Role and Core Responsibilities
Consultancy
- Lead the execution of projects for our aviation consultancy services
- Manage the entire consulting process from the client’s acceptance of our services, through planning, execution, and follow-up
- Prepare and present final reports internally and to clients
- Develop a long-term value network in aviation, to discover and lead additional partnership opportunities
Trading
- Be an expert in guiding potential clients in their understanding and inclusion of their sector into CORSIA
- Develop a deep understanding of the market, including regulations, trends, risks, opportunities, and competitors
- Seek and establish partnerships across the industry
- Develop and maintain a portfolio of new customers and counterparts, prioritize your leads, and turn them into clients and transactions
- Introduce CORSIA and other carbon offsetting mechanisms to assist clients in complying with the regulation and/or reducing their emissions
- Actively develop strategies to pursue and win business opportunities and increase profitability
- Provide clients with essential market intelligence & analysis to support pricing, trading, and risk mitigation strategies
- For both aspects of the role you will be required to participate in the main aviation conferences and institutional associations and help further establish Vertis as a thought leader in the market
We believe you'll be great for this role if you...
- Have 1-4 years of solid experience in a sales position and 2-5 years of experience with a proven track record leading consulting projects or compliance in aviation
- Are a strategic and commercial thinker with a substantial entrepreneurial drive to build a business and take deals through to financial closure
- Have experience working in aviation companies, institutional regulators, emissions verifiers, or in aviation sustainability projects
- Knowledge of emission monitoring methodologies and expertise in aviation emission reduction measures
- Passion and interest to expand your knowledge and expertise in CORSIA
- Strong communication skills
- Are knowledgeable and aware of trends in the aviation industry
- Have the versatility and problem-solving capacity to work autonomously
- Have ambition and a long-term career outlook to grow with the company
- Ability and desire to travel
- Excellent English is a must and Spanish or French will be a plus
🏆 Our benefits and perks
- Working for a pioneer in carbon consulting, with an inspiring vision for a more sustainable future.
- Work amongst a diverse team of passionate, and high-caliber individuals located across the world.
- The position can be based either in Madrid or Brussels – your choice!
- We believe in the future of work being FLEXIBLE, and we offer our employees flexible working from home arrangements.
- Team events to bring our people to amazing destinations across Europe.
- Career development opportunities.
- Of course, a competitive salary and bonus scheme
- You can sleep well at night knowing you are helping organizations towards a greener future.