Job Title: Sales Team Lead (Multiple Locations)
Organisation: SunCulture
Duty Station: Mukono, Uganda
About Organisation:
Founded in 2012, SunCulture’s vision is to build a world where people take control of their environment in rewarding and sustainable ways. SunCulture does this by developing and commercializing life-changing technology that solves the biggest daily challenges for the world’s 570 million smallholder farming households. Over the last 5 years, the company has grown significantly and now employs 100+ people around the world..
Job Summary: Reporting to the Regional Sales Manager, the Sales Team Lead has the primary responsibility for managing field sales teams within a defined geographical region. The role is field-based and requires proper planning within the assigned region. The successful candidate should be keen on working in a thriving social impact business focused on small-scale farmers with an aim of transforming livelihoods.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Recruitment and training.
- Source, identify, and recruit astute and goal-oriented sales agents who will be willing and capable of selling SunCulture products.
- Train, and onboard the sales agents to ensure they have all been set up for success in bringing in sales and meeting the company KPIs.
Team Management
- Carry out daily and weekly check-ins with the teams to ensure there is maximum productivity.
- Manage, track and report lead generation and selling processes of the sales agents.
- Coordinate after sales customer service to ensure brand strength.
Sales
- Work closely with the Regional Sales Manager in developing and establishing clear leads and sales KPIs meant to be exceeded by the sales agents.
- Monitor and push for sales closures when it comes to the sales targets on the selling of SunCulture products.
- Establish a rapport with clients, partners and also the community in ensuring that all the clusters allocated are fully utilized and understand SunCulture products and brand.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Proven experience in a sales role in the energy sector.
- Proven track record of successfully meeting sales quotas.
- Strong leadership abilities and outstanding interpersonal skills.
- Ability to think and plan strategically, plan, manage, and act to achieve set outcomes.
- Ability to work under deadline pressure and meet targets.
- Passion for irrigation and in-depth knowledge of the industry and current trends adaptable for SunCulture.
- Independent thinker with proactive decision-making capabilities.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and experience working in a dynamic environment.
- Have the ability to handle pressure, meet targets, keep a cool-temper, and handle rejection gracefully.
- Be organized and be an expert in time management- both at personal and team levels.
- A diploma or degree is an added advantage.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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Level of Education: bachelor degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 12