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Job Title:  Sales Team Lead (3 Posts)

Organisation: NFT Consult Limited

Duty Station: Western Uganda (1), Eastern Uganda (1) & Northern Uganda (1), Uganda

Reports to: Sales Manager

About the Company:

NFT Consult Limited is a business process outsourcing firm with offices in Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Botswana Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Burundi and South Sudan.

About Our Client

Founded in 2012, our client’s Vision is to build a world where people take control of their environment in rewarding and sustainable ways. Our Client does this by developing and commercializing life-changing technology that solves the biggest daily challenges for the world’s 570 million smallholder farming households. We are the largest distributor of solar water pumps/irrigation for smallholder farmers in Africa. Fast Company selected us as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in 2021. Over the last 5 years, the company has grown significantly and now employs 400+ people worldwide.

Job Summary:   Reporting to the Sales Manager, the Sales Team Lead is primarily responsible for managing field sales teams to achieve sales targets and manage client experience within a defined geographical region. The role is field-based and requires proper planning within the assigned area. The successful candidate should be keen on working in a thriving social impact business focused on small-scale farmers to transform 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 the 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 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 the products.
• Establish a rapport with clients, partners and also the community in ensuring that all the clusters allocated are fully utilized and understand the products and brand

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience in a sales role in the energy sector specifically solar energy.
• Proven track record of successfully meeting sales quota
• 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 the company.
• 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 Bachelors Degree in any related fiels is a must.

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should apply online through the NFT jobs portal.

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Deadline: 30th October 2024        

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