Area Business Manager

Website Greenlight Planet Zambia

What you would be expected to do:

  • Lead sales, collections, and oversee direct distribution of Sun King™ products sold on a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) basis through a network of sales agents known as “Field Sales Executives (FSEs).
  • Pursue multiple avenues to find and recruit FSEs to represent and sell Sun King EasyBuy products.
  • Set objectives, monitor productivity, and manage the performance of FSEs, and ensure assigned tasks and responsibilities are fulfilled.
  • Provide ongoing training to the FSEs on several aspects of the business such as sales, collections, customer service, product features and functionality, and inventory management.
  • Conduct daily market visits and resolve issues faced by the FSEs and customers.
  • Ensure FSEs provide strong customer through activities such as: prospecting and sale initiation conversations, product installation, customer education on how to make payments, and after-sales warranty issues.
  • Adapt, comply with, and ensure adherence to sales policies and processes within the team.
  • Keep abreast of market trends and expand growth in the face of growing competition.

You might be a strong candidate if you:

  • Hold a degree or diploma in a business related field or have a minimum of two years working in a field sales role in the FMCG, microfinance, banking or telecom industries;
  • Passionate about positively impacting the lives of rural consumers.
  • Strong collaborator with great interpersonal skills to mentor your team to deliver on expectations.
  • Diligence, accuracy, reliability
  • Fluency in English and required local language
  • Skilled in Microsoft office
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Conversant with the use of smart phones and phone applications
  • Has excellent communication skills

Benefits

  • An opportunity to grow as a professional in a dynamic, fast growing, high impact industry;
  • The chance to work in an open minded, collaborative culture surrounded by enthusiastic Greenlighters who are driven by the challenge of continuously innovating and growing a smart, sustainable business with profound impact on the world;
  • A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
    Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Greenlight Academy.

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