Area Sales Lead at Husk Power Systems Nigeria Limited

Husk is one of the world’s leading rural energy providers. We provide low-cost and reliable power to rural households and businesses, entirely from renewable energy sources. Powering economic possibilities in every village is at the heart of everything we do.

We design, build and operate the lowest cost hybrid (solar and biomass) power plant and distribution network in India and Africa. To date, Husk has provided electricity to over 15,000 homes and business, reducing 95,000 tonnes of CO2. Our aim is to provide 30MW of power to 225,000 customers by 2025, and save 350,000 tonnes of CO2 each year.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Area Sales Lead

Location: Keffi, Nasarawa
Employment Type: Full time
Division / Function:  MiniGrids
Reports to: Country Director

Role Summary

• Husk is seeking an Area Sales Lead to join the growing team in Nigeria.
• The ideal candidate will play an integral role in driving power sales and ensuring optimum revenue generation across our various mini-grid sites.
• We are looking for someone who has experience within the Nigerian context and understands the sales dynamics in rural environments.
• The individual should also be passionate about contributing to solving one of Nigeria’s most critical challenges - the energy access deficit. 

Key Responsibilities
General:

• Manage site sales agents and other field representatives to coordinate and drive field sales activities.
• Present, promote and sell products/services using solid arguments to existing and prospective customers.
• Achieve agreed upon sales targets and outcomes within schedule.
• Coordinate sales effort with team members and other relevant business units.
• Keep abreast of best practices and sales trends
• Other duties as assigned.

Sales Management:

• Drive sales activities across all mini-grid locations, in line with sales targets and overall business strategy
• Expedite the resolution of customer issues and complaints to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Leverage sales data to understand customer behaviour, trends, and patterns for driving sales.

Sales Reporting and Data Management:

• Ensure prompt and accurate reporting of activities from all site sales agents.
• Ensure a clear understanding of the sales potential of locations under management, track sales, and provide status reports on a timely basis.
• Leverage sales data to understand customer behaviour, trends, and patterns for driving sales.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Maintain regular communication, and develop positive and productive relationships with various stakeholders, community leaders, customer/client groups, etc.

Qualifications
Required Skills and Competencies:

• Graduate from a leading institution with a related Degree in Science, Engineering, or Social Sciences. Graduate Degree or relevant training or certifications in sales; a plus.
• 3 - 5 years of experience in a similar role within the power or telecommunications sectors, delivering on sales targets and revenue growth.
• Ability to drive sales and ensure closure for optimal service delivery.
• Excellent skills with MS Office.
• Superb interpersonal skills, including the ability to quickly build rapport with customers, site sales agents, and representatives.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-diverse environment coordinating with multiple stakeholders.
• Responsive with great time management and organizational skills
• Relationship management skills and openness to feedback.

Benefits

• Salary: N200,000 - N300,000 Monthly based on experience
• Husk offers flexible working conditions with employee benefits that are in line with global best practices. These include clear career growth planning, transparent performance review and reward processes that are gender neutral, maternity, and paternity leave, gender-inclusive workplace conditions with special attention given to the safety and security of our women employees, 18-day annual paid leave, and family health insurance.
• Husk does not believe in micromanagement and encourages its employees to have a healthy work-life balance, giving them the freedom to manage their workload to be compatible with their lives.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• This description indicates the general nature and level of the qualifications and duties required of employees in this job classification, as well as the essential functions a person must be able to perform to do this job. It is not designed to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
• Husk Power Systems and its subsidiaries are equal-opportunity employers and make employment decisions on the basis of merit and business need. We hire without consideration of race, colour, religion, citizenship, political activity or affiliation, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex or gender, or any other basis protected by law.
• Women candidates are encouraged to apply.