Area Sales Executive - MFI at Greenlight Planet

Greenlight Planet is a multinational, for-profit business that designs, distributes, and finances solar-powered home energy products, with an underserved population in mind: the 1.3 billion global consumers for whom the old-fashioned electrical grid is either unavailable or too expensive.

Over a decade in business, the company is now a leading global brand in emerging markets across Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.  Greenlight’s Sun King™ products provide modern light and energy to 26 million people in more than 40 countries and have sold over 10.5 million products worldwide.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Area Sales Executive - MFI

Location: Abeokuta, Ogun
Job type: Full-time
Reporting to: Area Sales Manager

The Role

• The Area Sales Executive will work closely with the Commercial team (Partnership Sales) to serve existing and potential Microfinance Institution partners by providing product and service information, supporting trade activations while resolving product issues effectively.

Key Responsibilities for the Role

• Responsible for driving sales across consumer sales channels in the assigned territory.
• Branch level inventory management
• Receiving client queries and resolving consumer and channel queries with stipulated guidelines and timelines.
• Efficiently supporting trade activations and marketing campaigns as per set plans.
• Planning and conducting product and sales trainings to partner staff.
• Fulfilling within reasonable time aftersales and warranty requirements.
• Consolidating reports on competition, routes traveled, branches visited and activated, sales and stock position etc.
• Performing any other duties that may be assigned.

Job Requirements
The ideal Area Sales Executive – MFI:

• Degree or advanced Diploma in a Business Administration / Sales and Marketing
• Two to five years’ hands on work experience in service/ FMCG or Renewable Energy industry
• Proficiency in MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint
• Strong customer focus and keen to deliver high standards of service
• Ready to travel 75% of the time
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Good communication skills with fluency in both written and spoken English and spoken local language corresponding to the area of responsibility (Yoruba / Edo / Igbo / Hausa - as applicable)
• Results oriented and able to prioritize measurable objectives.
• Possesses an Android phone

Remuneration

• Greenlight Planet offers competitive compensation, a fun, supportive work environment, and opportunities for continued professional growth within a fast-growing global enterprise.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Note: Greenlight Planet believes in equal opportunity for all people:  We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, HIV/AIDS status, or disability.