Area Manager at Lumos Nigeria (10 Openings)

Lumos Nigeria is a leading provider of high-quality solar home systems, offering a range of reliable and affordable energy solutions designed to power households and small businesses across Nigeria. The company focuses on delivering clean, renewable electricity through innovative solar technology, helping customers reduce dependence on unreliable grid power and fuel generators. With a strong emphasis on accessibility and convenience, Lumos Nigeria combines durable equipment with flexible payment options, making sustainable energy more attainable for everyday users while supporting economic productivity and improved quality of life.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Area Manager

Locations: Warri, Ughelli, Sapele - Delta; Aba - Abia; Owerri - Imo; Benin - Edo; Akure - Ondo; Osogbo - Osun; Abeokuta - Ogun; Akwa Ibom; and Cross River
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• Drive the implementation of the company’s sales strategy within the assigned areato achieve customer acquisition and repayment targets.
• Lead and manage the territory team to deliver strong performance in sales, inventory management, customer onboarding, and repayment collection.
• Oversee the end-to-end sales process, ensuring seamless customer acquisition, product installation, activation, and adoption of company applications/services.
• Build and develop a high-performing team through effective people management, coaching, training, and capability development initiatives.
• Ensure timely achievement of business objectives while fostering accountability and clear understanding of individual contributions to overall business performance.
• Support Lumos Nigeria’s growth ambitions by expanding access to clean, reliable, and affordable solar energy solutions for customers in both on-grid and off-grid communities across Nigeria.

Key Accountabilities
Increase sale revenue:

• Coordinate areasales activities and ensure synergy with other activities within and outside the department and contribute to developing and executing the state business plan.
• Implementing sales goals and communicating them to Territory managers and Lumos Community Partners (LCP).
• Preparing sales reports and submitting them to VP Community business.
• Follow up the sales figures against the set sales target on daily and monthly basis; provide recommendations for necessary actions.
• Conduct sales promotion activities within the assigned budget.
• Review sales operations in state ensuring operational objectives are accomplished, identifying trends, providing input into sales forecasting and ensuring optimum service levels are achieved and maintained.
• Attend sales team meetings on a periodic basis to communicate product strategies, upcoming objectives and exchange ideas on how to support partners to achieve their targets and promote products.
• Ensure prompt payment from customers and take necessary actions to minimize bad debts.
• Formulate policies that will drive adoption of the product.
• Drive premium subscription amongst customers joining
• Identify and formulate areasales strategies to help drive distribution across communities.
• Ensure expansions to align to the dimensioned number of active community partnerships.

Educational Qualifications & Functional / Technical Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Management or related Social Sciences
• Fluent in English
• A Master's in Business Administration would be an additional qualification
• 8 to 10 years of varied experience in Sales & Marketing with at least 4 years at middle management level in supervising/managing others.
• Relevant experience in the telecom, microfinance, insurance, renewable energy, or FMCG industry is desirable.
• Experience working in multi-level marketing is an added advantage.
• Proven work experience in the power/energy industry
• Proven track record in sales/ distributor account management
• Customer management experience.

Key Functional Competencies:

• Business Performance Measurement & Management
• Computer & Information Technology Appreciation
• Marketing and Sales Acumen
• Planning and Budgeting
• Product & Service Advice & Support
• Sales Planning and Opportunity Management
• Sales Tracking and Reporting
• Excellent communication and Managerial skills.
• The ability to work under stress and resolve conflict.
• Sales Forecasting
• Have solid knowledge of the sales terrain.

Salary
N500,000 - N1,000,000 / Month.

Application Closing Date
31st August, 2026.

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