Husk Power Systems - Area Sales Lead

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Husk Power Systems ("Husk") is an award-winning clean energy company serving rural India and Sub-Saharan Africa.

In 2023, it was named "World's Best Challenger Brand" in the energy industry and is a 3-time Global Cleantech 100 company.

The company's AI-powered rural energy platform provides 24/7 renewable power to rural households, commercial customers, institutions, and small factories.

We Are Recruiting To Fill The Position Below

Job Title: Area Sales Lead

Location: Lafia, Nasarawa

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Summary:

- We are 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.

General Key Responsibilities

- 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.

Required Skills And Competencies:

- Graduate or postgraduate from a leading institution with a related Degree in Science, Engineering, or Social Sciences; 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.