Field Sales Associate Job Opening in Kenya

Duma Works is recruiting a Sales Associate for one of our clients; a for-profit, consumer goods catalog order and delivery service for the peri-urban and rural populations of the developing world. 

Using mobile communication technology, the Internet and a network of Agents, they are opening up distribution to hundreds of millions of the world’s population who cannot currently conveniently access affordable goods.  

Are you ready to join a fast-growing start-up that is revolutionizing how peri-urban and rural customers are accessing consumer goods?


The company is looking for outstanding entrepreneurial minded Salespeople who want to join them in building a global consumer goods company that will enhance the lives of millions.

About the Role:
 The Sales Associate is responsible for driving sales through a portfolio of Agents located in rural areas around Nairobi.

You will work with your Agent portfolio to drive total sales, customer acquisition, customer retention and sales of a wide variety of products. 

This is a field based position involving daily travel on public transport.
About You: 
  • You have 2-5 years of experience in direct to consumer sales, ideally base of the pyramid consumers
  • You are accustomed to working in rural areas
  • Experience working with an agent network would be advantageous
  • You are fluent in English and Kiswahili
  • You are driven and hungry to achieve You always know what you are trying to achieve and how you are going to do it.
  • And you have the self-discipline necessary to get it done – with integrity!
  • You take accountability for your actions and the outcomes of those actions – good and bad. 
  • And then you embrace learning how to improve yourself so that you do better in the future.
  • You love working with people and coaching them to be better. 
  • You can give people suggestions in a natural way that motivates them to do more and implement what you suggested.
  • And you never give up.
How to Apply

Applications letters and detailed CV are to be sent by email to apply@dumaworks.com marking the subject as “ 1992”, Your Full name &  Phone number e.g. 1992, Barack Obama, 07xxxxxxxxx. 

If you don’t follow these instructions, your application will not go through

Deadline for receiving applications:
 15th Jan 2016

N.B.*
 When applying to any job through Duma Works, you can expect that after you apply, you will receive a confirmation email, and then an SMS alert asking you to take a basic screening test over SMS. The SMS with the test may not arrive immediately. Please be patient. The SMS test will typically be 5-8 questions to help us understand your background. Regular SMS rates apply to the test, and if you ever have any issues with the process, please reach out to 0702093793.