Sales Team Lead Job in Homa Bay, Kenya

Department: Sales

Position: Sales Team Lead

Reporting To: Regional Sales Manager

Tenure: Full time

About SunCulture

Founded in 2012, SunCulture’s vision is to build a world where people take control of their environment in rewarding and sustainable ways. SunCulture does this by developing and commercializing life-changing technology that solves the biggest daily challenges for the world’s 570 million smallholder farming households. Over the last 5 years, the company has grown significantly and now employs 100+ people around the world.

About Role

As a Sales Team Lead, you will be in charge of the Sales Agents in your territory. You will be responsible for managing sales, ensuring that targets are attained, and handling clients in the territory. You have to be dynamic, self-motivated, have excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

Recruitment and training.

Source, identify and recruit astute and goal-oriented sales agents who will be willing and capable of selling SunCulture products
Train, and onboard the sales agents to ensure they have all been set up for success in bringing in sales and meeting the company KPIs

Team Management

Carry out daily and weekly check-ins with the teams to ensure there is maximum productivity
Track Lead generation and selling processes of the sales agents
Coordinate aftersales customer service to ensure brand strength

Sales

Work closely with the Regional Sales Manager in developing and establishing clear sales KPIs meant to be exceeded by the sales agents
Monitor and push for numbers closures when it comes to the sales targets on the selling of SunCulture commodities
Establish a rapport with the clients and also the community in ensuring that all the clusters allocated are fully utilized and understand SunCulture products and brand

Qualifications

Proven experience in a sales role in the energy sector
Proven track record of successfully meeting sales quota
Strong leadership abilities and outstanding interpersonal skills.
Ability to think and plan strategically, plan, manage, and act to achieve set outcomes.
Ability to work under deadline pressure and meet targets.
Passion for irrigation and in-depth knowledge of the industry and current trends adaptable for SunCulture
Independent thinker with proactive decision-making capabilities
Comfortable with ambiguity and experience working in a dynamic environment
Have the ability to handle pressure, meet targets, keep cool-temper, and handle rejection gracefully.
Be organized and be an expert in time management- both at personal and team levels
A diploma or degree is an added advantage.