Duma Works: Corporate Sales Engineer Job 2019
Duma Works is recruiting a Corporate Sales Engineer for our client; a distribution and finance company that sells high-quality solar product and appliances to households and businesses in Uganda.
The Corporate Sales Engineer will be responsible for ensuring a financially sustainable SolarNow and creating a portfolio of happy corporate clients by focusing on
i) Protection of the client from financial issues.
ii) Delivery of quality products and superb service.
iii) Design, sale, support, install and service a wide range of solar solutions.
About the market
More than 500m USD addressable market is to be found in Kenya and Uganda, among corporate entities that could benefit from solar power in its multiple incarnations.
In these countries, where the grid connection is unreliable and expensive, or gensets are considered a good alternative, there is huge potential to use solar power instead to provide economic and financial benefits to those entities. However, awareness of these options and the willingness to invest in them is still scarce.
About SolarNow
To tackle this, SolarNow sells quality solar products and suitable appliances ranging from small household systems capable of powering lights, radios, phones, TVs and/or fridge(s) to much larger systems suitable for offices, schools, and machinery. Increasingly SolarNow is also catering to the needs of (off-grid) farmers by providing irrigation solutions and to larger corporate entities like manufacturing halls, offices, malls, professional farmers, the hospitality industry, and similar.
SolarNow provides credit and service that allows customers to spread payments over 24 months and receive service for 5 years. The company has over 1,000 employees and a network of 50 branches in Uganda and 15 branches in Western Kenya.
About you
You are someone who cares deeply about improving livelihoods in Africa, but you bring more than passion to the role: you have the grit and resilience to make change happen. You are excited about understanding this nascent industry, the SolarNow products, its unique value proposition and the difference they make.
You have a successful track record in bringing products to corporate markets and are a dynamic problem-solver who has strong empathy and passion for solar power and the people you work with. You are the person who represents the client in the organisation but is at the same time the number one advocate of the product and value proposition. You are curious and do not fear to challenge the status quo, but are sensitive in how to communicate this. You build strong and effective bridges within the organisation to achieve real results. You are not afraid to fail and see it as an opportunity to learn!
You bring with you the skills and behaviour that is needed to tackle a smart, knowledgeable, critical market that is used to dealing with larger numbers and sees things through an economic lens. You stand your ground and do not give up when faced with hardship and pushback, because you know that in the end you will make a positive impact on this planet.
About the position
- Reports to: Country Corporate Manager
- Team: Corporate Desk (Uganda Section). Colleagues are multiple other sales engineers & sales ops
- Location: Kansanga, Uganda.
- Start date: July 2019 (suggested)
Your Responsibilities
Ensure revenue growth through ever increasing client satisfaction by:
- Sector Sales: you scout opportunities within your assigned sector
- Design: you design the right solution for the client provided the mix of corporate solar solutions
- Credit: you do a good credit assessment (within policy; financial protection; ensure understanding)
- Installation: you install (all) client’s system at industry quality standards
- Service: you support the client when there is a technical problem
- Up-sales: you confirm if/when upgrade readiness or referral readiness of clients
Qualifications and competencies
- Background: At least a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineer or equivalent
- Experience: At least 7 years’ experience in (>10kWp) solar technical work (within or outside of SolarNow).
- Personality: A creative, extrovert, polite, go-getting, passionate, structured/organized team-player.
- Skills: Advanced spreadsheet & presentation making skills; driving license.
- Culture: Proven Passion for improving lives; Fun-Loving; Proven proactive client-centric behaviour
Technical skills Competencies
- Sound judgment in the customer qualifying process
- Strong multi-tasking, time management, and organization skills
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills via telephone and in person
- Manage lead flow to ensure customer satisfaction and successfully grow team sales by securing new sales leads
- Actively build connections and relationships in different territories
- Prepare and deliver sales presentations. Close deals and execute sales contracts
- Update and maintain company Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database
- Provide customers with information such as quotations, warranties, credit information,
- Incentives and any other relevant information.
- Analyze customers’ current and projected electrical usage and financial return on investment; Solar Sizing
- Understand and analyze customer’s solar needs. Measure and document customers’ solar needs
- Calculate potential costs and savings
- Communicate site details to the company’s solar designers and installation teams
Apply
To apply online click here or send your Cover Letter and detailed CV to apply@jobs.dumaworks.com marking the subject as “3632”, Your Full name & Phone number e.g. 3632 Barack Obama, +2547xxxxxxxx. If you don’t follow these instructions, your application will not go through.
Deadline for receiving applications: Friday, 30 August 2019
N.B.
*First priority will be given to Ugandan candidates.
* You will receive a confirmation email and an alert to take a basic screening test over SMS or online. The email with the test may not arrive immediately. Please be patient. The email/SMS test will typically be 5-8 questions to help us understand your background. Regular SMS rates apply to the test.
If you apply and don’t meet these minimum qualifications, we will not be able to move forward with your application.