Area Business Manager at Sun King
Location: Mukono, Uganda
Application Deadline: 22nd August 2025
Key Requirement: Bachelor's degree in Business or 3+ years of sales experience, with expertise in team management and field operations.
About Sun King
Sun King products range from portable solar lamps to more robust multi-light solar home systems, to solar-powered televisions and fans and energy-efficient inverter bulbs. Our products drastically improve the quality of life for those that lack reliable electricity access: they help extend the number of productive, income-generating hours in a day; they enable children to study after dark; they allow families and communities to gather safely to socialize after sunset; and when replacing field-based sources of light like kerosene lamps, they reduce exposure to indoor air pollution.
Job Summary
The Area Business Manager at Sun King will coordinate sales, collections, and distribution operations in the area they are assigned for the direct distribution of Sun King Solar products sold on a Pay-As-You-Go basis (also called and recognized as the “EasyBuy” Business unit) through a network of agents called ” Energy Officers.”
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Hire & retain Energy Officers: Hire, train and maintain a team of at least 40 Sun King Energy Officers in the area. Use multiple avenues for finding the right talent to sell Sun King EasyBuy products with the help of village influencers such as the village heads, teachers, religious heads, doctors, farmers and others, as applicable.
- Training of Energy Officers: Provide training on sales, collections, product, technical, inventory and logistics. Ensure professionalism and ethical dealings with customers.
- Daily field visits: Weekly touchpoints with every Energy Officer to resolve issues and report to the Regional Business Manager.
- Exceed sales & collections targets: Meet or exceed monthly targets and provide daily/weekly updates.
- Resolve customer issues: Ensure 24-hour resolution for product delivery, payments, installation, and warranty concerns.
- Grow Retail presence: Expand the retail network with an Area Retail Coordinator.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- A degree in a Business-related field OR equivalent and at least 3 years of hands-on experience in Sales.
- Ability to source, hire, and retain sales personnel.
- Experience in direct sales, route planning, and territory management.
- Proven ability to set and achieve sales targets.
- Strong customer service and negotiation skills.
- Knowledge of the solar energy industry is a plus.
How to Apply
All candidates should apply online via the link below before the deadline.
Deadline: 22nd August 2025
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