Area Business Manager at Sun King

Location: Bushenyi, Uganda

Job Type: Full-time

Experience: 3+ years in Sales

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field

Key Focus: Sales, team management, and solar product distribution

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 will coordinate sales, collections and distribution operations in the area they are assigned for the direct distribution of Sun King Solar products sold on Pay-As-You-Basis (also called and recognized as “EasyBuy” Business unit) through a network of agents called as “Energy Officer”.

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 to the Energy Officers on several aspects of the business such as sales, collections, product, technical, inventory and logistics related.
• Daily field visits: Have a weekly touchpoint with every Energy Officer in your area – either through in-person meetings, making a sale to the customer in your area or having a call.
• Exceed sales & collections targets: Meet or exceed sales and collection targets established on 2nd of every month by your Regional Business Manager.
• Resolve customer issues: Provide world-class customer service to your customers as it relates to product delivery, training on how to use and make payments, installation, after sales warranty issues.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

You might be a strong candidate if you:

• 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.
• Proven experience in direct sales and field sales processes.
• Good knowledge of route planning and sales territory management.
• Ability to set, monitor, and achieve sales and collection targets.
• Knowledge of the solar energy industry is a plus.

How to Apply

All candidates should apply online at the link below:

Apply Here

Brown Alex Tuesday, 28 October 2025 Energy Jobs