Sales Team Lead -Northern Uganda at NFT Consult

Job Description

About Role
• Reporting to the Sales Manager, the Sales Team Lead has the primary responsibility for managing field sales teams to achieve sales targets and manage client experience within a defined geographical region. The role is field-based and requires proper planning within the
• assigned region. The successful candidate should be keen on working in a thriving social impact
• business focused on small-scale farmers with the aim of transforming livelihoods.

Responsibilities
1. Recruitment and training.
• Source, identify, and recruit astute and goal-oriented sales agents who will be willing and capable of selling the 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.
2. Team Management
• Carry out daily and weekly check-ins with the teams to ensure there is maximum productivity.
• Manage, track, and report lead generation and selling processes of the sales agents.
• Coordinate after-sales customer service to ensure brand strength
3. Sales
• Work closely with the Sales Manager in developing and establishing clear leads and sales KPIs meant to be exceeded by the sales agents.
• Monitor and push for sales closures when it comes to the sales targets on the selling of the products.
• Establish a rapport with clients, partners and also the community in ensuring that all the clusters allocated are fully utilized and understand the products and brand

Does this sound like you?
• 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 the company.
• 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 a 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.