WidEnergy Africa Limited WidEnergy Africa Limited

WidEnergy is a women-led consumer financing and last mile distribution start-up, focusing on solar solutions, founded in 2016 in Lusaka, Zambia. We are dedicated to the empowerment of women and providing last-mile distribution of clean energy solutions. To date, WidEnergy has provided Solar Home Systems (SHS) to over 13,000 customers.

At WidEnergy Africa Limited, we are guided by our commitment to providing exceptional customer experiences, fostering teamwork, striving for excellence, promoting inclusion and empowerment, respecting the environment, and upholding integrity.

Job Description:

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Lead the Team Leader’s / Service Center Officers in their sales and registration efforts and ensure they are servicing their customers to the highest standards.
• Lead effective onboarding of new Regional Sales Staff in cooperation with HR department
• Perform delivery of regional staff/ agent training
• Leading adherence to Standard Operating Procedures across regional sales Team
• Meet regional sales, repayments and repossession targets.
• Facilitate transportation of reposed kit to service centers
• Hire a motor bike to use to visit customers in the fields
• Account for money used in the region by providing receipts to Accounts on time
• Monitor float use and report to Head of Sales
• Sending Weekly and Monthly Reports to the Head of sales

Skills:

• Good knowledge of Zambian market, especially Rural Zambia
• Proven track record in working with targets and elaborating detailed strategies
• Leadership, coaching and ability to manage and motivate people
• Ability to manage field sales teams towards aggressive targets
• Ability to work with a variety of stakeholders in multi-cultural environments
• Communication skills
• Good numeric and analytical skills
• Team player
• Proven networking and social skills

Qualification & Experience Required:

• Ability to ride a motorbike
• 2 years’ experience in the business space or Solar Space
• Experience in Micro-finance (Added Advantage but not essential)
• Grade 12 certificate
• Degree or Diploma in Agri- business or related.
• Fluency in English and one or more languages (Bemba, Nyanja and English)