Sun King

Off-grid solar home systems provider

Solar Inverter Account Manager

Account ManagementUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timeJohannesburg, South AfricaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A degree or diploma in Business Administration, Engineering, or another relevant discipline is required.
Proficiency with modern statistical analysis and data visualization software is required.
At least five years of experience in technical sales is required.
Experience within the electrical and solar industry is required.
The candidate must have good communication and interpersonal skills and be able to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, coordinate, and control sales-team activities to achieve objectives for volume, gross profit, customer credit extensions, and growth.
Drive execution of the Inverter EasyBuy strategy.
Meet or exceed key performance indicator targets for volume, gross profits, costs, and credit applicable to the sales territory.
Implement market-space strategies affecting customers.
Contribute to and implement global strategies.
Work closely with the Call Centre to ensure customers are vetted and the sales process is completed.
Provide timely input into forecasting cycles through the Sales Manager and procurement to ensure adequate inventory for the customer base.
Develop and maintain strong customer and stakeholder relationships and develop new relationships.
Expeditiously attend to and resolve customer queries and complaints concerning orders, deliveries, and credit vetting.
Grow the market in the property development sector.
Monitor and analyze market and competitor behavior, and take appropriate action to safeguard performance in collaboration with the Sales Manager and Marketing team.
Submit expense reports on time.
Collaborate with sales, product, operations, and other teams to monitor product performance.

Job Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

About the role:
The Solar Inverter Account Manager at Sun King will effectively plan, organize, coordinate and control the overall activities within the sales team to achieve set objectives around volume, gross profit, credit extensions to customers and growth. The incumbent will be a key driver in the execution of the Inverter EasyBuy strategy for Sun King.

Meet or exceed KPI targets of volume, gross profits, costs and credit applicable to the sales territory.
Ensure implementation of market space strategies affecting the customers.
Contribute to and implement global strategies.
Work closely with the Call Centre to ensure that customers are vetted and the sales process is completed.
Provide timeous input into the forecasting cycles through the Sales Manager and procurement, ensuring adequate inventory for the customer base.
Develop and maintain strong customer and stakeholder relationships and develop new relationships.
Ensure that all queries and complaints received from customers are expeditiously attended to and resolved in the areas of orders, deliveries and credit vetting.
Grow the market in the property development sector.
Monitor and analyze the market and competitor behavior; and act upon this as appropriate in order to safeguard performance levels in collaboration with the Sales Manager and the Marketing team.
Ensure timeous submission of expense reports.
Collaborate with sales, product, operations, and other teams to monitor product performance.

A Degree or Diploma in Business Administration, Engineering, or other relevant disciplines.
Proficiency with modern statistical analysis and data visualization software.
At least 5 years of experience in technical sales
Experience within the electrical and solar industry
Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders

About the Company

Sun King

Off-grid solar home systems provider

Sun King designs, manufactures, distributes, and finances solar home energy products for off-grid communities in Africa and Asia. Its range includes solar lanterns and solar home systems with inverters and storage that can power lights, radios, phones, and household appliances, all financed through a pay-as-you-go model with small mobile money installments after a low upfront payment. The company differentiates itself with an end-to-end approach—handling product design, manufacturing, distribution, and financing—supported by a large field-agent network and strategic acquisitions like PayGo Energy to expand into clean cooking. Its goal is to increase energy access by helping households leapfrog kerosene and unreliable grids, aiming to reach millions of homes and businesses, including over 2 million in Ethiopia by 2030.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Debt Financing
Total funding: $864.9M
Headquarters: Chicago, IL
Founded: 2008

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