Recruitment at Sun King (Greenlight Planet)

Greenlight Planet is a multinational, for-profit business that designs, distributes, and finances solar-powered home energy products, with an underserved population in mind: the 1.3 billion global consumers for whom the old-fashioned electrical grid is either unavailable or too expensive.

Over a decade in business, the company is now a leading global brand in emerging markets across Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.  Greenlight’s Sun King™ products provide modern light and energy to 26 million people in more than 40 countries and have sold over 10.5 million products worldwide.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Regional Mentor, Inverter Channel

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• Sun King is looking for a Regional Mentor for the Solar Inverter Business Channel. The selected candidate will ensure the overall knowledge transfer to the team, such as Inverter Series and Paygo Phone Product and Services, Education on collections, Systems and Applications, Skill enhancement and monthly refresher training.

Responsibilities

• Delivering classroom and/or field training
• Maintaining set KPIs and achieving training targets as required
• Designing training assessments with the guidance of the Zonal Training Manager.
• Ensuring 100% adoption and usage of technology-based work tools by the Inverter Channel Agents and Staff.
• Driving consistent & accelerated learning performance through data tools
• Ensure timely communication of policies, training updates & changes to the relevant departments
• Collecting and providing feedback on the implementation’s new tools, products and processes.
• Running & administration of knowledge-based platforms
• Drive engagement & lesson completion of Litmos (learning management system)
• Induction and mentoring of field-based staff (ABMs and SSEs) for the inverter channel.
• Develop and improve training materials and concepts.
• Field engagements with the New Agents (IEO’s) and the Inverter Business Manager to drive the growth of the Channel.

Requirements

• Have at least 2 years background in training and coaching; preferably in the areas in the areas of sales of Solar Inverters.
• Have at least a degree or Higher Diploma in education, or any related field as a plus
• Have the ability to conceptualize and develop a conducive learning environment
• Are Diligent, accurate, reliable.
• Are Skilled in Microsoft office and other visualization tools
• Have good problem-solving skills and you think beyond the box.
• Are Flexible to travel frequently to remote areas.
• Are conversant with the use of smart phones and phone applications.
• Has excellent communication.
• Territory knowledge will be an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Area Business Manager

Location: Igbokoda, Ondo
Job type: Full time

About The Role

• 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”.
• The Area Business Manager is ultimately accountable for generating sales, ensuring collections are timely and accurate and keeping the entire Direct Distribution growing rapidly in a sustainable manager.

What You Would Be Expected To Do

• 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. Create a reputation and goodwill for the mission of Sun King to provide clean, affordable and reliable source of energy in their areas.
• 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. Ensure that they are fully supervised in the best professional manner demonstrating highest levels of integrity, ethics and professionalism while dealing with customers.
• Provide role clarity to Energy Officers: Provide complete clarity to Energy Officers related to their day to day tasks, sales & collections plans, routes and targets. This includes, ensuring Energy Officers have sales route/area to sell in, they know on how to demonstrate and sell Sun King products, they have the confidence to be able to present and resolve basic customer queries on the spot and they have access to Area Business Manager at all times in case of questions and concerns.
• 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. Resolve all possible issues faced by the Energy Officers and report them to your Regional Business Manager, every week. Ensure that first 5 sales of each Energy Officer is done along with the Area Business Manager in the area, by each Energy Officer to ensure that the core sales and collection process is fully understood by each Energy Officer.
• Work with Energy Officers: Conduct joint field work with a group of Energy Officers to provide sales and collection training on a weekly basis and drive EO engagement. This includes doing night activations, market activations, visiting local communities and gatherings such as SACCOs, Self Help groups, retail centers and markets to make group sales.
• Exceed your sales & collections targets: Meet or exceed sales and collection targets established on 2nd of every month by your Regional Business Manager. Provide daily, weekly updates on sales, EO recruitments, Customer issues and resolutions, in alignment with your Regional Business Manager.
• Drive robust field sales processes: Review collection progress with your Energy Officers daily and provide adequate training to them on driving better collections in your areas. This includes, customer and area profiling, ensuring regular and timely collection follow-ups, resolving customer issues to ensure they make payments and ultimately repossessing the systems as a last recourse in case the customer defaults.
• Remain externally focused: Keep an eye on companies selling similar products within your area and ensure you take adequate measures to protect and grow our business from pressures. Pre-inform your management team and take measures to ensure Sun King remains a paramount brand name in Solar products for your area.
• 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. Ensure that you work with your Energy Officers to establish clear expectations and processes to resolve all customer issues within 24 hours.
• Control Marketing & Other spend: Provide adequate marketing materials & equipment (such as smartphones) necessary to all your Energy Officers. Ensure we get maximum return on investment for all the costs we incur in areas of marketing, supply chain, store maintenance and smartphone issuance.
• Review meetings with Energy Officers: Conduct weekly table meetings with Energy Officers and ensure that you have RBM present in those meetings to resolve any outstanding customers or EO issues. Coordinate, plan and organize the meeting to have maximum attendance and progress. Recognize outstanding performers from time to time and ensure the motivation of Energy Officers is maintained at an all-time high.
• Grow Retail presence: Ensure the retail network in your Area grows with the help of an Area Retail Coordinator, hired under you. Ensure all retail related activities are followed er process and the base of high-selling retailer grows exponentially within your area of operation.

You Might Be a Strong Candidate If You

• Have a degree in a Business-related field OR equivalent and at least 3 years hands on experience in Sales.
• Have excellent Computer knowledge with comprehensive knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
• Have extensive Customer Care experience
• Are innovative, and you think out of the box
• Are skilled in Planning, Organizing, Prioritizing, maximizing value and see the big picture
• Are able to skillfully builds relations, works on internal & external relationships
• Listens well, coaches’ others and is disciplined in their learning practice
• Has Operation Excellence (Keeps promise, seeks to be informed and gives excellent Customer Satisfaction
• Have knowledge of the territory.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Area Business Manager

Location: Okigwe, Imo
Job type: Full time

About The Role

• 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”.
• The Area Business Manager is ultimately accountable for generating sales, ensuring collections are timely and accurate and keeping the entire Direct Distribution growing rapidly in a sustainable manager.

What You Would Be Expected To Do

• 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. Create a reputation and goodwill for the mission of Sun King to provide clean, affordable and reliable source of energy in their areas.
• 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. Ensure that they are fully supervised in the best professional manner demonstrating highest levels of integrity, ethics and professionalism while dealing with customers.
• Provide role clarity to Energy Officers: Provide complete clarity to Energy Officers related to their day to day tasks, sales & collections plans, routes and targets. This includes, ensuring Energy Officers have sales route/area to sell in, they know on how to demonstrate and sell Sun King products, they have the confidence to be able to present and resolve basic customer queries on the spot and they have access to Area Business Manager at all times in case of questions and concerns.
• 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. Resolve all possible issues faced by the Energy Officers and report them to your Regional Business Manager, every week. Ensure that first 5 sales of each Energy Officer is done along with the Area Business Manager in the area, by each Energy Officer to ensure that the core sales and collection process is fully understood by each Energy Officer.
• Work with Energy Officers: Conduct joint field work with a group of Energy Officers to provide sales and collection training on a weekly basis and drive EO engagement. This includes doing night activations, market activations, visiting local communities and gatherings such as SACCOs, Self Help groups, retail centers and markets to make group sales.
• Exceed your sales & collections targets: Meet or exceed sales and collection targets established on 2nd of every month by your Regional Business Manager. Provide daily, weekly updates on sales, EO recruitments, Customer issues and resolutions, in alignment with your Regional Business Manager.
• Drive robust field sales processes: Review collection progress with your Energy Officers daily and provide adequate training to them on driving better collections in your areas. This includes, customer and area profiling, ensuring regular and timely collection follow-ups, resolving customer issues to ensure they make payments and ultimately repossessing the systems as a last recourse in case the customer defaults.
• Remain externally focused: Keep an eye on companies selling similar products within your area and ensure you take adequate measures to protect and grow our business from pressures. Pre-inform your management team and take measures to ensure Sun King remains a paramount brand name in Solar products for your area.
• 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. Ensure that you work with your Energy Officers to establish clear expectations and processes to resolve all customer issues within 24 hours.
• Control Marketing & Other spend: Provide adequate marketing materials & equipment (such as smartphones) necessary to all your Energy Officers. Ensure we get maximum return on investment for all the costs we incur in areas of marketing, supply chain, store maintenance and smartphone issuance.
• Review meetings with Energy Officers: Conduct weekly table meetings with Energy Officers and ensure that you have RBM present in those meetings to resolve any outstanding customers or EO issues. Coordinate, plan and organize the meeting to have maximum attendance and progress. Recognize outstanding performers from time to time and ensure the motivation of Energy Officers is maintained at an all-time high.
• Grow Retail presence: Ensure the retail network in your Area grows with the help of an Area Retail Coordinator, hired under you. Ensure all retail related activities are followed er process and the base of high-selling retailer grows exponentially within your area of operation.

You Might Be a Strong Candidate If You

• Have a degree in a Business-related field OR equivalent and at least 3 years hands on experience in Sales.
• Have excellent Computer knowledge with comprehensive knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
• Have extensive Customer Care experience
• Are innovative, and you think out of the box
• Are skilled in Planning, Organizing, Prioritizing, maximizing value and see the big picture
• Are able to skillfully builds relations, works on internal & external relationships
• Listens well, coaches’ others and is disciplined in their learning practice
• Has Operation Excellence (Keeps promise, seeks to be informed and gives excellent Customer Satisfaction
• Have knowledge of the territory.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Digital Advertising Specialist

Location: Fully Remote

About the Role

• We are seeking a talented and results-driven Digital Advertising Specialist to join our dynamic Marketing & Creative team. The Digital Advertising Specialist will be responsible for creating, optimising, and managing paid digital campaigns to drive sales, brand awareness, and return on investment. This role will be responsible to run campaigns across a wide variety of platforms and in many different countries across Africa. While this role is open to candidates globally, the successful candidate will be required to maintain the same working hours as the Africa-based team.

Responsibilities 
What you would be expected to do:
Campaign Creation and Management:

• Develop, execute, and manage digital advertising campaigns across Google Ads, Meta, and TikTok.
• Oversee campaign setup, targeting, budget allocation, bidding strategies, and performance tracking.
• Continuously optimise campaigns for maximum performance, including A/B testing of creatives, targeting, and bidding strategies.

Analytics and Reporting:

• Analyse campaign performance metrics and provide actionable insights to improve results.
• Generate and share regular performance reports, highlighting key KPIs, ROI, and strategic recommendations.
• Monitor and adjust campaigns based on data trends, seasonality, and changes in platform algorithms.

Strategic Planning and Collaboration:

• Collaborate with internal teams (creative, social media, marketing) to develop high-quality advertising creatives in a variety of formats.
• Work closely with call centre teams to monitor customer responses to digital advertising and ensure that campaigns stay responsive to call centre capacity and needs.
• Work with the marketing team to align digital advertising efforts with overall marketing goals and objectives.
• Keep up to date with the latest trends, best practices, and changes in digital advertising technologies and platform updates.

Budget Management:

• Manage and optimize advertising budgets to ensure cost-efficiency and effective spend allocation.
• Recommend budget adjustments based on performance analysis and business goals.

Innovation:

• Experiment with and assess new ad formats, targeting options, and optimization strategies to drive innovative campaigns.

Requirements
You might be a strong candidate if you have/are:

• Degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, or a related field is preferred but not required.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience managing successful advertising campaigns across Google, Meta (Facebook/Instagram), YouTube, and TikTok, ideally for multinational brands and with exposure to African markets.
• Proven track record of driving results through digital advertising (e.g., lead generation, sales, brand awareness).
• Experience with ad campaign analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, Meta Ads Manager, TikTok Ads Manager, etc.).
• Ability to think creatively and develop compelling ad copy, visuals, and strategies tailored to each platform.
• Good understanding of customer personas and ability to tailor ads for maximum engagement.
• Good written and verbal communication skills to present campaign results and recommendations clearly.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with designers, copywriters, and other marketing professionals.
• Good knowledge of campaign structure, bidding strategies, audience segmentation, and reporting across Google, YouTube, Meta, and TikTok.
• Proficiency in utilising tools and interpreting data to make data-driven decisions.
• Understanding of tracking and conversion pixels, tracking tools (e.g., Google Tag Manager), and attribution models.
• Certifications such as Google Ads Certification, Meta Blueprint Certification, or TikTok Ads Manager Certification are a plus.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online