Manager for Sales and Business Development at atmosfair

Job opening: Manager for Sales and Business Development, Kano, Nigeria

This full-time position will be based in Kano, Nigeria. It can be either a permanent or freelance position.

Organizational Objective

atmosfair climate and sustainability ltd. is a Nigerian-German social company dedicated to fighting climate change and deforestation while promoting renewable energy, decarbonization, poverty reduction and rural livelihoods.

Reflecting the challenges in Nigeria, atmosfair's core business is to set up and operate a large-scale domestic clean cook stove production and engage in innovative financing, manufacturing and sales solutions for high-class, shiny and efficient Save80 stainless steel cookstoves available predominantly in the northern rural areas of Nigeria at affordable market prices.

Your responsibilities

You will be responsible for the expansion of our Save80 cookstoves project in Nigeria:

• All sales and commercial activities,
• Develop and execute sales and marketing of Save80 stoves for to the northern states and Nigerian market at large
• Develop Business models i. a. for sales through banks and other Microfinance Institutions/Organizations
• Hands-on mentality e.g. hiring local warehouses and business partners
• Acquire and maintain local sales partners and networks and negotiate conditions and contracts as needed.
• Organize efficient shipping and handling of the stoves and components
• Act as the local contact for contractors, service providers and local  authorities
• Build and lead a team of sales managers

As part of all these functions, you will report to the technical manager of climate mitigation projects and the management, partly in Germany.

Your Profile

• A good university degree or a similar qualification, showing your business competence
• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in business development and sales
• Practical experience in sales of products to low-income target groups
• Demonstrable success in business development tasks
• Hands-on working style,
• Affinity to numbers
• Willingness to move to Kano and to work from Kano
• Motivation to act against climate change
• Business-fluent English knowledge. Language skills in other local languages (e.g. Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, or Fulfulde) are of advantage

We offer:

• Full-time permanent employment (freelance contract a possibility)
• Good compensation and carrier opportunities
• Opportunity to build up a sales team
• Top Class Products in an all-made-in-Nigeria Company
• Excellent brand reputation
• High-level government contacts
• A high-level task in combating poverty and climate change
• Dedicated and motivating colleagues in an organization with flat hierarchies