Jobs at Pastel Africa

Your impact

• You will be a direct link between products and users to help us improve the lives of millions of small business owners and individuals in Nigeria. Pastel is looking for an individual with background and skills in Field sales/marketing and passionate about providing solutions to the pain point for small businesses in developing countries.
• Your role will require you to serve as boots on ground for Pastel’s products, it will require you being on the ground in markets and communities, introducing and testing our products with users, onboarding users on our products and gathering feedback on how we can improve our product offerings. If you are excited by the impact you can make at Pastel, we would love to hear from you.

Role Deliverables:

• Visit Markets and Communities daily to create awareness and onboard users on Pastel’s Products based on pre-approved schedules
• Meet weekly, monthly, and annual sales quotas through the successful implementation of sales and marketing strategies and tactics.
• Develop and implement territory action plan through comprehensive data analysis, and adjust sales techniques based on interactions and results in the field.
• Execute Experiential activities in Markets and Communities to gain trust and develop relationship between Pastel and its target audience (Mostly SMEs and Individuals).
• Provide user feedback and report insights on user’s perception about Pastel’s Product.
• Maintain working relationships with existing clients to ensure exceptional service and identification of potential new sales opportunities.
• Identify appropriate prospects, set appointments, make effective qualifying sales calls, and manage sales cycle to close new business in all service categories offered.
• Possess in-depth product knowledge and Market trends.
• Monitor the company’s industry competitors, new products, and market conditions.
• Must meet up with weekly and monthly deliverables as required by the Offline Marketing Manager.

What we are looking for

• 3+ years Post NYSC of experience as a Marketing Representative.
• Minimum of Bachelor's degree/HND
• Great knowledge of markets and good relationship with stakeholders.
• Excellent team player
• Ability to balance persuasion with professionalism
• Good communication and strategic thinking skills
• Must be proactive and good at taking initiatives.
• Must have a sense of ownership.
• Ability to work independently and give timely reports and feedback
• Willingness to go to Markets and communities in Person

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Field Sales.
• Experience in Market Activations .
• Experience in Experiential Activations.
• Market Success Stories

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Your impact

• You will be working with other passionate and bright engineers, designers and product managers as part of the most exciting fintech team on the African continent to tackle big issues facing businesses. You will build really cool and impactful products that will speak to the heart of businesses in Africa. Pastel is looking for a mid-level Android Engineer with background and skills in software engineering who is passionate about or want to learn about building fintech products that will serve and transform the lives of millions of small businesses in developing countries.

Role Deliverables:

• Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Work with outside data sources and APIs
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

What we are looking for

• Minimum of Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years Experience in developing native Android applications
• Should have Strong experience in developing Android application with MVVM architecture
• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
• Proficient in Android Jetpack libraries such as Lifecycle, Room, Navigation, Data Binding and Paging
• Strong experience in integration of REST APIs and familiarity with the latest mobile app UI UX standards
• Solid understanding of the full-android mobile development life cycle.
• Knowledge of working with version control system: Git
• Ability to execute independently and autonomously, seeking out areas that need attention, rather than being asked to look at specific problem areas.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
• Willingness to get their hands dirty.
• Strong communication and organization skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working at FinTechs serving small businesses.