Global Partnerships - New Business Associate, Nairobi
We’re making Greenlight Planet the best place to work, ever. We’re an organization of passionate professionals focused on empowering millions of Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) families with simple, smart, honest technology and true market innovation. We’re passionate about changing the world on an unprecedented scale, working with fantastically talented teammates to tackle the world’s most challenging problems and having fun, as a team, while doing it.
If this sounds like your kind of company, keep reading.
Global Partnerships – New Business Associate
Greenlight Planet is looking for driven, passionate, socially minded business development professionals to join its newly created Global Partnerships team in Nairobi, Kenya. Through strategic partnerships, Greenlight Planet has introduced its Sun King™ line of solar lanterns to almost 15 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. As the driving force behind generating new sales leads and contacts, the New Business Development associate will be a prized asset to the Global Partnerships team. The successful candidate will be a strong communicator with great ability to identify strong sales leads, pitch to new clients and maintain a good working relationship with new contacts.
Desired Skills & Experience
The ideal candidate for Business Development Associate:
- Is mission-driven, entrepreneurial and passionate about making a significant difference in the world
- Has 3+ years experience in sales, marketing and new lead generation.
- Has lived and worked in sub-Saharan Africa
- Enjoys the challenge of working independently and creatively with a fast-growing global enterprise
- Likes getting hands on and figuring out how to grow a business
- Identifies trendsetter ideas by researching industry and related events, publications, and announcements; tracking individual contributors and their accomplishments.
- Independently identifies and proposes potential business opportunities by hunting for new potential partners and customers in a range of African markets.
- Meets monthly and quarterly targets by developing and managing evaluations to closure.
- Has a go-getter approach and enjoys the thrill of chasing challenging targets and closing business on regular basis.
- Can tell a great story; communicates clearly, effectively and could capture the interest and attention of 2 or 20 or 200 people at a time.
- Is fluent in English and ideally speaks some French.
Greenlight Planet offers a competitive salary, a fun, supportive work environment and opportunities for continued professional growth within a fast-growing global enterprise. If this sounds like your kind of place, please submit an application online at http://greenlightplanet.recruiterbox.com/jobs/9247 or send your resume and cover letter to greenlightplanet+GRNL0814@applications.recruiterbox.com with ‘New Business Associate’ in your subject line.
Company Description
Greenlight Planet’s mission is to replace the dirty, dangerous and expensive kerosene lanterns used by 1.6 billion off-grid people in Asia and Africa. Our products are designed from the ground up to meet the needs of price-sensitive off-grid consumers.
Life for families change once Sun King™ products enter the home: children can study at night, breadwinners can extend their income earning hours, and carcinogenic fumes are eliminated. Within months of displaced kerosene consumption, the Sun King has entirely paid for itself and families enjoy a net savings for years and years.
We’re developing truly innovative distribution, financial and partnership models to reach even the most isolated, price-sensitive families around the globe. And we are growing quickly.
Global Partnerships - New Business Associate, Nairobi
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