KickStart International prides itself in being an award – winning, global nonprofit social enterprise that develops and mass – markets low-cost irrigation solutions that are bought by thousands of small-holder farmers in developing countries and used to increase their income by up to a factor of ten, enabling them to lift themselves sustainably out of poverty.

Role Purpose:
Enlist groups of farmers in the designated areas
Make all the scheduled visits to each group of farmers as agreed with the group and the supervisor
Identify and contact potential partners in the region to get them to buy pumps or to connect KickStart with the farmers they are working with for the purpose of making pump sales to them.
Create awareness and convince farmers to purchase MoneyMaker pumps
Create and follow up on the prospects to close a sale
Market test various physical products as may be developed by the Innovation Hub.
Carry out farm demonstrations to the farmers who desire to understand the pump
Ensure that the dealer assigned to them have all the appropriate marketing collaterals

Scope of Role:
Reports to: Partnership and Sales Regional Manager

Staff directly reporting to this post: None

Works with: Other Partnership and Sales Officer in the region, Dealers, Partners, Group leaders

Key Areas of Accountability:
Daily reports on all activities carried out
Ensure that all documentation of the areas visited including a Geo-tagged photo are up loaded into the Drop box
Ensure that all the sales documentation are made including contracts, guarantee forms are all made and passed on to the supervisor
Groups are met on time, according to the schedule and all prospects are recorded

Qualifications and Experience
KSCE
Certificate in sales and marketing
Proven ability to handle challenging work load
Cross-cultural experience, understanding and sensitivity;
Excellent interpersonal and written and oral communication skills;
Commitment to KickStart’s values
Skills and Behaviours
Experience selling assets to rural markets
Experience working with retail markets

If you feel you are the right candidate for this position, please send your CV and cover letter to hr@kickstart.org quoting the title on the subject line before COB 30th March, 2016

See www.KickStart.org for more information