Husk Power Systems (“Husk”) is an award-winning clean energy company serving rural India and Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2023, it was named “World’s Best Challenger Brand” in the energy industry and is a 3-time Global Cleantech 100 company. The company’s AI-powered rural energy platform provides 24/7 renewable power to rural households, commercial customers, institutions, and small factories.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Head, EEDs Business
Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time
Reports to: Global Head, EEDs
Role Summary
- The Head, EEDs Business is a senior management position responsible for the strategy, growth, and achievement of the rapidly growing eB2C and eB2B appliances business lines and for various mini-grid sites including exploring any other markets.
- The Head, EEDs Business, will own all plans and strategies for developing the business and creating a first-mover giant in the rural eB2C & eB2B space.
- This position provides the opportunity to join a growing team that is changing the face of rural electrification in India and Nigeria and reports to the Global Head, EEDs with a dotted line to the Country Director.
Key Responsibilities
General:
- Responsible for P&L and market share-driven growth decisions for the eB2C & eB2B business
- Responsible for end-to-end growth of the overall business: Monitoring, analyzing, and forecasting tracking progress for sales, customer management, and operational parameters.
- Market sizing the overall geography and expanding into cities and districts across the territories.
- Responsible for customer penetration and maximization of customer density and customer output in the region
- Coordination and follow-up with cross-functional teams, for growth and relationship management of existing business.
- Maintaining relationships with the Key Community Leaders in the designated area and mentoring the team toward the right relationship management with their respective leaders
- Building and leading functions including sales, marketing, customer relationship, operations, and fulfillment through logistics, procurement, and software platforms.
- Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performance team for sales, marketing, and operations by setting clear goals and providing ongoing coaching and support.
- Drive results by setting clear performance expectations, constantly monitoring and driving individual and team performance, and recognizing and rewarding high achievers.
Innovation & Growth:
- Guide marketing to drive pricing, offline and digital offers, loyalty programs, and product portfolio strategy.
- Collaborate with the tech team to develop, implement, and continuously improve customer and internal-facing software solutions.
- Drive operations and logistics to drive cost, forecast, fulfillment, deliveries, and value-added services.
- Work closely with accounts and finance to manage business KPIs.
Drive P&L KPIs:
- Leverage the Husk brand and own personal network to build processes for customer acquisition, retention, and loyalty.
- Drive data-driven insights leading to sales, profitability, and customer strategies.
- Own all parts of the customer journey by creating a deep and wide funnel from lead generation to customer satisfaction.
- Own and drive customer relationships
- Be responsible for payments and collection of outstanding amounts from customers.
- Bring extreme discipline to all offline and online processes.
Reporting and Dashboarding:
- Be the organization’s eyes and ears to understand and build on market trends.
- Be the voice of the business unit, leading reporting at daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly levels, to be shared at CXO and investors’ level.
- Analyze sales data, market trends, and competitive activity to identify areas for improvement and provide actionable insights to senior management.
Qualifications
Required Skills & Attributes:
- 12+ years of relevant business leadership experience, preferably in the consumer durables or white goods segments
- 5+ years of experience in leading high-performing sales teams
- Experience in handling large, multi-tiered, geographically spread sales teams.
- Strong experience in high-growth tech start-ups, preferably focused on Tier-2 markets with MSME customers/ retailers/businesses.
- Very strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions, and recommendations, and drive actions.
- Strength in problem-solving, issue-resolution, ability to work in a deadline-driven work environment, attention to detail, and ability to multitask.
- You have no issues working in (and living around) rural Nigeria and in a fast-paced, dynamic start-up environment.
Location and Travel:
- This role is based in Abuja Nigeria requires frequent travel to other areas of Husk Plant locations and other parts of the country.
Salary
- Based on the candidate’s experience and qualifications, salary can be negotiated, if required.
Deadline: 6th December, 2023.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
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