Who Are We?
We are a startup dedicated to increasing smallholder farmers’ income in Sub-Saharan Africa. Over 70% of the working population is employed in the agricultural sector. We provide a complete package for farmers to enable productive & lucrative farming, while visualizing their potential with technology. Our journey has just begun, and we aim to triple the income of 30 million farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030.
The Role
Degas Ghana Limited currently has an opening for a Sales Executive. The individual will be part of a growing team, offering specialized support in collaboration-building and delivering implementation support in a pivotal role towards achieving the sales targets and instantly generating revenue for the organization. The performance of the role will be primarily made by the sales of maize. And the location of the role is not strictly restricted to Accra as the business operations are largely in the Northern part of Ghana.
Who Are You
Passionate and motivated. Driven with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward-thinking and committed. At Degas, we embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you, please read on!
Responsibilities
- Identifying clients to find new sales opportunities and closing deals to make sales of maize and other crops
- Developing and maintaining relationships with existing clients
- Scheduling sales timeline to sell products on time with maximizing profits
- Handling and resolving customer complaints to keep customer satisfactions
- Serving as the face of the organization to internal and external partners on sales
- Preparing sales budgets and projections
- Other administrative work
Basic Qualification
- A minimum of 3~5 years of working experience as a B2B Sales Executive
- Experiences of FMCG products sales
Preferred Qualification
- Experience in maize sales will be an added advantage
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in any related field
In addition, the ideal candidate will demonstrate the following competencies and skill sets:
- Share a startup company mindset, self-starter and comfortable with getting things up and running from scratch.
- Excellent active listening, negotiation and presentation skills
- Passion for business growing
- Ability to work well with colleagues who have different background and culture