Sales Team Lead

Sales
Lagos State
October 31, 2025
Full Time

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Job Description


Ignite Energy Access is Africa’s leading distributed renewable energy provider, delivering state-of-the-art solutions that enable reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy access to millions across the continent.

Operating across 13 countries, we are building the infrastructure of the future – reliable, clean, and accessible to everyone, everywhere. Positioned at the forefront of technological disruption and climate finance leadership, Ignite Energy Access is accelerating the shift to next-generation utility services,

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Sales Team Lead

Locations: Lokoja, Kogi and Ilorin, Kwara
Employment Type: Contract

Job Overview

  • The Sales Team Lead will be stationed in the preferred location and be responsible for leading and managing a team of sales agents, installation technicians, dual contractors and their customers – responsible for the full customer cycle i.e., sell, fulfil, maintain and recover.
  • The successful candidate must be a detail-oriented professional with strong critical thinking skills and a demonstrated track record of effective sales work.

Key Responsibilities, Deliverables & Activities
Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement the sales operational strategies within allocated area, as well as align with the area sales target.
  • Organizing sales activities and functions in the field to achieve targets, revenue and desired quality sales.
  • Managing installation technicians and maintenance technicians
  • Training and coaching of sales agents on topics including pitching, sales conversation, closing and building strong and long-lasting relationships with customers.

Deliverables and Activities:

  • Participating in the recruitment of new staff and training of existing staff in applicable policies, guidelines provided by State Sales Manager and credit departmental standards.
  • Conduct periodic performance review and provide feedback to the sales agents.
  • Supervise the prompt high-quality system installations at the customers premises or any other location as directed by IgniteEnergy Access.
  • Support recruitment and coordinate installation technicians and maintenance technicians to ensure large solar home systems are installed and maintained.
  • Review monthly commission payments, follow up on faulty installations and inform finance department about deductions.
  • Providing regular portfolio & compliance reports to State Sales Manager and credit control team
  • Support quarterly inventory audits for service center and POS in the location.

Qualifications

  • B.Sc Degree, HND, NCE, ND or its Equivalent.

Required Skills and Experience:

  • 1 – 3 years of working within the core field sales team
  • Previous experience in a managerial position is an added advantage
  • Ability and passion for coaching and training.
  • Good problem-solving skills (solutions-oriented)
  • Good influencing and negotiation skills
  • Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
  • Excellent verbal communication skills with a customer focus
  • Computer literate, team player and dynamic self-starter.
  • Willing to travel/assign in any geographic area in Nigeria
  • Fluent in English.
  • Must have Solar Sales experience.
  • Mobility is an added advantage

Application Closing Date
10th November, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates shouldsend their CV and stated the location you are applying for to: boniface.musa@engie.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

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