Sales Trainee
Kwara, Kenya
Job Description
Join Kwara as a sales trainee, and boost your commercial career!
Are you eager to fast-track your career in sales and go for the big bucks? Then apply for the Kwara Sales Traineeship!
What you can expect:
- Be part of a fast-growing sales team in a fintech startup
- Learn how to build and grow a successful B2B sales pipeline
- Grow a target-oriented mindset
- Learn about B2B technology sales to SACCOs
- Understand how data impacts sales success
- Join a team of other trainees who will learn along with you, led by one of Kwara’s co-founders and supported by a successful Sales Manager
A day in the life of a Sales Trainee means:
- Seeking and gathering data on SACCOs across Kenya
- Giving potential customers a demo of our core banking platform
- Creating market insights to help map out SACCOs in Kenya
- Using and updating the company CRM
- Taking ownership of SACCOs deals from introduction to signing
- Improving the Sales department with your insights and experience
Requirements
What do we expect from you?
- You are driven to use your sales experience in a fintech startup
- You are eager to learn independently and with others
- You are autonomous in problem-solving and taking initiative
- You deeply care about targets and numbers
- You communicate excellently with all stakeholders, internal and external
Program overview
- Two weeks of intensive sales training
- Two weeks of pipeline building
- Five months of execution
- A review will take place one month before the end of your traineeship
- Your traineeship stipend will be KES 20,000 per month
- Your traineeship commission will be 15% of annual subscription revenue, which can go up to KES 60,000 per month
- The company provides travel and airtime allowance
- If you hit your targets by at least 70%, you will be offered a full-time role in our Sales Team
Benefits
What there is for you
Culture amp; Values
Kwara has a culture that emphasizes sustainable processes, open communication, and work-life balance. We value diversity and believe that a broad range of experiences makes us stronger. This is especially important including diverse racial backgrounds and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Our Investors
Kwara is a well-funded venture-backed startup by Softbank, Finparx, Google, Norrsken, FINCA Ventures, Catalyst Fund and Kepple.
Care for the Kwaran!
We care deeply about Kwaran's experience and aim to provide tools and systems that Sales Pros will rave about. The team has collectively had a great deal of experience building fintech and developer-facing products in Africa and other emerging markets.