About This Role
This is a field-based sales role with Transsion Manufacturing, a company better known in Ethiopia for its consumer electronics brands, now pushing into solar backup solutions. The job is less about engineering and more about getting in front of homeowners, businesses, and institutions to sell panels, inverters, and battery systems. It suits someone early in their sales career who is comfortable knocking on doors and explaining technical products in simple terms.
What the Requirements Say About This Role
The junior seniority band combined with the product range suggests the employer wants someone who can learn the technical side quickly but is judged mainly on hustle and closing ability. Asking for a "results-driven" and "customer-focused" profile signals that relationship-building and persistence matter more than prior solar expertise. The breadth of customer segments—residential through institutional—implies the rep must adapt their pitch constantly rather than rely on one script.
How to Approach This Application
Lead with any track record of field sales, direct customer visits, or hitting targets, even if it was in a different product category. If you have exposure to electronics, power products, or technical goods, make that explicit since it shortens your learning curve. Expect the employer to probe how you find new customers and handle rejection—prepare concrete examples rather than general claims.
Who This Role Suits
Best suited to an outgoing junior salesperson eager to build a career in renewable energy sales, ideally with some B2B or door-to-door experience. Competition is likely moderate, and demonstrable drive will matter more than credentials.
About the Role
Transsion Manufacturing PLC is looking for a motivated, results-driven, and customer-focused Solar System Sales Representative to join our team in Addis Ababa.
The successful candidate will be responsible for promoting and selling innovative solar backup solutions to residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional customers. This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about sales, customer relationships, and renewable energy solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify and develop new sales opportunities across residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional markets.
- Promote and sell solar panels, hybrid inverters, lithium batteries, all-in-one solar systems, and related accessories.
- Visit potential customers, deliver product presentations, and recommend suitable solutions based on their power requirements and budgets.
- Prepare quotations, negotiate sales agreements, and follow up on customer inquiries.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, contractors, distributors, EPC companies, retailers, and real estate developers.
- Develop and maintain a customer database and an effective sales pipeline.
- Achieve monthly and annual sales targets.
- Monitor market trends, identify new business opportunities, and analyze competitor activities.
- Coordinate with technical teams to ensure appropriate product recommendations and customer satisfaction.
- Bachelor's degree or diploma in Marketing, Management, Business Administration, Electrical Engineering, Renewable Energy, or a related field.
- A minimum of 1–2 years of relevant work experience in sales, preferably in solar energy, electrical equipment, inverters, batteries, or related industries.
- Basic knowledge of solar panels, hybrid inverters, lithium batteries, and solar backup systems is an advantage.
- Understanding of residential and commercial power backup solutions is preferred.
- Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and customer service skills.
- Good business development, lead generation, and customer relationship management abilities.
- Ability to identify sales opportunities, negotiate with customers, and achieve sales targets.
- Self-motivated, proactive, target-oriented, and willing to learn about solar energy products and solutions.
- Key Competencies
- Sales and Negotiation
- Customer Relationship Management
- Technical Product Knowledge
- Business Development and Lead Generation
- Market Research and Competitor Analysis
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to submit their CV and relevant supporting documents
Email:transsionmanufacturing@gmail.com
Subject: Application for Solar System Sales Representative
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