Sales Executive - Onitsha

Role Overview Imagine leading a team that isn’t just selling products but creating connections and empowering people in your community. As our Sales Executive, you will be the force behind the scenes, monitoring and delivering sales targets, developing local networks, and ensuring that every customer interaction reflects the values that make M-KOPA the trusted brand it is today.

Success in this role will rely on your ability to recruit, train, and mentor a field-based team of Direct Sales Representatives (DSRs). You will guide them, challenge them, and help them exceed their targets by crafting powerful sales and marketing strategies. Your leadership will shape their success, and by extension, the success of the business.

What You’ll Do

• Monitor and deliver sales targets
• Develop local networks and customer relationships
• Recruit, train, and mentor a field-based team of Direct Sales Representatives (DSRs)
• Craft powerful sales and marketing strategies
• Monitor and analyze marketing campaigns, fine-tuning them to drive results
• Ensure comprehensive reporting that shapes future strategies
• Handle DSR inventory management
• Manage audit recommendations in line with company policies
• Constantly learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment

What You’ll Need

• Experience in Sales within FinTech, Microfinance, Telecommunications, FMCG, or related industries
• Strong sales and negotiation skills to surpass targets
• Expertise in team motivation and leadership
• Ability to identify growth opportunities and maximize performance
• Process-oriented mindset
• Ability to build strong relationships with customers and team members

Why M-KOPA? At M-KOPA, we empower our people to own their careers through diverse development programs, coaching partnerships, and on-the-job training. We support individual journeys with family-friendly policies, prioritize well-being, and embrace flexibility.

Recognized four times by the Financial Times as one Africa’s fastest growing companies (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026), named on CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Companies 2025 & 2026 and by TIME100 Most influential companies in the world 2023 and 2024, we’ve served over 10 million customers, unlocking $2 billion in cumulative credit for the everyday earners across Africa, in addition to over 10,000 e-bikes financed in Kenya.

M-KOPA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse, broadly trained staff.