Sales Training Manager

Country: Kenya

Organization: Solar Panda

Closing date: 30 Nov 2022

About Solar Panda

Solar Panda is a high-growth, clean-tech company providing home solar systems and appliances to customers in Kenya without access to electricity. Our pay-as-you-go model allows families to afford reliable electricity and life-changing appliances that can drastically improve their lives. Over 1 billion people in the world lack access to electricity, and we believe that access to electricity should be a right for everyone, everywhere.

Solar Panda is the fastest growing company ever in this industry and in less than 5 years is bringing light to over 1,000,000 Kenyans and adding hundreds of new customers each day. We have 37 shops throughout Kenya, 300 full-time employees and over 1000 commission-based field agents. And we are just getting started with plans to add new products and expand to additional countries. Solar Panda is led by a small team of Canadian tech entrepreneurs with a track record of success. Find us at www.solarpanda.com.

Role Profile

This is a strategic role whose mandate is to own and optimize training and instructional content initiatives, build and manage the Training team, oversee cross-team coordination efforts, and collect and analyze performance data to maximize impact. This position is a full-time position.

Duties and responsibilities

• Develop and refine sales training curriculum for Field Sales Managers and commission-based Field Sales Agents, including the design of dynamic and interactive training modules.


• Supervise, manage, and lead regional sales trainers to ensure effective deployment and excellent execution of training programs across the regions.


• Ongoing tracking and assessment of training programs to ensure that they are meeting business needs and improving performance.


• Stay up to date with current training practices, training methods, learning tools, and learning deployment devices and technologies.

Academic Qualification & Work Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in business or education field.


• 5+ years of relevant professional experience with increasing responsibility


• 3+ years’ experience in developing and delivering training content in a business setting


• 2+ years management of direct reports

Personal Attributes

• Exceptional leadership and people management skills


• Professional sales training is a significant advantage


• Excellence in team building and motivational skills.


• Excellence in written and oral communication.


• Strong planning and organizational skills.

How to apply

If this position sounds like a good fit for you, please submit your cover letter and CV to RecruitmentKE@solarpanda.comon or before 30th November 2022. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Kindly reference the job title in your application.

Solar Panda Kenya Limited is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, or disability.

Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply for this position.

Solar Panda does not charge any fees on recruitment.