Commercial Associate

COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATE: JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Uganda (work from home)

Duties And Responsibilities 

  1. Providing the sales/commercial team with the requisite support that will enable acceleration of sales. This includes:Developing and refining sales templates and communication e.g proposals, concept notes and presentationsDeveloping and improving sales toolsCarrying out market research
  2. Developing and refining sales templates and communication e.g proposals, concept notes and presentations
  3. Developing and improving sales tools
  4. Carrying out market research
  5. Handling some sales directly which will include:Setting up and attending client meetings/callsContacting prospective clients and prequalifying them based on their needs vs Pula products and modelLiaising with relevant teams internally to ensure the client has accurate and reliable informationFollow up with clients to ensure you close the deal.
  6. Setting up and attending client meetings/calls
  7. Contacting prospective clients and prequalifying them based on their needs vs Pula products and model
  8. Liaising with relevant teams internally to ensure the client has accurate and reliable information
  9. Follow up with clients to ensure you close the deal.
  10. Any other duties as assigned to you by your manager.

Knowledge & Skills Required

  1. Strong customer service focus with a highly professional attitude and approach to business
  2. Must possess strong verbal and written communication and organizational skills
  3. Must have the ability to handle multiple and changing priorities in a fast-paced team environment
  4. Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision

Minimum Education & Experience Required

  • University degree with First Class or Upper Second honours
  • Experience in a professional setting is required
  • Sales experience would be preferable - kindly highlight it in your CV
Reimagining agricultural insurance to protect smallholders worldwide. At Pula, we are radically restructuring insurance, using technology and parametric insurance to insure the previously unbanked, uninsured, untapped market of 1.5 billion smallholders worldwide. We work across Africa and Asia, and in 2019 alone, we facilitated crop and livestock insurance cover to 1.1mln farmers and have offered our products in 11 markets from Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique. Since starting in 2015 our products have reached over 3.4mln households. Our Founders work in insurance has been recognized by several international awards including the Financial Times/IFC Award for Sustainable Finance, the Singapore Fintech Festival, Womens World Banking, Credit Suisse, and InsureTech3.0. We partner with organisations across multiple value chains, from agriculture to renewable energy including Fortune 500 Companies, Global NGO’s, Microfinance Instructions, Research Institutions, and Governments to help provide households the protection they need in an increasingly unpredictable climate.