Carbon Sales Executive
Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
Date Posted | April 8, 2023 |
Category |
Sales and Marketing
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Job Type |
Full-time
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Currency | KES |
Description

BURN designs, manufactures, and distributes aspirational fuel-efficient cooking products that save lives and forests in the developing world.BURN has revolutionized the global cookstove sector by proving the business case for selling a high quality, locally manufactured and unsubsidized cookstoves.Since 2013, BURN has sold 200,000+ high quality, locally manufactured and unsubsidized jikokoas â„¢ stoves in East Africa. These stoves have helped 1,000,000+ beneficiaries save $39 million in fuel expenditures and 626,221 tons of wood while reducing indoor air pollution by 65%. BURN currently sells ~10,000 stoves per month and intend to double sales by the end of 2017.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Execution of the Carbon Sales Desk strategies and key deliverables developed by the Head of the Carbon Sales Desk.
- Strategic management of projects and relationships with existing partnerships.
- Track strategic projects and initiatives across global regions.
- Reach out to new customers and identify further sale opportunities.
- Build and maintain a customer database portfolio.
- Gather critical international market information on carbon offsetting markets and other key sector areas.
- Understanding client needs and helping them develop bespoke solutions to offset their emissions and address climate change goals.
Skills and Experience
- 3 years experience in the impact-related industry such as aid, development, and carbon industries
- A University Degree
- Sales, Marketing, and Business Development experience in consumer durable goods in last-mile distribution.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to engage key stakeholders and partnerships.
- A confident, adaptable, self-starter.
- Detail-oriented and organized.
- Enthusiastic and entrepreneurial skills.
- International Markets experience
- Relevant knowledge of carbon markets, SDG, and climate change.
- Ability to carry out excellent strategic research on a diverse range of subjects