PayGo Phones Business Manager
Sun King
Sales & Business Development
Kenya
Posted on Nov 27, 2025
Job Location: Nairobi, Kenya
About the role:
The PayGo Phones Business Manager, reporting to the VP PayGo , ESA , will be accountable for driving phone sales, collections and entire channel operations in the country for phones sold on a Pay-As-You-Go basis (also called and recognized as the "EasyBuy" Business unit). This is done through an extensive network of agents called “Phone Selling Agents” who sell through traded activations , P2P , door-to-door utilizing the EasyBuy technology and services that allow customers to purchase phones by paying for their devices in small instalments, thus ensuring they are highly affordable for urban , peri-urban or rural customers.
The PayGo Phones Business Manager is ultimately accountable for generating phone sales, ensuring collections are timely and accurate and keeping the entire direct distribution network growing rapidly in a sustainable manner, with the help of his team that typically consists of Sales Managers, Area Trade Developers and Phone Selling Agents.
About the role:
The PayGo Phones Business Manager, reporting to the VP PayGo , ESA , will be accountable for driving phone sales, collections and entire channel operations in the country for phones sold on a Pay-As-You-Go basis (also called and recognized as the "EasyBuy" Business unit). This is done through an extensive network of agents called “Phone Selling Agents” who sell through traded activations , P2P , door-to-door utilizing the EasyBuy technology and services that allow customers to purchase phones by paying for their devices in small instalments, thus ensuring they are highly affordable for urban , peri-urban or rural customers.
The PayGo Phones Business Manager is ultimately accountable for generating phone sales, ensuring collections are timely and accurate and keeping the entire direct distribution network growing rapidly in a sustainable manner, with the help of his team that typically consists of Sales Managers, Area Trade Developers and Phone Selling Agents.
- Department
- EasyBuy Direct Sales
- Employment Type
- Permanent - Full Time
- Location
- Kenya
- Workplace type
- Onsite
What you will be expected to do:
1. Channel Acquisition and Development
- Manage the Recruitment, Training and onboarding of new phone selling agents specialised in selling Sun King phones or any other available brands.
- Oversee the growth of engaged agent base of phone selling agents as per set goals in the annual operating rhythm.
- Drive the categorisation of engaged agents based on sales productivity and prioritise agents development.
2. Revenue and Productivity
- Develop Strategic plans to achieve set Revenue goals on number of units of phone sold by month and year.
- Set up plans to grow and meet specific phone model goals driving unique sales strategies aimed at growing each phone segment or model.
- Work with the team to ensure optimum channel revenue growth by driving agent productivity.
3. Portfolio Repayment Management
- Ensure the the overall phone portfolio achieve set Phones Quality of Sale goals.
- Develop strategies and intervention that will improve repayments by tracking agents portfolio repayment performance , default rates and at risk accounts.
- Streamline phones replacement and warranty process to improve overall repayments and customer satisfaction.
4. Agent Branding , Engagement and Assistance
- Ensure that all phone selling agents are properly branded with all merchandise and collateral distributed timely and effectively.
- Frequent agent meeting and visits to improve engagement , work on resolutions and build relationships.
- Ensure optimum stocking achieving set inventory levels as well as adhering to set guidelines and processes.
5. Strategic Trade and Channel Activations
- In teamwork with the marketing team, plan for strategic activation and awareness campaigns to improve brand awareness and drive sales.
- Engage the phone selling agents into planning daily localised activities that are relevant to area operations , strengths and abilities.
- Plan for periodic campaigns and awards to motivate agents and improving channel growth and retention.
6. Team Management
- Optimum staffing based on projected business growth and expansions.
- Proper and timely communication of goals to the direct reports ensuring each one is aligned to expectation.
- Periodic reviews and strategy setting with teams ensuring that the channel remains on track to deliver set goals.
- Mentoring the team and keeping them motivated for optimum performance and retention.
You might be a strong candidate if you have:
- A bachelors degree in a business-related field or a minimum of six (6) years working in a field sales role in the FMCG, microfinance, banking or telecom industries (an MBA will be an advantage).
- A strong background in agents management and channel development with bias towards devices.
- Strong people-focused skills as a team partner, enabling you to mentor teams to deliver on expectations.
- Deep knowledge of both urban, peri-urban and rural markets.
- Basic digital literacy (CRM, stock tools).
- Strong communication and problem-solving abilities.
- Willingness to travel extensively (5 days/week in the field).
- Comfort working with MS Excel and PowerPoint.
What Sun King offers
- A platform for professional growth in a rapidly expanding, high-impact sector.
- Immerse in a collaborative culture, energized by employees of Sun King who are collectively motivated by fostering a transformative, sustainable venture.
- A genuinely global environment: Engage and learn alongside a diverse group from varied geographies and backgrounds.
- Tailored learning pathways through the Sun King Center for Leadership to elevate your leadership and managerial capabilities.
We place great importance on sustaining a diverse, inclusive work environment.
We believe that innovation and understanding comes from diversity on every spectrum. We work to make sure every Sun King team member knows that they belong, knowing that sustaining an inclusive workplace requires conscious effort and is a continuous journey, not an end-state.
Sun King recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes people based on their experience, skills, effort, and results. We explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, religion, caste, national origin, color, gender, marital status, family structure, sexual orientation, HIV/AIDS status, or disability.
About Sun King
Sun King is the world’s leading off-grid solar energy company, combining cutting-edge product design, fintech, and field operations to deliver energy access for the 1.8 billion people who live without an affordable and reliable electric-grid connection. Sun King has connected more than 20 million homes to solar power across Africa and Asia, adding over 200,000 homes each month.
Sun King makes solar products affordable to low-income households and businesses via ‘pay-as-you-go’ purchase financing. Sun King installs solar after customers pay a small deposit. Customers then make small, manageable payments of as little as US $0.11 a day via mobile money or cash.
Instead of paying for expensive, polluting, and health-damaging kerosene for lighting or diesel for power, customers unlock savings through accessing solar power and after one to two years of payments, customers own their solar equipment outright. To date, our Sun King solar products have saved customers more than $4 billion cumulatively.
Sun King collects payments digitally through mobile money systems and its 28,000 field agents — over 650,000 payments each day. Embedded electronics inside each Sun King device regulate usage based on payments, similar to the operation of a pre-paid mobile or electricity meter.
Sun King collects payments digitally through mobile money systems and its 28,000 field agents — over 650,000 payments each day. Embedded electronics inside each Sun King device regulate usage based on payments, similar to the operation of a pre-paid mobile or electricity meter.
From cost-effective solar systems that provide home lighting and phone charging to robust solar inverters that can power high-energy appliances such as laptops, computers, refrigerators, and more, effectively acting as a full stand-in for grid power, Sun King’s products cater to a wide range of income segments and energy needs. Leveraging its proven distribution network and brand, Sun King is expanding its range of products and services to encompass clean cooking, electric mobility, entertainment, and more, aiming to address the needs of our underserved customers.
Sun King employs 2,800 full-time staff in 12 countries, with specialties spanning product design, data science, logistics, customer service, sales, software, operations, and more — all with a passion to serve off-grid families.
Sun King is committed to gender diversity in the workplace. Women represent 44% of Sun King’s workforce.
