Overview
Job Title: Associate Human Resource Business Partner, EasyBuy Direct
Job location: Arusha
Sun King
The team you’d be joining:
The Sun King’s Human Resources team oversees the operations and productivity of over 2,800 employees and 20,000 commission sales agents worldwide. Sun King’s human resources function is dynamic and people-focused, reflecting the company’s growth strategy.
About the role:
The Associate Human Resource Business Partner for EasyBuy will collaborate closely with the field sales teams to guarantee the successful implementation of end-to-end HR activities at the field level, driving operational excellence and supporting team performance.
What you will be asked to do:
- Collaborate with EasyBuy Direct and other field managers to connect HR strategies with corporate objectives, create field-specific HR initiatives, and give evidence-based insights to help sales teams succeed.
- To facilitate recruitment and onboarding for field sales positions while maintaining diversity and gender balance. Determine training requirements, assist learning and development programs, and build career development goals for personnel.
- As the key HR point of contact for field sales teams, you will answer concerns, resolve problems, and build engagement initiatives to improve motivation, retention, and alignment with the company’s values.
- To oversee the entire performance management process, including performance reviews, improvement plans, disciplinary meetings, and acknowledgment of outstanding performers.
- To promote the company’s values and create a positive work environment through culture-building activities and effective change management strategies.
- To use HR data to analyze trends, offer areas for improvement, and ensure that all field operations follow labor laws and business regulations.
- To partner with managers to address performance concerns, and provide them with the tools and training they need to effectively manage and develop their teams.
You may be a strong candidate if you have:
- A bachelor’s degree in human resource management, business administration, or a similar discipline.
- Two – five (2-5) years of HR experience, including at least one year in a field-based or sales-focused position.
- A proven ability to collaborate effectively with sales teams while understanding their particular demands and challenges.
- A strong interpersonal and communication skills required to establish relationships with employees at all levels and create teamwork.
- Experience with HR analytics and reporting, as well as the ability to handle several priorities in a fast-paced setting.
- Comprehensive understanding of labour regulations, HR best practices, and their application in field operations.
- The ability to spend at least 70% of the time at field meetings and collaborating with various field sales teams.
The Sun King offers:
- The professional advancement in a dynamic, fast developing, high-social-impact industry.
- Open-minded, collaborative culture comprised of enthusiastic colleagues who are motivated by the challenge of innovation with a significant impact on people and the environment.
- A truly multicultural experience: you will have the opportunity to collaborate and learn from people from all locations, nations, and backgrounds.
- The Sun Center for Leadership provides structured, targeted learning and development programs that will help you become a better leader, manager, and professional.
We prioritize maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment.
We do believe that variety across all spectrums fosters innovation and understanding. We aim to ensure that every Sun King team member feels like they belong, and we recognize that maintaining an inclusive workplace needs conscious effort and is a constant journey rather than a destination.
The Sun King hires, trains, pays, and promotes employees based on their experience, talents, effort, and performance. We categorically prohibit discrimination based on race, religion, caste, national origin, color, gender, marital status, family structure, sexual orientation, HIV/AIDS status, or disability.
Concern/About the Sun King:
The Sun King is the world’s premier off-grid solar energy firm, merging cutting-edge product design, finance, and field operations to provide electricity to the 1.8 billion people who do not have access to an affordable and reliable electric grid. Sun King has connected more than 20 million houses to solar power in Africa and Asia, with over 200,000 added each month.
The Sun King makes solar goods affordable to low-income households and businesses by offering ‘pay-as-you-go’ purchase finance. Sun King installs solar after clients make a nominal deposit. Customers then make modest, manageable payments, as little as US $0.11 per day, using mobile money or cash.
Beside /instead of paying for expensive, polluting, and health-damaging kerosene for lighting or diesel for power, customers can save money by using solar power, and after one to two years of payments, they will own their solar equipment completely. To date, our Sun King solar products have saved clients over $4 billion total.
The Sun King accepts payments digitally through mobile money systems and 28,000 field agents, totaling over 650,000 payments every day. Each Sun King device contains embedded electronics that manage usage depending on payments, similar to how a pre-paid cellphone or power meter operates.
Sun King’s products cater to a wide range of income segments and energy needs, from low-cost solar systems that provide home lighting and phone charging to powerful solar inverters that can power high-energy appliances such as laptops, computers, refrigerators, and more, effectively acting as a full replacement for grid power. Sun King is expanding its product and service offerings to include clean cooking, electric transportation, entertainment, and more, leveraging its established distribution network and brand, with the goal of meeting the requirements of underserved people.
The Sun King employs 2,800 full-time employees in 12 countries, with specialties including product design, data science, logistics, customer service, sales, software, operations, and more – all with a desire to help off-grid households.
The Sun King is dedicated to gender diversity in the workplace. Women account for 44% of Sun King’s workforce.
