Country Lead

Black Pen Recruitment; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative pay-as-you-go solar startup in Cape Town is seeking a dynamic individual to manage country operations and support various initiatives. The role involves leading with accountability, engaging in problem-solving, and connecting across cultural boundaries. Candidates with a Bachelor's degree and relevant experience are encouraged to apply. The company offers a hybrid working model, exciting travel opportunities, and a supportive startup culture where responsibilities are embraced from day one.

Benefits

Great offices at the V&A Waterfront

Opportunity to participate in ESOP

Exciting travel opportunities

Flexible paid time off

Qualifications

• Exceptional graduates or 03 years of experience in high-growth or socially impactful organizations.
• Demonstrated experience in managing projects and seeing them through.

Responsibilities

• Lead country operations with functional heads to manage P&L.
• Solve commercial problems and demonstrate accountability.
• Support various functions as needed including sales, marketing, and operations.

Skills

Administrative Skills

Facilities Management

Biotechnology

Creative Production

Design And Estimation

Architecture

Education

Bachelors in Commerce, Science or Engineering

Job description

Our client is an innovative pay-as-you-go solar startup. They make life better for everyday households in Africa where they build amazing tech to help bring access to energy internet and opportunity to people who otherwise wouldnt. Our client is a dynamic hardworking team that values flexibility and focuses on results over office hours. They are resourceful and budget-conscious whether they are traveling or working. They believe in resilience self-reliance and long-term sustainability. With our client your career growth is driven by your ambitions from expanding your role to exploring new areas of the business.

Location: Cape Town South Africa

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Type: Full time / Permanent

Requirements

• Education: Bachelors in Commerce Science or Engineering university degree
• Experience: Exceptional graduates welcome or 03 years of professional experience ideally including exposure to high-growth emerging-market or socially impactful organisations.
• Entrepreneurship: Demonstrated experience of bringing a project to life and owning its outcome. It doesnt necessarily have to be a company but should be a project that has an impact on the lives of others.

Responsibilities

• Practice Entrepreneurship: Your level of responsibility is not determined by your age or experience its dependent on how much accountability you take and how effectively you can solve commercial problems - these are the hallmarks of a great this role and throughout the career path beyond Country Lead these are the skills you will hone.
• Manage country operations: Youll be a leader from day one. Your role will entail working with functional heads (Sales Credit People) to manage the profit & loss of a country. Imagine troubleshooting sales issues training & developing in-country operations team members and managing the financial outcomes of the business.
• Connect across cultures: Working with our client gives you the opportunity to visit the countries we operate inMalawi Rwanda Uganda Zambia or Nigeriaand meet team members and customers in the local context. Youll need to be able to communicate connect and manage performance across cultural boundaries.
• Support with ad-hoc projects: Roles with our client are not set in stone. Expect to play a supporting role in various functional areas such as sales & marketing customer support operations & people management and culture building.

Additional benefits

• Great offices at the V&A Waterfront
• Opportunity to participate in their ESOP within your first year
• Exciting travel to the countries we operate in
• Hybrid flexibility: spend at least half your time at office you decide when
• Annual team retreats
• Flexible paid time off

Why work with our client

Our client offers the stability of a large company with the culture of a tight-knit start-up. While our client employs more than 1000 people across the continent the core management team in Cape Town South Africa is an agile talented group of less than 30. No matter your age or level of experience youll be given large responsibilities from Day 1 and expected to be a self-starter and self-teacher. While expectations are high so is the level of support : they foster a culture where colleagues from across the business are eager to support and learn from one another.

Key Skills

• Administrative Skills
• Facilities Management
• Biotechnology
• Creative Production
• Design And Estimation
• Architecture

Employment Type: Full Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1