Sales Manager

About the Role:

Pollinate Group trains and equips marginalised women in India's hardest-to-reach communities, our Suryamukhis (Women we empower), to become micro-entrepreneurs. They sell clean energy and life-improving products within their community and this is the role that creates that transformation.

As a Field Sales Enablement Manager, you will build, mentor, and sustain a high-performing fi eld team whose primary purpose is to work with and grow the Suryamukhis. You and your team will equip them with the training, tools, confi dence, and products they need to earn a dignifi ed income and serve their communities.

You'll see your impact not in a dashboard but in the real lives of the women you help elevate and the communities they reach.

Roles and Responsibilities:

This is a senior role with a broad scope and real responsibility.

Field Team Leadership & Suryamukhi Development

• Lead and manage a fi eld team whose core mission is to grow a network of Suryamukhi women micro-entrepreneurs
• Enable fi eld staff to eff ectively mentor women entrepreneurs on sales, fi nancial literacy, digital tools, and product knowledge.
• Own the delivery of capability-building initiatives and recommend relevant content, tools, and systems to support fi eld team eff ectiveness.

Entrepreneurship Enablement & Sales Performance

• Drive Suryamukhi's performance across a network in India, with accountability for their collective revenue and entrepreneurial growth
• Identify and introduce new products that deepen income opportunities for Suryamukhis
• Drive adoption of mobile learning and business management platforms across fi eld staff and Suryamukhis

Community & Stakeholder Engagement

• Run monthly peer support sessions and community awareness camps
• Manage relationships with community leaders, NGOs, and government entities to facilitate Suryamukhi recruitment and community trust
• Support onboarding pipelines for new Suryamukhis through community partnerships and referral networks.

You'll report directly to Senior Management, travel quarterly across territories, and spend signifi cant time in the fi eld alongside your team and the Suryamukhis they support.

You will have an opportunity to participate in expanded operations as Pollinate scales globally, managing new territories and team growth

Key selection criteria

Essential

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Social Development, or related fi eld; MBA is a plus
• 5-6 years of experience in fi eld operations, sales team management, FMCG, microfi nance, or a social enterprise / NGO setting and meeting targets consistently
• Demonstrated ability to build and lead teams that work at the grassroots level
• Strong mentorship and facilitation skills- you develop people, not just processes
• A data-driven planning approach involving setting targets, tracking progress, and making decisions with numbers
• Comfortable working across cultures; knowledge of English, Hindi, and a regional language preferred

Desirable

• Experience in women's empowerment, livelihood programmes, or entrepreneurship development is highly valued
• Experience in supply chain, logistics, or last-mile distribution in off -grid or rural markets
• Familiarity with digital learning platforms or fi eld management tools
• Prior experience recruiting or developing micro-entrepreneurs or self-help group members

What Makes This Role Different

• Corporate roles can sharpen you. This one can defi ne you!
• Scope You lead a team of people who develop people across functions such as sales, training, ops, community, and technology
• Impact Every Suryamukhi you help develop is a woman who gains income, confi dence, and community standing
• Scale 802,000+ people reached since 2012; growing fast across India and internationally
• Geography India (5 states) with global expansion underway
• Culture Mission-driven, collaborative, low-ego, high-impact

What we provide

• A Great sense of purpose in working for a social organization.

• Seeing the transformation in the lives of those we work with can be very rewarding.

• Collaboration with teams in multiple countries, open to learning.

• Aspired to be a part of the team who aims to "Empowering lives sustainably.

• How to apply?

• To apply for this role please send your CV to [email protected] and fill in the candidate information form.