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Commercial Manager
2026-08-19T14:18:58+00:00
AGSOL
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Manufacturing
Sales & Retail, Business Operations, Management
KES
MONTH
2026-08-26T17:00:00+00:00
8

The Role

This is not a traditional account management role. You will build and lead AGSOL's commercial function, while personally owning the company's most strategic distributor relationships. This role carries end-to-end accountability for distributor performance, spanning revenue growth, operational execution, and end-user outcomes.

You will play a central role in shaping Agsol’s B2B and B2B2C strategy and how we scale through distributors.

Your mandate is:

  • Drive revenue (sell-in)
  • Ensure products reach and work for customers (sell-through)
  • Build systems that scale across distributors and markets
  • Ensure excellent distributor and end consumer experience

Responsibilities

Own Key Distributor Relationships

  • Own senior-level relationships with key distributors, influencing decision-making across commercial, operational, and strategic priorities
  • Build trust across commercial, operations, and aftersales teams
  • Run regular contract performance reviews and joint planning sessions

Drive 'Sell-in' and 'Sell-through'

  • Own commercial performance across distributor accounts, including revenue growth, pipeline development, and long-term account expansion
  • Track how products move through distributor networks to end consumers
  • Identify and fix bottlenecks in last-mile distribution

Manage Stock and Forecasting

  • Take ownership of inventory strategy across distributor markets, ensuring disciplined stock allocation, forecasting, and working capital efficiency
  • Prevent both stock-outs and overstocking
  • Coordinate closely with internal supply chain teams

Own the Customer Experience

  • Be accountable for consumer outcomes, ensuring Agsol products consistently deliver value in the field and drive repeatable demand
  • Gather feedback from the field and identify recurring issues
  • Work cross-functionally to resolve systemic problems

Warranty and After -Sales Management

  • Drive high compliance with warranty registration
  • Ensure distributors have the parts, processes, and training to support customers
  • Monitor issue resolution times and service quality
  • Strengthen aftersales systems across markets

Management of the Sales Team

  • Set clear objectives, monitor performance, and hold team members accountable against agreed KPIs.
  • Foster a collaborative, customer-focused culture with a strong emphasis on ownership, continuous improvement and delivering results.

Who We are Looking For

Experience

  • 7–10+ years in commercial, account management, business development, or operations roles, including experience leading people and developing teams
  • Experience in distributed businesses (energy, FMCG, agri, etc.)
  • Multi-market experience in Africa is a strong advantage

Skills

  • Commercially sharp, but operationally grounded
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
  • Excellent relationship builder and communicator
  • Systems thinker — able to fix root causes, not just symptoms
  • Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop teams in fast-growing environments

Attributes

  • High ownership and accountability
  • Comfortable in both field and strategic environments
  • Practical, hands-on, and solutions-oriented
  • Motivated by improving real outcomes for customers
  • Own senior-level relationships with key distributors, influencing decision-making across commercial, operational, and strategic priorities
  • Build trust across commercial, operations, and aftersales teams
  • Run regular contract performance reviews and joint planning sessions
  • Own commercial performance across distributor accounts, including revenue growth, pipeline development, and long-term account expansion
  • Track how products move through distributor networks to end consumers
  • Identify and fix bottlenecks in last-mile distribution
  • Take ownership of inventory strategy across distributor markets, ensuring disciplined stock allocation, forecasting, and working capital efficiency
  • Prevent both stock-outs and overstocking
  • Coordinate closely with internal supply chain teams
  • Be accountable for consumer outcomes, ensuring Agsol products consistently deliver value in the field and drive repeatable demand
  • Gather feedback from the field and identify recurring issues
  • Work cross-functionally to resolve systemic problems
  • Drive high compliance with warranty registration
  • Ensure distributors have the parts, processes, and training to support customers
  • Monitor issue resolution times and service quality
  • Strengthen aftersales systems across markets
  • Set clear objectives, monitor performance, and hold team members accountable against agreed KPIs.
  • Foster a collaborative, customer-focused culture with a strong emphasis on ownership, continuous improvement and delivering results.
  • Commercially sharp, but operationally grounded
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
  • Excellent relationship builder and communicator
  • Systems thinker — able to fix root causes, not just symptoms
  • Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop teams in fast-growing environments
  • 7–10+ years in commercial, account management, business development, or operations roles, including experience leading people and developing teams
  • Experience in distributed businesses (energy, FMCG, agri, etc.)
  • Multi-market experience in Africa is a strong advantage
bachelor degree
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Vacancy title:
Commercial Manager

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Manufacturing, Category: Sales & Retail, Business Operations, Management]

Jobs at:
AGSOL

Deadline of this Job:
Wednesday, August 26 2026

Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, August 19 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

The Role

This is not a traditional account management role. You will build and lead AGSOL's commercial function, while personally owning the company's most strategic distributor relationships. This role carries end-to-end accountability for distributor performance, spanning revenue growth, operational execution, and end-user outcomes.

You will play a central role in shaping Agsol’s B2B and B2B2C strategy and how we scale through distributors.

Your mandate is:

  • Drive revenue (sell-in)
  • Ensure products reach and work for customers (sell-through)
  • Build systems that scale across distributors and markets
  • Ensure excellent distributor and end consumer experience

Responsibilities

Own Key Distributor Relationships

  • Own senior-level relationships with key distributors, influencing decision-making across commercial, operational, and strategic priorities
  • Build trust across commercial, operations, and aftersales teams
  • Run regular contract performance reviews and joint planning sessions

Drive 'Sell-in' and 'Sell-through'

  • Own commercial performance across distributor accounts, including revenue growth, pipeline development, and long-term account expansion
  • Track how products move through distributor networks to end consumers
  • Identify and fix bottlenecks in last-mile distribution

Manage Stock and Forecasting

  • Take ownership of inventory strategy across distributor markets, ensuring disciplined stock allocation, forecasting, and working capital efficiency
  • Prevent both stock-outs and overstocking
  • Coordinate closely with internal supply chain teams

Own the Customer Experience

  • Be accountable for consumer outcomes, ensuring Agsol products consistently deliver value in the field and drive repeatable demand
  • Gather feedback from the field and identify recurring issues
  • Work cross-functionally to resolve systemic problems

Warranty and After -Sales Management

  • Drive high compliance with warranty registration
  • Ensure distributors have the parts, processes, and training to support customers
  • Monitor issue resolution times and service quality
  • Strengthen aftersales systems across markets

Management of the Sales Team

  • Set clear objectives, monitor performance, and hold team members accountable against agreed KPIs.
  • Foster a collaborative, customer-focused culture with a strong emphasis on ownership, continuous improvement and delivering results.

Who We are Looking For

Experience

  • 7–10+ years in commercial, account management, business development, or operations roles, including experience leading people and developing teams
  • Experience in distributed businesses (energy, FMCG, agri, etc.)
  • Multi-market experience in Africa is a strong advantage

Skills

  • Commercially sharp, but operationally grounded
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
  • Excellent relationship builder and communicator
  • Systems thinker — able to fix root causes, not just symptoms
  • Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop teams in fast-growing environments

Attributes

  • High ownership and accountability
  • Comfortable in both field and strategic environments
  • Practical, hands-on, and solutions-oriented
  • Motivated by improving real outcomes for customers

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Sales jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Wednesday, August 26 2026
Duty Station: Nairobi | Nairobi
Posted: 19-08-2026
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 19-08-2026
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 10-10-2076
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