Field & Sales Representative
Riwe Technologies Limited is an Abuja-based climate-risk and agricultural-insurance company helping African farmers access parametric weather cover, climate intelligence, farm finance, and AI-powered agricultural support through web, WhatsApp, USSD, and APIs.
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About Riwe Technologies Limited
Riwe provides climate-smart insurance and financial-enablement infrastructure for farmers, lenders, insurers, governments, and development partners. Its current offering combines satellite and earth-observation data, weather intelligence, farm-risk analytics, automated parametric payouts, agricultural finance, rural identity and farm verification through Rupa/Ruralpass, and Ije AI, an agricultural assistant available through web, WhatsApp, and USSD. Its legal terms also describe wallet, payment, and blockchain-enabled settlement features.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
The Field & Sales Representative drives farmer acquisition, product enrollment, community engagement, and customer support within assigned communities. The role promotes insurance, micro-loans, climate advisory services, agricultural products, financing, and technology solutions while building relationships with farmers, cooperatives, community leaders, and other stakeholders.
Requirements
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Sales and negotiation abilities
- Ability to build trust and relationships within rural communities
- Customer-focused mindset
- Basic digital literacy and ability to use mobile applications and USSD platforms
- Good record-keeping and reporting skills
- Self-motivated and target-driven
- Integrity and professionalism
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Responsibilities
- Identify and engage prospective farmers and customers within assigned locations
- Conduct and participate in community sensitization and product or service presentations
- Drive farmer acquisition, onboarding, and registration
- Achieve assigned daily, weekly, and monthly sales and onboarding targets
- Promote agricultural products, services, insurance, financing, technology solutions, and other approved offerings
- Build and maintain relationships with farmers, cooperatives, community leaders, and other stakeholders
- Follow up with existing and prospective customers to improve conversion and retention
- Support farmers with product information, good agronomic practices, and available agricultural services
- Collect customer and field information and submit it through approved digital platforms
- Monitor customer concerns and escalate unresolved issues
- Track competitors, market opportunities, customer feedback, and emerging needs
- Prepare regular field and sales reports
- Ensure accountability for assigned funds, materials, equipment, and organizational assets
- Support other field and program activities as assigned