Sun King, the world’s leading off-grid solar energy company, is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for an experienced and dynamic professional to join its Operations Department as a Regional Store Coordinator for the Rift Valley region of Kenya. This full-time, permanent position provides the right candidate with the chance to make a significant impact within a mission-driven, high-growth organization at the forefront of delivering clean energy solutions to underserved communities.
About Sun King
Sun King is revolutionizing energy access for over 1.8 billion people who lack reliable access to electricity. By combining innovative solar product design, fintech solutions, and extensive field operations, Sun King has delivered clean, affordable energy to more than 20 million homes across Africa and Asia. The company’s pioneering ‘pay-as-you-go’ model allows customers to access solar power with a small deposit and manageable daily payments via mobile money. Over time, customers fully own their solar products, replacing the need for expensive and harmful kerosene and diesel alternatives.
With a wide range of solar energy products — from home lighting and phone charging kits to solar inverters capable of running appliances such as refrigerators and computers — Sun King is extending its product suite to include clean cooking, electric mobility, and entertainment solutions. The company’s operations are driven by a workforce of over 2,800 full-time employees spread across 12 countries, all working together to create a sustainable energy future.
The Role: Regional Store Coordinator – Rift Valley
Location: Rift Valley, Kenya
Department: Operations
Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Workplace Type: Onsite
Reporting To: Country Store Manager
The Regional Store Coordinator will be responsible for overseeing inventory and supply chain management at retail centers within the Rift Valley region, including supporting field-based sales agents. The position entails significant regional travel and direct involvement in operational efficiency, compliance, and innovation in retail center management. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring the timely availability of inventory, optimizing processes, and facilitating effective stakeholder engagement to enhance performance at the grassroots level.
Key Responsibilities
1. Retail Center Operations Support
- Work closely with the warehouse team to ensure inventory availability for retail sales.
- Provide day-to-day support to retail executives to help them meet sales and service KPIs.
- Coordinate with the sales team to review performance and identify improvement areas for retail center executives.
- Process inventory declarations and signoffs for missing items and initiate reports for inventory losses or damages to facilitate insurance claims.
- Propose and initiate new efficiency-enhancing initiatives for the management and operation of retail centers.
- Conduct both scheduled and surprise inventory audits at retail centers to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Review and optimize current inventory management processes to eliminate inefficiencies.
- Represent the Operations Department at meetings involving inventory and retail management with internal or external stakeholders.
- Manage handovers between retail center executives and temporary relievers, ensuring proper documentation and oversight.
- Vet and assess temporary relievers to ensure they meet the necessary standards to manage retail operations.
- Request and process payments for temporary relievers based on the number of days worked.
- Participate in recruitment interviews alongside Human Resources for new retail executives.
- Collaborate with Sales and Marketing teams to scout and recommend potential new retail center locations.
- Ensure that all assets in the retail centers are operational and coordinate maintenance with the Administration team.
- Liaise with landlords and address tenancy-related matters in conjunction with the Admin team.
2. Order and Inventory Management
- Initiate and track inventory transfers from central warehouses to various retail centers.
- Resolve inconsistencies in deliveries and ensure proper record-keeping and reporting.
- Collaborate with retail center executives to enforce best inventory practices including FIFO (First-In-First-Out) procedures.
- Provide appropriate packaging for defaced or damaged inventory in coordination with the warehouse team.
- Continuously review existing inventory procedures and suggest improvements for greater efficiency.
- Stay updated on emerging trends in supply chain management to adopt modern best practices.
- Lead inventory reconciliation processes and validate returned, obsolete, or damaged goods.
- Conduct periodic inventory verification with field agents to confirm stock levels.
3. Compliance Oversight
- Enforce basic maintenance protocols at retail centers and ensure all locations meet safety and health regulations.
- Guarantee all necessary licenses and permits are available and properly displayed at each retail location.
4. Innovation and Process Improvement
- Constantly seek and recommend new technologies and supply chain practices to improve operational efficiency.
- Advise management on new process designs or redesigns to improve support for retail center operations.
Candidate Profile
To be successful in this role, you should possess the following qualifications and attributes:
- A degree in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Statistics, or a related field.
- 2 to 3 years of hands-on experience in Supply Chain Management, Finance, or Statistical roles.
- Proficiency in contract management and handling large datasets in Excel.
- Working knowledge of ERP systems, with preference for SAP.
- Ability to multitask and manage competing priorities effectively.
- A results-oriented, self-motivated team player.
- Competence in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Capacity to work remotely with minimal supervision.
What Sun King Offers
In addition to a competitive compensation package and statutory benefits, Sun King provides a supportive environment for professional growth and innovation. Here are some of the additional benefits and opportunities:
- Opportunities for career development in a fast-growing, impact-driven industry.
- A dynamic, collaborative culture built around innovation, purpose, and performance.
- Exposure to a multicultural work environment, working with peers from diverse geographies and professional backgrounds.
- Access to structured and personalized learning programs through the Sun Center for Leadership to build leadership and professional skills.
- A commitment to sustaining a diverse and inclusive workplace, where every team member is empowered to contribute meaningfully.
- Equal opportunity employment policies that celebrate diversity and prohibit discrimination based on gender, race, religion, marital status, disability, and other factors.
About Sun King’s Impact
Sun King’s mission goes beyond simply lighting homes. It is about creating real, measurable change in people’s lives. To date, Sun King has:
- Connected over 20 million households to clean energy.
- Enabled customers to cumulatively save more than $4 billion.
- Reached over 28,000 field agents and collected over 650,000 digital payments per day.
- Delivered environmentally friendly energy solutions that reduce reliance on kerosene and diesel, lowering carbon emissions and improving health outcomes.
Through relentless innovation, Sun King continues to expand its reach and product range, enabling off-grid families to thrive by providing not only electricity but a path to better quality of life.
Join the Movement
This is more than just a job — it’s a chance to be part of a mission that lights up communities, reduces energy poverty, and champions sustainability. As the Regional Store Coordinator in the Rift Valley region, you will play a vital role in ensuring that every product reaches its destination, every retail center runs smoothly, and every customer gets the energy solution they need.
If you are passionate about logistics, energized by impactful work, and ready to thrive in a collaborative and diverse environment, then this opportunity is for you.
