Vacancy title:
Product Lead

Jobs at:
BBOXX

Deadline of this Job:
28th November 2018

Duty Station:
Kigali, Rwanda

Summary
Date Posted: 14th November 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Company

JOB DETAILS:

Product Lead (Consumer Electronics Appliances)

Description

Lack of energy access in sub-Saharan Africa is a significant problem, with more than 600 million people currently without mains electricity supply. In Rwanda, 9.5 million people or 81% of the population cannot access mains electricity, which has a negative impact on quality of life and limits people’s chances of achieving economic prosperity.

BBOXX is helping to address this issue by providing off-grid communities in developing countries with affordable energy solutions. BBOXX customers typically use a Pay-As-You-Go payment method, which enables very low income customers access to electricity at home that they would otherwise not be able to afford. To date BBOXX has installed more than 150,000 systems and provided around 750,000 people with access to energy.

Title: Product Lead (Consumer Electronics Appliances)

Reports to: Head of Sales & Marketing

Location: Kigali, Rwanda (with some travel to China and other locations)

Role Purpose:

Responsible for building technical requirements for each appliance, coordinate with the BBOXX Asia team to find appliances, replicate key tests in DESCOs and manage field tests

About the role

• Managing the sourcing process for all appliances:
  
• Mapping the process for the appliances
  
• Improving the speed and quality of the process to source appliances
  
• Manage the roadmap to get appliances from the different suppliers
  
• Defining the requirements for appliances:
  
• Work with the application lead to understand how appliances (products) fit into the overall offer
  
• Research standard requirements for each appliance
  
• Set requirements for appliances (in line with unit economics)
  
• Design or brand appliances:
  
• Work with engineering team in London to design appliances
  
• Work with local designer or other resources to brand appliances and make sure that products across the range are coherent
  
• Manage the field test of appliances in DESCOs:
  
• Gather feedback from field tests, consolidate and pass it on to BBOXX Asia
  
• Decide on going ahead with mass production
  

Requirements

• Master’s degree, in product design or mechanical engineering
  
• Experience in Consumer Electronics
  
• 3+ years’ of highly successful product design
  
• Creative flair, conceptual/visual ability, and originality
  
• Ability to interact, communicate and present ideas effectively at all levels of an organization
  
• Up-to-date with latest consumer electronic technologies Ability to work under pressure, and in a flexible manner
  
• Professionalism regarding time and deadlines
  
• Experience in working with business cases and in a project management environment is a plus
  

Benefits

• Competitive salary and regional/international medical insurance
  
• Our relentless commitment to personal development and career growth
  
• Company-sponsored lunch at select restaurants
  
• Working with the best people in the sector and making an impact to the millions of people living in the dark
  
• Living and working in one of the most beautiful parts of East Africa and travelling to other parts of the continent and beyond