Internship: Sales Officer
Iringa Region,
Tanzania
Cohort: Q4 2025 (3 months)
Job Type: Internship (unsalaried)
Duration: 3 months (stipend provided, opportunity for permanent employment at the end)
Join Tamu Tamu as a Sales Intern and gain hands-on experience in customer engagement, market development, and agribusiness and consumer goods sales. You'll work closely with our Revenue Operations team across commercial activities that connect with farmers and retail customers to sell our premium apple trees and food goods.
Day-to-day activities will include sales administration, customer support, and logistics coordination within our dynamic agri-business. Working with the Customer Care & Sales team, you will gain exposure to both B2C and B2B sales processes, supporting the smooth delivery of premium farm products to customers.
What Success Looks Like:
- Learning to manage customer pipelines and communication
- Supporting sales activities to exceed goals each week
- Building good working relationships with cross-functional teams like marketing, management, farm operations, and processing team members
- Learning from mistakes and asking lots of questions
- Demonstrating professionalism and initiative in every interaction with a willingness to learn
What You'll Do:
- Assist with sales administration, including order entry, payments tracking, and delivery coordination
- Maintain accurate records in the company’s CRM and ERP system (Odoo)
- Supporting customer care (onboarding, after-sales follow-up) through WhatsApp, phone, and email communication
- Prepare orders, pack products, and organise transport
- Follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and help to implement new ones where needed
- Conduct market research, customer follow-ups, and reporting
Interns who demonstrate care, integrity, curiosity, and joy, along with customer focus and problem-solving skills, may be considered for permanent employment in a role suited to their goals and capacities.
Requirements
- Recent graduate in Business, Marketing, Agriculture, or related field
- Excellent Microsoft 365 skills
- Enthusiasm for sales, learning, and teamwork
- Tanzanian nationality
- Strong communication in English and Swahili
Advantage for
- Prior internship or experience in a sales or customer care role
- Familiarity with other digital tools (WhatsApp, ERP systems)
- Additional languages
What You'll Gain
- Monthly stipend
- Free accommodation on farm with other young and hard-working team members
- Real world experience in professional sales and customer relations in fast-paced dynamic environment
- Mentorship from experienced team members and leaders with years of international career experience
- Internship certificate and potential for a full-time offer (according to your goals and strengths)
- Additional professional development opportunities alongside our management teams
We are dedicated to supporting team and individual development at Tamu Tamu - whatever you speak up about, we will aim to build upon by providing hands-on trainings, resources, or mentorship. As we scale, we are guided by our team members' ideas and needs.
Several activities are also organised across the year, such as sports games or tournaments, team building events, personal and career development guidance, and much more.
Company Overview
Tamu Tamu Tanzania (TTT) is a growing social agribusiness in Tanzania's Southern Highlands. We work with farmers to build profitable and sustainable orchards that supply Tanzania with fresh fruit and value-added consumer goods. On our farm, we also care for our own orchards and livestock enterprises to supply fresh and processed products to markets across our nation. Our model combines commercial production with local farmer empowerment - creating shared value from farm to consumer.
How to Apply
Submit your application directly through this portal by uploading your CV in PDF format.
Applications close on 1 November 2025. We look forward to reading your submissions!