Business Development Executive – Education

Business Development Executive Education


Salary: OTE 40,000 (uncapped bonus) base 25 27,000
Location: Leeds City Centre
Job type: Permanent
Internal sales: Education Sector

Details
Do you want to work selling innovative communication tools to the education sector?

Our business is a rapidly growing provider of websites and mobile Apps built around supporting UK schools. We have had significant investment in the product and we are now looking to augment our sales team with a proactive Sales Executive to generate new sales in line with our new sales strategy. We have a deep understanding of the education sector and the challenges that it faces so the tools we are providing schools with are truly beneficial. We are benefiting from sales from word of mouth alone, so the successful Sales Executive will have a strong pipeline of interested customers to visit and canvas.

THE ROLE
As a Sales Executive you will be responsible for arranging and signing up new schools and educational establishments so that our business can achieve its targeted growth.

You will be managing the sales process from enquiry to meeting to sale and also helping with onboarding so that your school receives the highest standards of customer service.

You will be accountable for your sales and other performance activities so that you can help with sales forecasting.

Our business also hold a number of high profile events throughout the year for our teachers which are based on our passion for helping tackle online bullying. The next event is in April which will have around 200 headteachers in attendance.

It will be important for you to re-engage with lapsed clients to promote our new mobile App.

THE CANDIDATE
With your consultative and sales driven background you will have great success winning new clients.

Having prior experience or an interest in the education sector will enable you to build relationships with schools and sell them the most appropriate packages.

Your strong communication skills, both in person and face to face, will help you to grow your client portfolio and earn high commission pay outs.

Your innate commerciality and curiosity will ensure that you are maximising on business opportunities and raise your profile in the business.

Your passion for working in a high-growth business will maximise your effectiveness in this role

APPLY!
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