Academic Research Associate - Academic Writing

Market Segment: B2B 

About Ezyschooling

Ezyschooling is a technologically driven admissions platform that bridges the gap between admission-seeking parents and schools. We believe that parenting is the toughest journey in a person’s life, and so we have made it our mission to create a one-stop destination for all your parenting worries.

Our quest is to guide parents in their decision of choosing the right school for their child as we understand the impact this decision can have on their family’s future. Parents aren’t the only group we are helping through our platform. We help schools boost their admissions by completely digitalizing and streamlining the process.

Overview of the Role:

As a Area Sales Manager specializing in the Admission Business, you will be responsible for driving sales and revenue growth within your assigned territory by promoting and selling Ezyschooling Services to various educational institutions, including CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE, IB, and Boarding schools.

Your primary focus will be on understanding the unique admission challenges of each type of institution, building relationships with key decision-makers, and achieving sales targets.

Key Responsibilities:

A. Sales and Business Development:

1. Develop and implement a comprehensive sales strategy for the admission business, targeting Preschools, CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE, IB, and boarding schools within the assigned territory.
2. Identify and prioritize target schools and institutions, generating leads through various channels such as networking, referrals, and online research.
3. Conduct thorough research on individual schools, understand their admission processes, pain points, and requirements, and tailor admission sales pitches and product offerings accordingly.
4. Engage with school administrators, principals, admission officers, and other stakeholders to demonstrate the value and benefits of the admission management solutions.
5. Conduct product presentations and demonstrations to highlight key features and advantages of the solution.
6. Develop and negotiate pricing proposals, contracts, and agreements in collaboration with the sales team and the legal department.

B. Relationship Building and Account Management:

1. Build and maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers at CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE, IB, and Boarding schools, including school administrators, admission officers, and management teams.
2. Act as a trusted advisor to schools, providing expert guidance on streamlining admission processes, enhancing efficiency, and improving the overall admission experience.
3. Conduct regular check-ins with existing customers, address inquiries, and provide excellent customer service.
4. Identify upselling and cross-selling opportunities within the customer base and develop strategies to maximize revenue.

C. Area Management:

1. Effectively manage and prioritize the assigned area, including travel planning, scheduling meetings, and optimizing sales routes.
2. Stay updated on the latest trends, regulations, and industry developments related to admission processes in CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE, IB, and Boarding schools.
3. Attend relevant conferences, trade shows, and educational events to network, gather market intelligence, and represent the organization.

Requirements:

1. Proven experience in sales and business development, preferably within the education sector, specifically in selling admission management solutions to CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE, IB, and boarding schools.
2. Strong understanding of the admission processes and challenges faced by educational institutions.
3. Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively engage with school stakeholders at all levels.
4. The proactive and results-driven mindset with a track record of meeting or exceeding sales targets.
5. Ability to build and nurture long-term relationships with customers.
6. Strong negotiation and closing skills, with attention to detail in contract and agreement management.
7. Exceptional organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
8. Willingness to travel within the assigned territory as required.
9. Bachelor's or master’s degree in business, marketing, education, or a related field is preferred.

Why Ezyschooling & What We Offer:

• Startup Environment - Work with a passionate and energetic team driven by results.
• Growth & Compensation: Competitive Salary + High Incentive + Conveyance

Few Pointers

• Years of Experience: 4+ years (2+preferably in EdTech/B2B/School sales)
• Nature of Engagement: Full time
• Salary: As per industry standard.
• Work Location: Kolkata
• The number of positions: 02
• Role Type: Full time
• Product website Ezyschooling.com

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced SFCC B2B Developer to join our team. The successful candidate will have a strong background in developing and implementing B2B commerce solutions on the Salesforce Commerce Cloud platform. The ideal candidate will have expertise in SFCC's B2B features, including account management, order management, and pricing.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design and develop B2B commerce solutions on SFCC

- Implement SFCC's B2B features, including account management, order management, and pricing

- Integrate SFCC with external systems, such as ERP and CRM

- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including sales, marketing, and customer service

Requirements:

- 3+ years of experience with SFCC development

- Strong understanding of SFCC's B2B features and functionality

- Experience with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

- Experience with SFCC's APIs and integration tools

- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills

• Identify and reach out to prominent educational businesses, clients, educators/institutions via calls & visits and virtually.
• Explain and close business proposals deals.
• Interact and onboard identified educators/institutions to our platform
• Ensure retention by relationship-building, problem-solving and nurturing of on boarded educators/institutions.
• Tap new channels of growth for sourcing prominent clients.
• Set new product strategy and vision.
• Brainstorm with the team and strive for constant improvement of processes and come up with new ideas to boost growth.
• Manage the ongoing customer relationship, ensuring that they are effectively adopting and deriving the maximum value from our platform.
• Manage payments, solving client problems by successful collaboration within internal teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plans conduct and lead assignments generally involving moderate, high-budgeted projects or more than one project.
• Manages user expectations regarding appropriate milestones and deadlines.
• Assists in training, work assignment and checking of less experienced developers.
• Serves as a technical consultant to leaders in the IT organization and functional user groups. Subject matter expert in one or more technical programming specialties; employs expertise as a generalist of a specialist.
• Performs estimation efforts on complex projects and tracks progress.
• Works on the highest level of problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.
• Documents evaluate, and researches test results; documents evolution of testing scripts for future replication.
• Identifies, recommends, and implements changes to enhance the effectiveness of quality assurance strategies.

Detailed Job Description:

• Should have experience in Development, Configuration, Implementation, and Support of Salesforce CRM applications based on Apex Language and leveraging Force.com Platform running in Cloud Computing Environments.
• Should work on developing custom objects, custom fields, role-based page layouts, custom Tabs, custom reports, report folders, design of Visual Force Pages, Dashboards, Apex Classes, Controllers & Triggers, VF Components, and various other components as per the client and application requirements.
• Should implement security and sharing rules at an object, field, and record level for different users at different levels of the organization. Also should have knowledge of creating various profiles and configured the permissions based on the organizational hierarchy.
• Should have good experience in design and develop Apex Classes, Controller Classes, and Apex Triggers for various functional needs in the application.
• Should involve in Unit Testing, Test Coverage, and Code Review.
• Should have experience working with Force.com IDE version 23.0, Eclipse IDE, and salesforce.com Sandbox environments.
• Responsible for ensuring the quality of their own work as well as the work of the development team.
• Development responsibilities include doing code review/bug analysis, analyzing development and impacts.
• The candidate should have strong programming, debugging experience, and excellent problem-solving skills.

We are looking for an exuberant talent that can help spearhead our sales & marketing efforts. An individual who can thrive and adapt in a fast-paced and competitive start-up Ecosystem.

Key responsibilities:

• Leading the sales & marketing team
• Designing and implementing sales strategies that drive enhanced revenue generation for the business.
• Design new marketing strategies promote and build the brand of the company
• Maintain a good relationship with important external key customers & channel partners.
• Follow a lean methodology to engage deeper with clients through technology and Analytics.
• Closely monitor and analyse developments in the Pharmaceutical industry to identify opportunities and threats ahead of the curve to guide and direct the company’s strategy accordingly.
• Review and monitor the team performance

Candidate Profile:

• MBA or other relevant graduate degrees from reputed institutions
• Work experience of 5+ years of in Sales & Marketing preferably in the Pharmaceutical Industry
• Proven track record of attaining high sales growth in a challenging environment through proper utilisation of resources and involvement of team members.
• Should be a thoroughbred team-player with inherent abilities to mobilise and motivate teams.
• Should have uncompromising ethics and integrity and must lead by example.