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About the job

Job Description: Sales Executive 

Education Sector

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 digitising and streamlining the process.

Overview of the Role:

As a Sales executive 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:

Develop and implement a comprehensive sales strategy for the admission business, targeting Preschools, CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE, IB, and boarding schools within the assigned territory.

Identify and prioritize target schools and institutions, generating leads through various channels such as networking, referrals, and online research.

Conduct thorough research on individual schools, understand their admission processes, pain points, and requirements, and tailor admission sales pitches and product offerings accordingly.

Engage with school administrators, principals, admission officers, and other stakeholders to demonstrate the value and benefits of the admission management solutions.

Conduct product presentations and demonstrations to highlight key features and advantages of the solution.

Develop and negotiate pricing proposals, contracts, and agreements in collaboration with the sales team and the legal department.

B. Relationship Building and Account Management:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers 
• Act as a trusted advisor to schools, providing expert guidance on streamlining admission processes, enhancing efficiency, and improving the overall admission experience.
• Conduct regular check-ins with existing customers, address inquiries, and provide excellent customer service.
• Identify upselling and cross-selling opportunities within the customer base and develop strategies to maximize revenue.

C. Area Management:

• Effectively manage and prioritize the assigned area, including travel planning, scheduling meetings, and optimizing sales routes.
• Attend relevant conferences, trade shows, and educational events to network, gather market intelligence, and represent the organization.

Requirements:

• 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.
• Strong understanding of the admission processes and challenges faced by educational institutions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively engage with school stakeholders at all levels.
• The proactive and results-driven mindset with a track record of meeting or exceeding sales targets.
• Ability to build and nurture long-term relationships with customers.
• Strong negotiation and closing skills, with attention to detail in contract and agreement management.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Willingness to travel within the assigned territory as required.
• 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: 1+ years (1+preferably in EdTech/B2B/School sales)
• Nature of Engagement: Full time
• Salary: As per industry standard.
• Work Location: Hyderabad 
• The number of positions: 01
• Role Type: Full time
• Product website Ezyschooling.com

Document Customer Interactions: Accurately record customer interactions, issues, and resolutions in our CRM system.

Escalate Complex Issues: Escalate complex or unresolved issues to the appropriate team or supervisor.

Provide Product/Service Information: Educate customers on our products and services, and guide them through using our platform.

Process Orders and Returns: Assist customers with placing orders, processing returns, and managing their accounts.

Gather Customer Feedback: Collect and analyze customer feedback to identify areas for improvement.

Maintain Product Knowledge: Stay up-to-date on product updates, company policies, and industry trends.

Meet Performance Metrics: Achieve and maintain established performance metrics, such as response time, resolution rate, and customer satisfaction scores.

Contribute to Team Goals: Collaborate with team members to achieve departmental goals and improve overall customer support processes.

Create Knowledge Base Articles/FAQ's: Depending on the role, you may be asked to create content to aid in customer self service.

• Conducting analysis of website and application requirements.
• Writing back-end code and building efficient PHP modules.
• Developing back-end portals with an optimized database.
• Troubleshooting application and code issues.
• Integrating data storage solutions.
• Responding to integration requests from front-end developers.
• Finalizing back-end features and testing web applications.
• Updating and altering application features to enhance performance.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a similar field.
• Knowledge of PHP web frameworks including Yii, Laravel, and CodeIgniter.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, and HTML5.
• Understanding of object-oriented PHP programming.
• Previous experience creating scalable applications.
• Proficient with code versioning tools including Git, Mercurial, CVS, and SVN.
• Ability to project manage.
• Good problem-solving skills.

Desired Candidate Profile

• MBA from a premier institute/ CFA (USA)/ CA (ICAI)
• Clear financial and quantitative concepts
• Strong logical and analytical abilities
• Good communication, presentation and inter-personal skills
• Very strong Microsoft Excel financial modelling skills
• Openness to travel overseas for extended periods (3-4 weeks) for client meetings and on-site execution   

• Develop test plans alongside product designers and product engineers.
• Drive improvements to test framework architecture and test coverage.
• Drive adoption of best practices in code health, testing, testability, and maintainability (clean code, test pyramid).
• Track test gaps, quality, and productivity metrics. Work with other engineering teams to improve gaps from this data.
• Recommend improvements into overall best practices, design, testability and quality, and productivity.

Requirements

• 8+ years' experience of working in the Quality Engineering field
• 3+ Years of experience with UI & API test automation tools, (Selenium and etc.)
• 4+ years of experience in leading a team
• Proficient in TypeScript, Go, or a related programming language
• Experience with Continuous Integration systems (e.g., GitLab)
• Experience with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes

About You

• A+ character. We are team-first here at the company.
• A hard-working mentality. It’s early and there is still a lot to build.
• An excellent communicator.
• A fun attitude. Life’s too short. We can have fun while we work hard on cool things.
• Smarts. We need people that are smart enough to make decisions on their own and also smart enough to know when they need input from others.

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Group Medical insurance
• Life and long-term disability insurance
• Collaborative workspace
• The opportunity to join the fastest growing start-up alongside a team of motivated and driven individuals

• Identifying, qualifying, and securing business opportunities; coordinating business generation activities; developing customized targeted sales strategies
• Building business relationships with current and potential clients
• Understanding client needs and offering solutions and support; answering potential client questions and follow-up call questions; responding to client requests for proposals (RFPs)
• Creating informative presentations; presenting and delivering information to potential clients at client meetings, industry exhibits, trade shows, and conferences, to grow business
• Creating and maintaining a list/database of prospect clients; maintaining a database of prospective client information
• Cold calling; making multiple outbound calls to potential clients; closing sales and working with the client through the closing process
• Meeting all quotas for cold, active, inactive calls, appointments, and interviews; meeting or exceeding annual sales goals
• Maintaining a pipeline of all sales administration using appropriate CRM software
• Collaborating with management on sales goals, planning, and forecasting; maintaining short- and long-term business development plans  

• Experience with lead generation and prospect management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; the ability to call, connect, and interact with potential customers
• Persuasive and goal-oriented
• Possesses an energetic, outgoing, and friendly demeanor
• Able to professionally and confidently communicate with C-Level Executives
• High school degree or equivalent
• Four years of cold calling experience; previous experience in an outbound call center, inside sales experience, or related sales experience; knowledge of sales process from initiation to close
• Excellent analytical and time-management skills
• Demonstrated and proven sales results
• Ability to work independently  and achieve targets