Pre Sales Representative at Praan Climate Technologies Pvt Ltd · Chembur, Mumbai · 1 - 4 years · ₹3L - ₹8L / yr · Raised funding · Posted 11 Jun 2024

Background :
Praan (Praan, Inc.) is an impact-focused deep-tech startup democratising clean air using breakthrough filterless technology. The company is backed by top-tier VCs and CXOs globally and currently operates between the United States and India. Our team puts extreme attention to detail and loves building technology that's aspirational. Praan's team and culture is positioned to empower people to solve large global problems at an accelerated pace.
Why :
Everyone worries about the doomsday in climate change which is expected to occur in the 2050s. However, there's one doom's day which is the reality for millions of people around the world today. Air pollution takes more than 7 Million lives globally every single year. Over 5% of premature child deaths occur due to air pollution in developing countries. Everyone has relied on governments or experts to solve the problem, but most solutions up until today have either been too expensive or too ineffective. Praan is an attempt to make the future cleaner, healthier, and safer for the generations to come.
Job Description :
- Create B2B target lists and prospect lists for Praan's MKII or HIVE product lines
- Conduct outbound prospecting activities, including cold calling, emailing, and networking, to generate new leads and opportunities.
- Research and identify key decision-makers within target industries and companies to pitch our products and solutions.
- Engage with prospects to understand their business needs, challenges, and pain points, and effectively communicate how our offerings can address their requirements.
- Develop and maintain a deep understanding of our products, services, and competitive positioning to effectively articulate our value proposition.
- Qualify leads based on predefined criteria to ensure alignment with our target market and ideal customer profile.
- Effectively communicate the features, benefits, and value of our products and solutions to prospects.
- Build and nurture relationships with prospects through consistent follow-up and engagement strategies.
- Coordinate and schedule meetings between qualified leads and our CEO or other key stakeholders.
- Provide regular updates and reports on lead generation activities, pipeline status, and conversion metrics.
Skill Requirements :
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or related field.
- Proven track record of success in a sales or lead generation role in a B2B environment.
- Strong sales acumen with excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Ability to build rapport quickly with diverse stakeholders, including C-level executives and decision-makers.
- Demonstrated experience conducting outbound prospecting activities, including cold calling, emailing, and networking.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Results-oriented mindset with a focus on achieving and exceeding sales targets and goals.
Praan is an equal-opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, caste, gender, disability or any other criteria. We just care about working with great human beings!

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What you will do
- -Build the target list.-Find retail brands that sell consultatively across a store network. Know their store count, their format, their category and who actually owns the sales number before you reach out.
- Open the conversation.- Calls, email, LinkedIn and WhatsApp. Lead with something specific about their business rather than something generic about ours.
- Qualify honestly. -Find out whether they have the store footprint, the budget and a leader who feels the problem. A meeting that wastes the AE's hour is worse than no meeting.
- Hand over properly. -Brief the AE on what you learned, who you spoke to, and what made them agree to the call. Make sure the meeting actually happens.
- Keep the CRM true. -Every conversation logged, every stage accurate. This is the only record of what the market is telling us.
- Report what you hear. Which openings get replies, which objections keep coming back, which categories bite. That feedback shapes the pitch and the roadmap.
What we are looking for
- Must have 0 to 2 years in outbound sales, inside sales or business development. If you have none, show us something you sold, built or ran on your own initiative
- The nerve to call a National Sales Head you have never met and be worth their next two minutes
- Writing that is short and specific. A long email about our features will not get read
- Heavy hands-on LLM usage. Research, list building and first-draft outreach should already be running on AI for you
- Fluent English and Hindi. A third Indian language counts for a lot, since the useful conversations happen on store floors and not only in HQ meeting rooms
- Discipline with volume, and the resilience to keep the tenth call of the day as good as the first
Good to have
- Any exposure to retail, whether selling into it or working inside a store
- Prospecting tools such as Apollo, Lusha or LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and any CRM you have kept clean Sequences or
- automations you built yourself rather than inherited Experience selling something the buyer was not already shopping for
Key Responsibilities
- Generate leads through cold calling, email campaigns, LinkedIn, and other channels.
- Identify and connect with companies requiring IT staffing and recruitment services in the Indian market.
- Conduct client outreach, qualify prospects, and schedule meetings.
- Build and maintain a database of potential clients and decision-makers.
- Follow up with prospects and nurture leads to convert them into business opportunities.
- Coordinate with the sales and recruitment teams to understand client requirements.
- Maintain lead activity, follow-ups, and pipeline updates in CRM tools.
- Achieve monthly lead generation, meeting, and business development targets.
Required Skills
- 2+ years of experience in IT domestic staffing sales or business development.
- Strong knowledge of the Indian IT staffing and recruitment market.
- Experience in outbound sales, cold calling, lead generation, and client acquisition.
- Good communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
- Familiarity with LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Apollo, CRM tools, or similar platforms is preferred.







