Sales Executive - Education/Training Sector

My client is a successful, dynamic and expanding business services company within their niche Education/Training sector. Due to ongoing expansion, they now wish to recruit a hands-on Sales Executive to join the team at this exciting stage in their growth. The Sales Executive will be responsible for driving growth by engaging with headteachers, school leaders, and Multi-Academy Trust executives, both in the UK and further afield.

SUMMARY OF KEY DUTIES

• Research, identify, and contact prospective schools, academies, and education trusts across target regions.
• Conduct outbound consultative outreach (phone, email, LinkedIn, and video calls) to key decision-makers
• Follow up on inbound inquiries from school leaders
• Build long-term partnerships with school leadership teams
• Manage the full sales cycle from initial contact to contract registration and handover to the implementation team
• Maintain detailed and accurate records of contacts, communications, and sales pipelines in the company CRM.
• Forecast sales activity accurately against weekly, monthly, and quarterly revenue targets.
• Collaborate with marketing to align sales initiatives with campaign launches, conferences, and educational events.

THE PERSON

• Ideally Degree in Business, Marketing, Education, or a related field.
• Minimum 1-2 years of successful consultative sales or business development experience.
• Proven track record of hitting and exceeding targets.
• Experience conducting outbound calls and managing pipeline via CRM software
• Highly self-motivated with a strong drive to succeed.
• Able to engage respectfully and credibly with senior educational leaders.
• Able to work on their own initiative without the need for supervision.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Highly I.T. literate Looking for an opportunity to build a long-term career opportunity

SALARY / HOURS

A starting salary up to £35k will be on offer to the successful candidate.

TO APPLY

Please email your CV using the link below.

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