Job Description
As a Head of Sales, you will work with a team of sales associates to call potential new customers, understand their tuition requirements, and match them with the perfect tutor for their child.
You will be responsible for developing Edukoya’s sales playbook including team set up, operations, scripts and performance management to ensure our tutoring services grow in a repeatable and scalable way.
The ideal candidate will utilize their skills to generate high quality leads, build a strong relationship with customers and close deals. The ideal candidate must have strong negotiating skills, ideally experience of establishing a sales strategy and have the ability to showcase our offerings in a compelling way.
Are you skilled in sales management, business development, telesales, and managing large teams, then we are searching for you.
Responsibilities
Build high performing sales teams from scratch and guide them to achieving and exceeding ambitious revenue targets for New Sales, Referrals or Renewals
Develop distribution & business relationships to facilitate revenue generation for Edukoya
Drive sales targets growth by creating the right sales and pricing strategies and establishing optimal targeting approaches
Design sales quotas, targets, scripts for the sales team
Utilize a data driven sales approach using data to manage productivity, efficiency and rewards within the team
Lead and challenge the team to be results-driven; develop sales strategies to enhance our market positioning and our growth
Collaborate with colleagues and bring new ideas to improve our product and internal processes.
Coach the team to empathetically identify and understand the needs of the parents, pair them with the ideal tutor and organize trial sessions.
Monitoring self-performance at all times while also contributing to the team performance, keeping track of metrics, like conversion percentage, Average revenue generated per lead, Average revenue per sale,time to close, number of calls per day
Retain, onboard and motivate the best sales associates in the country to over deliver on targets.
Qualification and Skills
Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree
Minimum of 6 years of sales experience in the tech/software, ecommerce education, insurance or FMCG industry.
Experiencing building and leading sales teams is non-negotiable
Experience building, running a B2C telesales teams is a plus
Strong interpersonal skills, empathy, and ability to communicate with learners, parents, and other stakeholders.
Strong problem-solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses.
Excellent presentation skills in both large and small groups
Working knowledge of digital CRM platforms, spreadsheets (Excel, Google Sheets) and PowerPoint.
Requirements:
Proven track record of exceeding targets in sales targets
Natural leadership qualities
Highly ambitious with a strong desire to win and close deals
Demonstrated experience and success in a sales role
Experience with quota and commission compensation structure
Excellent written and verbal communications skills
Highly organized and strong time management skills
Ability to work in fast-paced, changing environment with minimal direction
Self-driven, motivated and results-oriented
Benefits
25 days holiday + bank holidays
Competitive pay
High degree of autonomy and exposure to the running of all business areas of a successful startup
The opportunity to become an integral member of a fast-growing technology company
We want to attract and retain brilliant people and then give them maximum freedom and responsibility so that they can innovate and create great products that help people. Think this could be you? We welcome mission-driven candidates who are excited to bring their ambition to our company.
You’ll be given a lot of responsibility early on and trusted to complete your work in the way you think is best. You will solve difficult problems with a huge impact for positive social change, and you’ll learn a lot along the way.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send Cover Letter and Resume to: careers@edukoya.com using the Job position as the subject of the email.