Role description

To identify corporate sales business opportunities by identifying prospects and evaluating their position in the industry, researching and analysing sales options. Selling Qualifications, Short-courses, Class of Business and CPD product offerings by establishing contact and developing relationships with prospects; recommending solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

Sales
• Deliver on all the national sales activities for qualifications, short-courses, CPD and COB
• Consistently achieve sales targets
• Develop a strong partnerships/contacts with companies within the financial, insurance and other industries
• Increase business from existing client base
• Increase the acquisition of new clients
• Conduct product presentations and training with clients
• Continuously follow up with clients to identify and close sales opportunities

Sales Administration
• Ensure that accurate quotes and invoices are always generated.
• Produce accurate and prompt sales reports as agreed with line manager
• Assist with enrolments
• Assist with sales queries
• Ensure that SLA’s are signed and updated prior to the conclusion of sales

Customer Service
• Achieve set customer service targets in order to achieve service level standards
• Ensure that clients receive accurate feedback promptly
• Effective management of all SLA relationships

General
• Seek for continuously improvement in business processes, products and technology
• Collect and organize all feedback from the market in terms of competition, opportunities and rends
• Contribute to the improvement of current SLA’s and processes
• Consistent achievement of set performance standards and measurements
• High level of compliance with set rules and procedures
• Be available for any other tasks within the sales department

Minimum Requirements:
• Matric (or anything similar)
Preference will be given to a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce or Arts qualification
• 3 years’ Sales experience in an Academic/Insurance/Financial organization
• Higher Education experience

Required skills and personal attributes

•Have a good technical knowledge in Education Entrepreneurship, Continuous Professional Development (CPD), Class of Business in Finance and Insurance
•Have a good knowledge of the local market in education and training for financial and insurance brands
•FSCA Regulatory knowledge – Board Notice 194
•Proof of RE1 (Advantageous) and RE5 (Advantageous)

Preference will be given to EE Candidates.

Please take note that initial correspondence will be via email

Correspondence will be entered into with short-listed candidates
If you have not received a reply within 3 Week please consider your application unsuccessful