Business Development Manager

Job Description:
We are looking for a Business Development Manager who has DNA for sales and business, who are a go-getter with sales targets, excellent communication skills, perseverance, understanding of potential client behavior, and patience.

Expertise Area: Sales & Marketing

Job Roles and Responsibilities:

• Source new sales opportunities and close sales to achieve targets.
• Play a key role in increasing income and revenue by acquiring more and more clients, generating leads, and managing sales of products and services.
• Sell the products/services using various customer sales methods (Feet on the street, cold calling, presentations, Digital & Tele calling etc).
• Forecast sales, develop “out of the box” sales strategies/models and evaluate their effectiveness.
• Evaluate customers skills, needs and build long-lasting relationships
• Meet personal and team sales targets.
• Research customer accounts and generate or follow through sales leads
• Attend meetings, sales events and trainings to keep abreast of the latest developments.
• Maintain and expand client database.
• Enter the activity/communication details in the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) or report to the team.
• Promote products and services to customers and negotiate contracts with the aim of maximizing profits.

Job Requirements and Qualification:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a relevant discipline.
• Relevant experience of 2 – 3 years in EdTech industry.
• Excellent communication and people skills and Tech Savvy
• Good understanding of market research techniques, data analysis and statistics methods.
• Thorough knowledge of strategic planning principles and marketing best practices.
• Strong organizational and time-management abilities.
• Having a keen interest and deep understanding of the Indian education sector.
• Interested in mentoring and guiding students.
• Good interpersonal and presentation skills.