
Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape
Contract Type: Permanent
Appointment Date: 1 November 2021 or as soon as possible
Remuneration: Market related
Reference: SalesExecutiveMBSE
Role Description
To source corporate sales business opportunities by identifying prospects and evaluating their position in the industry, researching and analysing sales options. Selling MBSE Qualifications, Short-courses, Class of Business and CPD product offerings by establishing contact and developing relationships with prospects; recommending solutions.
Job Specification
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 organise all feedback from the market in terms of competition, opportunities and trends
- 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 or Skills
- Matric (or the equivalent)
- Advantageous: Bachelor’s degree in Commerce or Arts qualification
- 3 years’ Sales experience in an Academic/Insurance/Financial organisation
- 1-3 years Higher Education experience
- Good technical knowledge in Education Entrepreneurship, Continuous Professional Development (CPD), Class of Business in Finance and Insurance
- Good knowledge of the local market in education and training for financial and insurance brands
- FSCA Regulatory knowledge – Board Notice 194
- Advantageous: Proof of RE1 and/or RE5
- Able to travel extensively
Please note: Preference will be given to AA / EE applicants
Closing date for applications: 15 October 2021.