Business Development Manager

The Role:

You will be responsible for :

• Identifying opportunities for new business development through following up on leads and conducting research on target clients.
• New business generation by meeting potential clients to understand needs and providing relevant solutions.
• Managing the sales process to close new business opportunities.
• Building strong relationships with the existing portfolio of clients.
• Meeting and exceeding weekly and monthly activity and revenue targets.
• Building the sales funnel generating leads via cold calling, emailing and other lead generation activities.
• Handling incoming queries and building good client relationships.
• Ensuring all leads are well qualified by identifying the correct decision makers and understanding their requirements.
• Handing over qualified leads to the sales teams with the objective of closing the sale.
• Maintaining and updating the lead generation database.
• Achieving weekly/monthly targets as set out by the business.

Ideal Profile:

• You have at least 2 years' experience within a Inside Sales / Sales Development Representative or B2B Sales / Account Executive role, ideally within the Education, Software / SaaS and Staffing / Executive Search industry.
• You have a proven track record of meeting/exceeding your targets.
• You possess excellent interpersonal as well as written and verbal communication skills.
• You have working knowledge of b2b sales, corporate sales, lead generation and cold calling
• You are a strong networker & relationship builder
• You possess strong analytical skills and are comfortable dealing with numerical data
• You are highly goal driven and work well in fast paced environments

What's on Offer?

• Work alongside & learn from best in class talent
• Join a market leader within Education
• A role that offers a breadth of learning opportunities