Sales Consultant | Tertiary Education | Century City at Salesworx Recruitment (Pty) Ltd

Job Description

• Our client is a well established national Private Tertiary Education institution offering quality and attractive courses to professionals and school leavers alike.
• The ideal candidate will be experienced, dedicated, committed, professional and hungry for new business and achieving their set sales targets.  
• We are on the hunt for an experienced Sales Consultant for their Campus based in Century City

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Required to build relationships with key people at schools / teachers/ principles / parents / prospective students
• Schedule and complete presentations to grade 12 & 11 learners.
• Create opportunity for first contact with learners from Grade 8 to 10.
• Build relationships with funding and student loan organizations
• Address customer concerns and issues in a professional and timely manner.
• Responsible for booking school appointments with top feeder schools, present to Grade 11 and 12 learners.  These bookings might be extended to earlier grades where and if required.
• Generate and manage the data collection against a given target
• Generate no less than 60 - 80% of school learners in the allocated region
• Ensure quick delivery of information cards to the campus after a presentation
• Create events and opportunities that will ensure high lead conversion
• Create a customer service/customer experience programme on campus that will ensure customer retention and minimize cancellation
• Work closely with the campus team, student advisors, facilitators to ensure maximum attendance at events that will secure enrolments
• Drive brand loyalty.
• Execute marketing plans.
• Book appointments with schools | teachers | prospects and their parents
• Liaise with the student advisors as required for consultations & events
• Involved in the recruitment of the students for the next year intake
• Mining and contacting of the career database
• Scheduling appointments/consultations according to the school/campus targets set
• Contact with the database as required for events
• Assist the team in planning and scheduling marketing campaigns, tradeshows, conferences, industry meetings
• Recommend innovative and creative marketing approaches for revenue growth.
• Provide sales support and guidance to team for product positioning.

Requirements

Education:

• Sales and or Marketing beneficial

Experience

• Experience in academic advising or related careers in post-secondary education is preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

Benefits

• R20,000 - R25,000 depending on experience + Commission 
• Fuel Card, Cell phone and Laptop