Education Field Sales Manager – Midlands

Talk Straight Group; West Midlands; Híbrido; GBP 55.000 - 85.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive base salary

Uncapped OTE commission

Car allowance

Company EV scheme

Descripción de la vacante

Talk Straight Group seeks an Education Area Manager to own new business growth across the Midlands. This field-based role is home-based with regular regional travel, visiting the Ilkley office as needed.

You’ll win new schools, colleges, MATs and local authorities, and work with channel partners to open doors. You'll manage a 3-6 month pipeline, hit annual gross profit targets, and maintain accurate forecasts.

Formación

• A proven track record of winning new business and growing accounts, in education or a relevant B2B environment
• Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills
• Good commercial judgement and confident decision-making
• Experience managing a 3-6 month pipeline and keeping forecasts accurate
• Strong CRM, planning and organisational skills
• A self-starter with plenty of energy who’s happy to travel regularly across the region
• Desirable: Working knowledge of connectivity or unified communications solutions
• Desirable: Knowledge of the UK education sector, ideally including safeguarding or security solutions

Responsabilidades

• Find, qualify and close new business across schools, colleges, MATs, local authorities and approved channel partners
• Deliver against annual gross profit and contract growth targets for your region
• Protect and grow a defined set of key customer and partner accounts
• Build and manage a healthy 3-6 month pipeline and forecast accurately
• Sell our full portfolio: connectivity, firewall, filtering, WAN, hosting, VoIP, endpoint management and storage
• Follow up quickly on inbound and campaign leads, so no regional opportunity is missed
• Work with our channel partners to drive new business and customer retention
• Use sound commercial judgement on pricing, margin and where to focus your time, within company policy
• Hand renewals over to our Internal Account Management team, while staying involved in growth or commercially sensitive deals
• Keep CRM records, quotes and forecasts accurate and up to date
• Represent us at education events such as BETT and others when required

Conocimientos

New business development

CRM experience

Communication skills

Forecasting

Travel readiness

Descripción del empleo

Talk Straight Group seeks an Education Area Manager to own new business growth across the Midlands. This field-based role is home-based with regular regional travel, visiting the Ilkley office as needed.

You’ll win new schools, colleges, MATs and local authorities, and work with channel partners to open doors. You'll manage a 3-6 month pipeline, hit annual gross profit targets, and maintain accurate forecasts.