Sales Consultant

Mol; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday day off

Death in service benefit

Employee Assistance Programme

Free/discounted Eye Care

Occupational Sick Pay

Access to Occupational Health

Subsidised staff restaurants

Refer a Friend Scheme

Access to courses

Job summary

MOL is seeking a Sales Consultant in Manchester to advise customers and sell a wide range of professional learning products. This B2C role requires tailoring solutions to meet customer needs, with some B2B elements, and a 16-month FTC from November 2026 to February 2028.

The role is full-time (37 hours) and hybrid, combining office days in Manchester with remote work. You will build relationships, convert inquiries, and identify leads while upholding MOL's values and delivering excellent service

Qualifications

• Customer-focused approach to deliver the best outcomes.
• Persuasiveness and negotiation skills.
• Commercial awareness with mature business sense.
• Accurate and detail-oriented delivery.
• Strong keyboard and ICT skills.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Willingness to learn and improve.
• Ethical sales practices.
• Driven to achieve personal and team targets.
• Team player with collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Exemplify MOL values and deliver excellent customer service.
• Convert inbound inquiries and pursue outbound leads into enrolments.
• Identify potential leads and follow up.
• Drive personal performance to meet goals.
• Process transactions accurately and promptly.
• Undertake administrative tasks with responsibility and judgment.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of processes and systems.
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as required.
• Collaborate across the team and division to support business needs.

Skills

Customer focus

Influence

Commercial awareness

Attention to detail

ICT competence

Communication

Continuous improvement

Sales ethics

Team player

Achievement drive

Education

Education level 3+

Education sector experience

Job description

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

In this Sales Consultant role, you will be required to advise customers and sell a wide range of professional learning products to new and existing customers in various industries.

You will have a strong desire to reactively and pro-actively contact and work with customers to identify their needs and to sell current MOL products. This may require tailoring or bespoke design of programme solutions so you can achieve your sales target with accounts across MOL and group full range of products and programme areas. You will also gather intelligence on customer needs to share with the business and senior managers to continually improve the product offering.

You will need to be driven, organised and dedicated to managing a busy and demanding workload. You will have a genuine passion for the world of education, putting the client and the learner experience at the heart of everything you do.

You will need to represent the MOL brand through excellent product knowledge and skilful questioning to match the right product to meet customer and MOL needs.

This is primarily a Business to Consumer (B2C) role with some focus on Business to Business (B2B) relationships.

This role is offered on a 16-month Fixed term contract (November 2026 – February 2028), full time (37 hours per week) basis.

As a Sales Consultant Sales Consultant working for MOL we can guarantee variety, support and a great company to work for! The role is a hybrid role, spending some time with colleagues in our offices in Manchester and doing some remote work. Whilst working remotely, you will be working remotely you will be part of a supportive and experienced team, so help is always on hand.

The key responsibilities of this role are as follows:

• Values - exemplify and consistently demonstrate the behaviours and values of MOL.
• Customer service - build exceptional relationships with our internal and external customers, delivering a best-in-class service that meets our customers’ needs.
• Sales – Convert inbound enquiries from numerous sources and media and pursue outbound leads to convert into enrolments onto MOL courses and recognise and maximise opportunities to increase sales
• Commercial Business Development – Identify potential leads follow up.
• Performance – drive personal performance to achieve personal and organisational goals
• Process – process transactions accurately and in a timely and efficient manner, resolving any exceptions promptly and keeping the stakeholders informed.
• Administration – undertake a range of administrative tasks with a high degree of personal responsibility and judgement working to a standard of accuracy as defined by the team manager.
• Continuous improvement – contribute positively to the team to achieve business objectives and improve efficiency of processes and systems.
• Flexibility – work flexibly within the team and across the division according to business needs. To ensure that the business is operated to the highest standards and with a professional ethos in line with the Mission, Vision and Values of MOL and the group.
• Effective team-working: to work in a way that contributes to, and promotes, a collaborative and supportive culture within own team and across all of Total People; to build and sustain positive working relations with colleagues and other stakeholders; to pass on new information to relevant stakeholders and Total People colleagues promoting a sharing team-working environment
• To work flexibly as and when required including, where necessary, any MOL or group site, or on external premises and may require some flexibility to including evenings and weekends in line with business and customer demand.

Please see the attached job description for more details.

In order to be successful in your application you will need to meet the following essential criteria:

• Customer focused – able to focus on delivering the best outcome from the customer perspective
• Influence - Persuasiveness and negotiation skills
• Commercial awareness - Mature attitude with an understanding of business issues
• Delivery - Accuracy and attention to detail
• Possesses good keyboard skills and ICT competence
• Communication - Deals effectively, positively and clearly with written and telephone enquiries from customers and stakeholders
• Continuous improvement - Strives to continually improve service and shows a willingness to learn new skills as required
• Sales ethics - Committed to ethical sales and selling practices
• Achievement - Driven to achieve personal goals and team targets
• One team - Enthusiastic team player

And if you meet the following desirable criteria even better:

• Educated to level 3 or above or experience in a similar role
• Experience of working within the Education sector

MOL is an equal opportunities employer. We ask all applicants to demonstrate in their application their ability to meet the key responsibilities of the role with experience and/or qualifications detailed within the job description. We are committed to the safeguarding and the protection and wellbeing of our learners. As such this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check that you must successfully pass to get your offer of employment.

As an employee of Total People, you will receive the following salary and remuneration:

• Birthday day off
• Death in service benefit at x2 basic annual salary
• Employee Assistance Programme which offers a variety of wellbeing tools for you to access
• Free/discounted Eye Care
• Occupational Sick Pay
• Access to Occupational Health
• Subsidised staff restaurants when on campus
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• Access to courses

Safeguarding

The LTE Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be required to undergo an appropriate DBS check via the Criminal Records Bureau and may be subject to additional online checks as part of our pre-screening process. Some roles are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and would require an Enhanced DBS check.

At MOL, we’re committed to providing an environment free from discrimination, bullying, harassment, or victimisation, where all members of our community are treated with respect and dignity. MOL is committed to working in an inclusive way with all the communities where we are geographically located and to developing a workforce and student community that reflects Greater Manchester’s and the UK’s rich diversity and vibrancy.

The closing date for this job advert is 13/11/2026. However, sometimes the job advert may close early if we receive a good response!