JOB SUMMARY
The Sales Trainer will design, organise, and deliver training programmes that strengthen the Business Development (BD) team s selling capabilities, soft skills, and use of new-age sales tools. The role will also build technical understanding of sustainability, carbon offsetting, evolving methodologies, and EKI s product portfolio so that BD associates can engage clients confidently and accurately.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- 1. Design and deliver sales training for the BD team, covering prospecting, lead qualification, client discovery, pitching, presentations, objection handling, negotiation, follow-ups, account development, and closing.
- 2. Train BD associates on new-age tools and digital workflows that support business development, such as CRM usage, sales intelligence and prospecting tools, AI-enabled productivity tools, presentation tools, and structured follow-up practices.
- 3. Organise and conduct soft-skills training, including business communication, email and phone etiquette, active listening, relationship building, meeting management, time management, teamwork, and professional conduct.
- 4. Develop and deliver technical training on sustainability concepts, climate change, carbon markets, carbon offsetting, carbon credits, relevant standards and registries, and EKI s products and services.
- 6. Prepare structured training calendars and organise classroom, virtual, and on-the-job learning sessions, ensuring appropriate materials and attendance records are maintained.
- 7. Use practical demonstrations, role-plays, mock client meetings, case studies, and product scenarios to help associates apply learning to real BD situations.
- 8. Assess training effectiveness through quizzes, role-plays, feedback, and agreed performance indicators; identify follow-up coaching or refresher-training needs.
- 9. Work with the Learning Management Auditor, BD HODs, and relevant managers to align training with identified competency gaps and individual development plans.
- 10. Maintain and update training content in the designated learning platform, including course materials, assessments, attendance, completion records, and feedback.
- 11. Gather feedback from participants and BD leadership, review outcomes, and continuously improve training content, delivery methods, and learning resources.
- 5. Keep technical training current by researching new methodologies, market developments, product updates, and sustainability-related frameworks relevant to EKI s product portfolio; coordinate with subject-matter experts to validate content.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Educational Qualification
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Business, Sustainability, Environmental Studies, Climate Change, Commerce, or a related field.
Experience Required
- 3-5 years of experience in sales training, business development, sales enablement, sustainability training, or a relevant combination of these areas.
Technical Skills
- Strong understanding of sales processes, BD workflows, and sales enablement tools; practical experience with CRM and digital sales tools.
- Ability to create training materials, presentations, role-plays, case studies, exercises, quizzes, and learning assessments.
- Knowledge of sustainability, carbon markets, carbon offsetting, carbon credits, methodologies, standards, and environmental products, or the ability to learn and explain these topics clearly.
Soft Skills
- Excellent presentation, facilitation, coaching, and communication skills.
- Strong organization and planning skills, including the ability to manage training calendars, sessions, materials, and participant follow-up.
- Ability to engage adult learners, adapt delivery to different experience levels, and make complex concepts practical and easy to understand.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (Optional)
- Experience training business development or commercial teams in sustainability, carbon markets, climate solutions, or environmental products; certifications in training, facilitation, sales, or sustainability are an advantage.
Core Competencies(Optional)
- Training needs analysis and the ability to translate business priorities into practical learning programmes.
- Continuous learning and keeping training content aligned with changing products, tools, and market methodologies.
- Collaboration with BD leaders, HODs, product specialists, and subject-matter experts.