Sales Manager

Bluebear Technology; Mumbai; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Bluebear Technology is seeking an experienced Sales Manager to drive education-finance sales and customer acquisition through partner educational institutes. You will manage relationships with students, parents and institute partners, and coordinate with internal teams to achieve business objectives.

The ideal candidate will have strong sales and relationship-management experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work in a target-driven environment, with a track record of

Qualifications

• Graduate or postgraduate with relevant sales/BFSI/FinTech experience.
• Experience in education finance or lending preferred.
• Comfortable working at assigned educational institute partner locations.

Responsibilities

• Drive education loan sales and growth through assigned educational institute partners.
• Build and maintain relationships with students, parents and partner institute representatives.
• Explain loan products, processes, documentation, timelines, EMI schedules and applicable policies.
• Manage the end-to-end customer journey from lead generation and counselling to loan processing and disbursement.
• Ensure timely collection and accurate submission of required customer documents.
• Follow up with customers and internal stakeholders to ensure smooth processing of applications.
• Coordinate with Relationship Managers, Sales, Credit, Operations and other internal teams to resolve customer and process-related issues.
• Monitor leads, conversions, application status and sales performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve conversion rates and business volumes at assigned partner institutes.
• Handle customer escalations and maintain a high level of customer satisfaction.
• Maintain strong professional relationships with partner educational institutes and key stakeholders.
• Achieve assigned sales, revenue and business targets.
• Track and report sales performance, pipeline and key business metrics to management.
• Identify market opportunities and contribute to strategies for increasing education-loan penetration.
• Ensure adherence to company policies, processes, compliance requirements and customer data confidentiality standards.
• Support and guide junior team members, where required.

Skills

Sales experience

Communication skills

Relationship management

Sales targets

Customer handling

Sales journey management

Follow-up & coordination

Independence & ownership

Fast-paced environment

Sales processes & lead management

Excel/Sheets

Education

Graduate / Postgraduate

Job description

Sales Manager Education Finance

We are looking for an experienced Sales Manager to drive education-finance sales and customer acquisition through our partner educational institutes.

The role involves managing relationships with students, parents and educational institute partners, driving loan business, ensuring a smooth customer journey and coordinating with internal teams to achieve business objectives.

The ideal candidate should have strong sales and relationship-management experience, excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a target-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive education loan sales and business growth through assigned educational institute partners.
• Build and maintain relationships with students, parents and partner institute representatives.
• Understand customer requirements and recommend suitable education loan solutions.
• Explain loan products, processes, documentation, timelines, EMI schedules and applicable policies.
• Manage the end-to-end customer journey from lead generation and counselling to loan processing and disbursement.
• Ensure timely collection and accurate submission of required customer documents.
• Follow up with customers and internal stakeholders to ensure smooth processing of applications.
• Coordinate with Relationship Managers, Sales, Credit, Operations and other internal teams to resolve customer and process-related issues.
• Monitor leads, conversions, application status and sales performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve conversion rates and business volumes at assigned partner institutes.
• Handle customer escalations and maintain a high level of customer satisfaction.
• Maintain strong professional relationships with partner educational institutes and key stakeholders.
• Achieve assigned sales, revenue and business targets.
• Track and report sales performance, pipeline and key business metrics to management.
• Identify market opportunities and contribute to strategies for increasing education-loan penetration.
• Ensure adherence to company policies, processes, compliance requirements and customer data confidentiality standards.
• Support and guide junior team members, where required.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Strong sales and business-development experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder-management skills.
• Proven ability to achieve sales and revenue targets.
• Strong customer-handling, negotiation and convincing skills.
• Ability to manage the complete sales and customer journey.
• Strong follow-up, coordination and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of business targets.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and target-oriented environment.
• Good understanding of sales processes, lead management and conversion.
• Basic proficiency in MS Excel/Google Sheets and business tools.

Preferred Skills / Nice to Have

• Prior experience in BFSI, FinTech, education finance, lending, loans or financial services.
• Experience in education loans, personal loans, consumer loans or similar financial-product sales.
• Experience working with colleges, universities, coaching institutes or educational organisations.
• Experience managing institutional or channel relationships.
• Experience in direct sales and customer-facing roles.
• Strong proficiency in English and Hindi.
• Experience handling sales targets, pipelines and business reporting.
• Experience mentoring or guiding junior sales team members.
• Self-motivated, proactive and result-oriented approach.

Eligibility

• Education: Graduate / Postgraduate or equivalent.
• Experience: Relevant experience in sales, BFSI, FinTech, lending, education finance or relationship management preferred.
• Candidates with a proven track record of achieving sales/business targets are encouraged to apply.
• Should be comfortable working from/at assigned educational institute partner locations.

We look forward to speaking with you and learning more about your profile.