Suraasa - Academic Counsellor (1-3 yrs)

Inside Sales Counsellor

About the role:

Job Type: Full-time, work from office

Location: Gurgaon

Experience Required: 6 months - 2 Years of relevant experience

- Hiring Timeline: Immediate

Budget: INR 5,00,000 - 7,00,000 per annum

Job Brief:

We are looking for result-oriented and motivated Inside Sales Specialists/Counsellors who can develop strong technical knowledge about our educational products, industry and customer base to support the customers' purchase decisions. Additionally, the candidates will be required to effectively prospect, qualify and generate new sales to meet or exceed revenue goals.

This role provides fast growth opportunities to leadership positions as long as top performance is delivered, exemplary teamwork and leadership potential are demonstrated.

Responsibilities:

- Build a thorough technical understanding of Suraasa products and help potential customers in understanding what we have to offer through effective articulation

- Engage with potential customers, identify their key pain points and create personalized growth journeys for every customer to help them purchase products to meet their career objectives

- Counsel leads on their personal growth prospects in the education industry

- Maintain excellent and supportive rapport with all leads

- Follow up after the sale to ensure customer satisfaction and gain referrals

- Stay on top of market trends and participate in brainstorming sessions with the sales team to come up with new growth strategies

- Use CRM to track leads and manage pipelines daily

- Achieve monthly targets, and unlock fast growth opportunities within the department, eventually managing own sales team(s) and beyond.

Qualification Criteria:

- Ideal candidate should have 6 months to 2 years of experience in Sales/Marketing (preferably EdTech/Academic/school/clinical counseling).

- Excellent verbal communication skills, strong conversationalist, and well-versed in English

- Strong negotiation and objection handling skills with the ability to work within deadlines

- Ability to work independently and as a part of a team while always maintaining a professional, client-oriented attitude

- Understand the landscape of the Education Industry and the current needs of teachers and school leaders

- Proficient with Microsoft Office/Google Documents and CRM systems

Company Overview:

- Suraasa is a multi-national EdTech company that empowers school teachers by helping them super-charge their career growth and inspire millions of youth to become high-impact, high-achieving, and high-earning motivated teachers.

- Winning the trust of some of the most ambitious government bodies in the world, we are one of the very few firms globally contributing to UN SDG 4: target 4.c of Increasing Number of Qualified Teachers to deliver Quality Education's worldwide.

- Suraasa is founded by a visionary team of global pedagogy experts, industry's leading technologists, the world's top MBAs, top Management Consultants, and counsellors in the industry

- Before launching Suraasa, the passionate team has been recognized as "India's Best Teacher Training Company" award thrice-in-a-row and gained the trust of 75,000+ teachers from 1600+ schools from 21 states of India.

- We are looking for the next outstanding person to join our fast-growing team and make millions of teachers and school children smile every day.