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Chichester College Group have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Sales Consultant. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis. In return, we will offer a competitive salary of £31,279 - £34,189 per annum plus £610.08 Crawley Weighting Allowance. As a Sales Consultant at Crawley College you won’t just be selling a product — you’ll be shaping futures! Every employer you bring on board directly opens new opportunities for learners, apprentices and local businesses. We are looking for a proactive, driven and commercially minded Sales Consultant to join our Sales & Commercial team. If you’re passionate about building relationships with employers, identifying new business opportunities, and promoting high-quality training solutions that genuinely make a difference, this is the role for you. This Sales Consultant role will focus on opportunities in the Engineering sector. Knowledge of the sector would be beneficial, but not essential. This is an exciting opportunity to work within one of the largest college groups in the UK—helping businesses grow, supporting learners, and driving impactful partnerships across the region.
Job Responsibility:
To manage self-generated leads and referred leads from other sources ensuring a high conversion rate
To sell our products and services promoting all that the College offers and deliver against the agreed target income levels as set within the annual business planning process
To identify new market opportunities, bringing these insights back to College for product/service development and championing the development of new products, courses and wider business opportunity in allocated curriculum area
To attend networking events and opportunities to promote the College
including those held outside of core working hours such as early mornings, in the evenings or at weekends
at Business to Business (B2B) and careers fairs events
To ensure that agreed monthly targets for growth are met or exceeded in order to increase turnover and profitability for the College
To carry out training needs analysis with external businesses, as required, to ensure that we recommend a range of training solutions to suit need
To conduct Labour Market Intelligence reports on key sector area (Engineering) aligned to the role’s responsibility, understanding the sectors in depth and using the data to prompt and drive sales activity/behaviour
To use this information to determine annual intake targets agreed within the curriculum business planning process
To ensure that all engagement with customers is fully logged and evidenced on the CRM
To build and sustain account relationships relevant to sector areas and ensure that customers are happy with our service
To handle customer complaints promptly and professionally, escalating where required
To refer business to the either delivery teams or commercial teams in a timely manner and record this information accurately on the CRM
To attend regular scheduled meetings with the line manager, curriculum leaders and others, to share and receive information, data, reports and position statements
To cold call and self-generate leads for new business via telephone or visits in accordance with and within the boundaries imposed by GDPR
To measure impact and sell repeat business when training cycles in all accounts are near to completion
Requirements:
Experience handling customer complaints
Proven track record of Business-to-Business Sales experience, and building and converting potential new customers/clients
Proven experience in face-to-face presenting
Proven experience of identifying and making appointments with potential new clients via phone
Experience of using a CRM
Proven experience in Account Management
Proven experience in meeting and exceeding sales targets
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams and PowerPoint
Knowledge of GDPR
English & Maths GCSE
Level 3 (A Level or equivalent)
Nice to have:
Knowledge of the Engineering sector would be beneficial, but not essential