Qualifications Scotland is Scotland’s national awarding body, designing and delivering trusted qualifications that recognise knowledge and skills. Based in Scotland and Ofqual recognised, the qualifications we create are valued and used worldwide.
We are looking for a Regional Manager for the London and Southeast England region to work within our regional business development team to deliver high-quality, continually improving, efficient and responsive services to our customers.
The successful candidate will be required to seek new business opportunities for Qualifications Scotland, grow uptake of products/services, meeting and exceeding sales targets. They will sell Qualifications Scotland products and services to existing and potential customers within a given area (e.g. geographical) and support the development of market and customer intelligence for that area.
Taking responsibility for leading on certain products and key accounts they will work within a sales team to manage and develop relationships with new and existing customers and be the ‘voice of the customer’ within Qualifications Scotland. The post holder will be measured by agreed metrics such as revenue/engagement targets and customer switching indicators. To do this you must have experience in the following specific duties:
- Growing uptake of products and services, meeting and exceeding sales targets.
- Actively seeking new business opportunities supporting the operational plan.
- Supporting the development of market/customer intelligence.
You must also have the following skills and experience:
- Managing and developing relationships with new customers.
- Actively seeking opportunities to promote the organisations products.
- Developing and maintaining effective, collaborative working relationships with colleagues.
- Thorough knowledge of the education sector including competitor landscapes, funding, apprenticeships, national qualifications framework and assessment techniques.
- Educated to degree level and/or be able to demonstrate direct relevant experience for this role. Experience within the education sector is highly desirable for this role.
Please note that this post will involve extensive travel throughout London and Southeast England*, there is a car allowance and business travel expenses will be reimbursed.
We offer a fantastic benefits package in return for your talent. This includes:
- A career-average pension scheme
- Employee wellbeing and health assistance programmes
- Development opportunities
- 27 days annual leave and 14 days public holiday
If you’ve got the skills, knowledge and experience for this role, please apply.
We’re an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. As a certified Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the competency requirements of the role.
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- Greater London, Middlesex, Surrey, Essex, Suffolk Kent, West Sussex, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire.
