Manager Sales South

Knimbus is a digital library SAAS platform that enables aggregation and curation of high-quality custom content for Academic, Government and Corporate institutions. Today, hundreds of institutions including IITs, NITS, Central Universities and others use the Knimbus platform and services to transform their libraries for a digital future. Knimbus provides Libraries with tools like Remote Access, Universal Search, Library Management Dashboard and much more working together in a seamless fashion so that that their users can easily access their complete Library from anywhere and on any device. Join a successful and rapidly growing start-up in the SAAS/EdTech space. We have multiple opportunities available for entrepreneurial minded candidates with leadership ambitions who are looking to develop their strategic thinking, innovation and action-oriented skills in the areas of Product Development, Sales/Business Development, Marketing and Customer Success Operations. For more details visit; https://www.knimbus.com/ - Responsible for achieving/exceeding agreed sales targets by effective key account management. - Identifying, managing and growing new government / corporate/ academic market share and  sales opportunities - Identification and effectively resolution of issues/problems and risk mitigation in achieving the sales budgets / targets - Collaborate with Internal Sales Support and Executive Management to actively map and manage customer relationships and also implement the clear vision / direction set for the customers - Provide accurate sales forecasting & sales reports using CRM system as per guidelines provided - Follow up and ensure all post sales activities are completed (Orders are received from the customers, Invoicing is received by the customers, Payment follow up, Licenses etc.) - Prepare project proposals, concept notes for government / corporate customers - Develop strong product knowledge of Knimbus products - Minimum 5 to 7 years of proven & relevant sales experience in Institutional Sales (B2B, Only Higher Education, no K-12), Preferred in Publishing, e books / e journals, not print selling - Preferred Engineering Graduate, MBA is added advantage in Marketing - Candidates should be a local with good spoken Tamil - Should be able to work independently without direct supervision. - Should have an Analytical mind and strong negotiation skills - Excellent verbal and written communication skills; effective listener, a presenter, and a people-person - Goal-oriented, organized team player