Job Description

Sales Development Representative (SDR) - Channel

Full-time, Hybrid role

Office base in Arlington Heights, Chicago, Illinois

What you’ll love about this role

You will be joining a fast paced, multi award-winning, market leading Educational Technology Company based in Arlington Heights.

Avantis is a leading educational technology company focused on bringing immersive Virtual Reality (VR) learning experiences to classrooms around the world. Our mission is to empower educators with innovative tools that inspire students, enhance engagement and improve learning outcomes.

What will you be doing

The SDR is primarily responsible for (but not limited to) supporting the reseller channel’s administrative functions by qualifying deal registrations, maintain accurate and up-to-date records of interactions, activities, and outcomes in customer relationship management (CRM) software. Supporting the channel partners with information, sales aids, reports, channel communication, data mining, and sitting in on calls to document activities and notes in the CRM.

Key responsibilities will include

• Conduct basic company/contact research, using CRM, internal data and the internet as
• appropriate.
• Time management and prioritization with CRM Deals and completed in a timely manner
• Communicate with customers in a courteous and professional manner using appropriate language, both written and verbal. Listen with intent and effectively respond to internal and external customer needs, via telephone-based communication.
• Identify up-selling opportunities for a salesperson by to questioning effectively to gain a deeper understanding of customer needs.
• Record key customer data in a standardized and consistent manner and accurately
• record sales and order information in CRM
• Proactively manage leads and opportunities
• Accurately use rate card/price calculator
• Manage all CRM deals until they successfully are closed and completed.

Key Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Degree level, equivalent education or proven administrative experience of sustained over achievement in a business development environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as good interpersonal skills
• Proven track record of significantly exceeding targets and expectations
• Proven ability in closing business to business sales and winning new customers
• Excellent verbal and presentation skills
• Demonstrable self-sufficiency in communication and any sales related activities
• Entrepreneurial relationship and business development skills
• Ability to successfully encourage the customers to expand product range
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated and adaptable to be able to work with minimal supervision
• Clear understanding of modern selling techniques and ability to use them
• Experience of working in a KPI driven environment

Avantis Education provides a fun, exciting work culture that thrives on self-starters and individuals that can help shape and grow our future. We are a well-established Company that is continually growing and looking for strong team players who are not afraid of working independently to bring innovation into all that we do as a global education technology leader.

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If this sounds like you, we can't wait to hear from you.

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