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Sales Manager
Qualis Business Support Services Ltd • Victoria Island
Posted: 20 October 2026Deadline: 3 November 2026
📋 Requirements
- •A degree in Humanity or Business Management with at least 3 – 4 years in years in B2B sales, ideally selling to schools, education services or subscriptions Comfortable cold calling every day and confident getting past the front desk to a proprietor or head teacher A track record of hitting monthly targets, with numbers to show for it Confident presenter who can run a demo for teachers and a business case for a proprietor Organized: you log every call and follow up without being chased Existing network among Lagos private schools is a strong advantage Able to travel across Lagos for school visits
📝 Description
- •Job Summary
- •Our client desires to hire a Sales Manager, the candidate will win new schools for their book fairs and Digital Reading Platform – Literacy Pro, from first cold call to signed agreement and payment.
- •You will own the full sales pipeline.
- •Responsibilities
- •Prospecting:
- •Build and keep a target list of private schools in Lagos, prioritizing British-curriculum primaries
- •Cold call, email, WhatsApp and visit schools to reach the decisionmaker: the Head Teacher, Proprietor or Head of Literacy, not only front-office staff
- •Follow up leads from book fairs, school booklist orders and referrals
- •Demos and trials:
- •Book and deliver Literacy Pro demos, in person or online
- •Set up and manage the 30-day free trial, and check usage during the trial so the school sees results before the decision
- •Agree a clear next step and date at the end of every demo
- •Book fairs:
- •Sell book fairs to schools for World Book Day, literacy week, end-of-term events and parents' evenings
- •Use each book fair to build the relationship with the head teacher and open the Literacy Pro conversation
- •Agree dates and terms, then hand confirmed fairs to operations for delivery
- •Closing:
- •Recommend the right tier Explorers, Story Seekers or Imagination Unlimited for each school's needs and budget
- •Help schools secure funding through PTA funds, adding the cost to school fees, or corporate donations
- •Handle objections on price, devices and timing, and close to signed MOU and payment
- •Handover and reporting:
- •Hand each new school to operations with complete details for onboarding
- •Keep the pipeline up to date: every school, its stage, decisionmaker and next action
- •Report weekly to the Co-Founder on calls, demos, trials, book fairs booked, conversions and revenue
- •Requirements
- •A degree in Humanity or Business Management with at least 3 – 4 years in years in B2B sales, ideally selling to schools, education services or subscriptions
- •Comfortable cold calling every day and confident getting past the front desk to a proprietor or head teacher
- •A track record of hitting monthly targets, with numbers to show for it
- •Confident presenter who can run a demo for teachers and a business case for a proprietor
- •Organized: you log every call and follow up without being chased
- •Existing network among Lagos private schools is a strong advantage
- •Able to travel across Lagos for school visits