Job vacancy Key Account Manager - Education

Our client is one of the leading global technology providers. They possess a fantastic brand name and have a long established presence in the Middle East markets. This role is regional account manager for their education portfolio managing the GCC markets (schools, higher ed etc). The role will be a combination of direct and channel sales.

In this role you will:

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  Responsible for the annual business planning of the education industry across the GCC region
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  Knowledge of the industry and its trends, in-depth research, and analysis of industry's demand preferences.
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  Find strategic positioning and formulate development directions in different market segments of the education industry.
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  Responsible for channel development, promotion, and maintenance of different market segments, and completing the company's quarterly and annual sales plan.
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  Sort out the core project information of the industry, give timely feedback, and pull the company's resources to support and ensure the implementation.
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  Organize and mobilize internal resources to actively participate in education platform exhibitions and industry exchange meetings to increase brand exposure and find new cooperation opportunities.
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  According to the company's brand and category development strategy, implement and increase the market share of different categories of the brand in different segments.

To be a successful applicant in this role, you must have the below experience:

• Relevant and appropriate educational qualifications.
• Relevant years of experience in sales operation management, familiar with key customer negotiation and channel development process.
• Familiar with the education industry, understanding the market segments of the education industry, and having more than 4 years of work experience in multiple market segments in the education industry is preferred.
• Possess excellent market development ability, business negotiation ability, strong sense of business opportunity, logical ability and data analysis ability.
• Have a strong sense of responsibility, be able to work independently, expand the market, have teamwork spirit, and be able to withstand strong work pressure.
• Self-driven, goal-oriented, fast learning, strong planning, good at integrating multiple resources and using them reasonably.
• Fluency in English & Arabic