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Sales Executives - Early Shift

Cognita Schools
Dubai, UAE
Full-time
Entry
Onsite
Discovered 1 weeks ago
SalesSales pipeline managementCRMHubSpotSalesforceCustomer service

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Job overview

Cognita is growing its centralized Sales Hub in Dubai and seeks a Sales Executive supporting prospective families considering schools in Asia.

This is a proactive, target-driven sales position guiding families from first enquiry through application and enrolment, not a traditional admissions administrator role.

The role works with school-based Admissions, Parent Experience, Marketing, and leadership teams to provide a seamless family journey.

Sales and pipeline management

  • Own the prospective-family journey from enquiry to application and enrolment; manage a high-volume pipeline across phone, email, WhatsApp, and other channels.
  • Qualify families' relocation plans, educational needs, start dates, and decision criteria; communicate school value through consultative sales conversations.
  • Handle objections, identify buying signals, follow up consistently, prioritize high-intent enquiries, and support outbound re-engagement campaigns.
  • Meet enrolment, conversion, and activity targets.

Parent experience and school partnership

  • Provide a personalized, premium experience; respond within service levels and take ownership of concerns, escalating where appropriate.
  • Coordinate tours, virtual meetings, assessments, and admissions activities with school teams; ensure timely handovers.
  • Build relationships with school leadership, Admissions, Parent Experience, and Marketing colleagues across Asia.
  • Support open days, events, and recruitment activity virtually or in person.

CRM and improvement

  • Keep accurate, up-to-date CRM records of family interactions and use dashboards and pipeline data to manage performance and priorities.
  • Work to KPIs covering response times, call activity, follow-up, pipeline progression, conversion, and enrolments.
  • Share insights from parent conversations and contribute ideas as the Asia Sales Hub grows.

Essential qualifications and experience

  • Excellent written and spoken English; proven experience in sales, admissions, account management, or relationship management.
  • Strong record of achieving commercial targets and significant customer service experience, ideally in a premium, high-touch environment.
  • Experience managing a CRM sales pipeline, such as HubSpot, Salesforce, or similar; confidence handling high call volumes and follow-ups.
  • Strong written communication across email and digital channels; organized and able to manage multiple families and priorities.
  • Culturally aware and confident engaging international families; able to work independently and collaborate across locations.

Desirable experience

  • Experience in international schools or education admissions is desirable.
  • Knowledge of the Singapore or wider Asian education market is desirable.

Schedule and travel

  • Early shifts typically start between 4:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. UAE time to cover Singapore and wider Asian operating hours; early starts are essential.
  • Some weekend work, school events, and international travel may be required.

Safeguarding checks

New staff undergo enhanced pre-employment clearance, including identity, criminal background, qualification, employment, employment-gap, and reference checks.

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