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Knimbus

Cloud-based federated search for scholarly content

Manager Sales South

Account ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeChennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Minimum 5 to 7 years of proven, relevant sales experience in institutional sales (B2B), focused only on higher education and excluding K–12.
  • Candidates should be local and have good spoken Tamil.
  • Candidates should be able to work independently without direct supervision.
  • Candidates should have an analytical mind and strong negotiation skills.
  • Candidates should have excellent verbal and written communication skills, be effective listeners and presenters, and be people-oriented.
  • Candidates should be organized and goal-oriented team players.

Responsibilities

  • Achieve or exceed agreed sales targets through effective key account management.
  • Identify, manage, and grow new government, corporate, and academic market share and sales opportunities.
  • Identify and resolve issues and problems effectively, and mitigate risks affecting sales budgets and targets.
  • Collaborate with Internal Sales Support and Executive Management to map and manage customer relationships and implement the established customer vision and direction.
  • Provide accurate sales forecasts and reports using the CRM system according to provided guidelines.
  • Follow up and ensure completion of post-sales activities, including receiving customer orders, invoicing customers, following up on payments, and handling licenses.
  • Prepare project proposals and concept notes for government and corporate customers.
  • Develop strong knowledge of Knimbus products.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in publishing, e-books, or e-journals is preferred; print-selling experience is not the focus.
  • An engineering graduate qualification is preferred.
  • An MBA is an added advantage in marketing.

About the Company

Knimbus

Cloud-based federated search for scholarly content

Knimbus runs a cloud-based AI-powered digital library platform that unifies an institution’s subscribed resources, open-access content, and holdings under one login. It uses a federated search to scan millions of articles, e-books, journals, and patents in real time from both subscribed and open sources, delivered as a SaaS with a freemium option. It distinguishes itself with real-time cross-content search in a single ecosystem plus institution-wide customization, analytics, and remote access tools. Its goal is to streamline research and collaboration by saving time spent searching across databases and enabling knowledge sharing.

Company size
11-50
Company stage
N/A
Total funding
$500K
Headquarters
Gurgaon, India
Founded
2010

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