Vietnamese Speaking Sales Executive

About the role

Cognita, a global family of over 90 schools across 21 countries, is looking for a Vietnamese-speaking sales executive in Dubai. You will be the first point of contact for prospective families, guiding them from initial enquiry through application and enrolment. It is a sales-focused, target-driven role that requires strong relationship-building skills, commercial awareness and the ability to convert opportunities, managing a high-volume pipeline across phone, email, WhatsApp and other digital channels.

Key responsibilities

• Manage prospective families from initial enquiry through to enrolment
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified opportunities
• Drive enquiry-to-application and application-to-enrolment conversion
• Hold consultative sales conversations and handle objections
• Follow up and re-engage prospective customers proactively
• Aim for individual and team activity, conversion and enrolment targets
• Work closely with admissions, customer experience, marketing and leadership teams
• Maintain accurate CRM records and use pipeline data to prioritise activity

Required profile

• Fluent Vietnamese, with excellent spoken and written English
• Proven experience in sales, business development, account management, admissions or relationship management
• Track record of achieving commercial or performance targets
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, high-volume, target-driven environment
• Proactive, resilient and commercially minded
• Cultural awareness and confidence working with international customers

Required skills

• Sales pipeline management through a CRM such as HubSpot, Salesforce or similar
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills

The role is based in Dubai, UAE, with a working week of Monday-Friday or Tuesday-Saturday depending on operations; international travel and occasional weekend work may be required. New staff undergo detailed pre-employment clearance including identity, criminal background, qualification, employment and reference checks.