Inside Sales Specialist

About Lyfskills

Lyfskills is building a discovery and operating platform for kids’ activities, sports, fitness, and learning experiences. The platform helps parents discover the right classes, coaches, academies, gyms, and facilities, while helping supply partners generate demand and manage their business better.

We are looking for an Inside Sales Specialist to help expand our supply network onto the Lyfskills platform.
 

Website: https://www.lyfskills.com

Role Overview

The Inside Sales Specialist will be responsible for identifying, reaching out to, qualifying, and onboarding supply partners onto Lyfskills. This is a high-ownership role focused on building the supply base that powers our discovery marketplace.

The ideal candidate should be comfortable with outbound calling, WhatsApp follow-ups, CRM hygiene, partner education, and closing onboarding conversations with small business owners, coaches, and academy operators.

Key Responsibilities1. Supply Lead Outreach

• Call and engage academies, coaches, trainers, gyms, facilities, and activity providers.
• Explain the Lyfskills platform proposition clearly and simply.
• Drive interest and convert supply leads into onboarded partners.
• Follow up consistently through calls, WhatsApp, and email.

2. Partner Onboarding

• Collect required business, listing, service, pricing, location, and contact details.
• Help partners complete their profile/listing setup on the platform.
• Coordinate with internal teams to ensure listings go live with accurate information.
• Educate partners on how Lyfskills can help them get discovered by parents and consumers.

3. Sales Pipeline Management

• Maintain a clean pipeline of leads, follow-ups, conversions, and drop-offs.
• Update CRM/sheets with accurate call status, partner details, objections, and next steps.
• Prioritize high-potential partners based on category, location, and demand.
• Ensure daily and weekly onboarding targets are met.

4. Objection Handling & Partner Education

• Handle common objections around pricing, value, lead quality, platform usage, and effort required.
• Build trust with small business owners and independent coaches.
• Communicate the benefits of discoverability, digital presence, verified leads, and business tools.

5. Market Feedback

• Share insights on partner objections, pricing sensitivity, category trends, and competitive platforms.
• Help identify high-demand categories, localities, and partner segments.
• Provide feedback to improve onboarding scripts, listing flows, and partner communication.

Key Success Metrics

• Number of qualified supply partners contacted daily.
• Number of partners onboarded weekly/monthly.
• Listing completion rate.
• Follow-up conversion rate.
• Quality of partner data collected.
• Activation of partners on the platform.
• Responsiveness and CRM hygiene.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 1–3 years of experience in inside sales, telesales, business development, or partner onboarding.
• Experience working with SMBs, local businesses, academies, coaches, gyms, schools, or service providers is a plus.
• Strong communication skills in English and Hindi. Kannada or other regional languages are a plus.
• Comfortable with high-volume calling and structured follow-ups.
• Good persuasion and objection-handling ability.
• Organized, disciplined, and target-oriented.
• Comfortable using Google Sheets, CRM tools, WhatsApp, and basic sales tracking systems.
• Self-driven and able to work with limited supervision.

What We Value

• Hustle with discipline.
• Clear communication.
• Ownership of numbers.
• Patience with small business owners.
• Ability to simplify the product story.
• Strong follow-through.
• Comfort with early-stage startup ambiguity.

Why Join Lyfskills

• Work directly on building the supply engine of a fast-growing discovery platform.
• Get early exposure to marketplace building, sales systems, and partner growth.
• Be part of a lean, execution-focused team.
• Opportunity to grow into roles across sales, partner success, city operations, or category growth.

Compensation

Compensation will include fixed salary plus performance-linked incentives based on onboarding and activation targets.