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Special Sales Executive

                                                           Closing date: 22 October 2018

Company: Simon & Schuster UK

Location: London (Central)

Type: Sales

Status: Permanent, Full time

Salary Description: Competitive & Benefits

Reference: S&S SSE

Description:

Simon & Schuster is one of the most successful global publishers in the World with a strong UK presence. Our list includes best-selling brand authors such as Philippa Gregory and Santa Montefiore, along with literary best-sellers such as Graham Swift, Joseph Kannon and Tom Rob Smith. Our diverse non-fiction list ranges from number one best-sellers Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run and Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret,  to award winning sports books, global best-selling You tubers and critically acclaimed non-fiction such as Laura Bates and Hunter Davies.

Our children’s list is one of the fastest growing and most innovative children’s lists in the UK, the winner of many prestigious awards with strong sales. The list includes bestselling brand authors Cassandra Clare, Danny Wallace, Rachel Renee Russell and Jo Nesbo. Stars on the picture book list include the Underpants series by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort, award-winner Benji Davies and bestselling picture books by Sue Hendra and Sara Ogilvie. 

Job Profile: We have an exciting vacancy for a sales executive to join our fast-paced and dynamic team. Reporting to the Special Sales Director, you will work across a large number of the UK’s special sales retailers and wholesalers, including major gift, museums and galleries, audio, religious and MBS specialists selling in fiction, non-fiction, children’s, client and distributed titles.

Your Role:  You will have responsibility for managing and growing sales into a wide variety of special sales accounts and helping to create strategies for growth within the territory.  Taking into account the ever changing retail landscape, you will help to identify growth opportunities and new customers to target, and tailor product /create bespoke product to meet the needs of those customers.  You will be responsible for managing all aspects of your accounts, for minimizing returns and negotiating discounts in order to both deliver sales targets and protect company profitability.  Along with the Special Sales Director, you will be a key contact for the territory within the wider Sales Team and company, liaising clearly with other departments and providing excellent market and competitor feedback in order to inform both book acquisition and jacket design decisions.  You will also be responsible for liaising with our distributor and warehousing facility to ensure that logistics of delivery requirements are adhered to and correct prices are invoiced.

The Candidate’s Profile: We are looking for a driven individual with a passion for books. Experience and an understanding of the publishing process would give you an advantage. You will have an eye for detail and a proven understanding of sales techniques and process, margins and profits. Your ability to grow and build customer relationships should be second to none and you should have strong interpersonal and presentation skills.  You should always be willing to take on new challenges, be flexible and determined to succeed. You will have a prowess for multi-tasking and innovative thinking and be able to work on your own and as part of a team. A creative flair and knowledge of PowerPoint, InDesign and Photoshop would give you an advantage.

Contact Details:

Please apply by email to https://cbs.avature.net/cbssscareers/JobDetail/Special-Sales-Executive/12651 attaching your CV and covering letter with details of your current salary and expectations.

Simon & Schuster UK is an equal opportunities employer committed to the goal of building a culturally diverse workforce. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Special Sales Executive

Full-time, Permanent
Professional, Publisher
Account Manager, Sales

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