Sales Consultant

We believe in the power and joy of learning. At Cengage, our employees have a direct impact in helping learners around the world discover the power and joy of learning. We are bonded by our shared purpose – driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education. What You'll Do Here Plan, organize, and prioritize sales strategies to achieve established sales targets. Develop and maintain a Territory Plan for the assigned open territories applying sales tools and resources including the sales force CRM (Salesforce). Work with other sales personnel (e.g. Solutions Specialists, Customer Success Specialists, Account Directors) to achieve open territory and regional sales goals. Participate in the planning process to develop fully advised Account Plans to prioritize and improve the use of team resources. Develop and follow through on daily plans to optimize sales and/or renewal potential within each open territory. Represent and promote Cengage products to all customers to achieve or exceed sales targets. Prospect, qualify, and close sales by phone, email contact, and technology demonstrations. Sell Cengage Unlimited and Cengage Learning Platforms. Advance sales calls and manage relationships with key decision makers. Manage Communications and Reporting Exhibit proficient use of technology communication tools. Update and maintain our CRM (Salesforce). Report to the District Manager as required. Fulfill team support roles as required. Communicate and coordinate optimally as required with other sales personnel. Skills You Will Need Here Highly flexible and adaptable to change. Driven to succeed. Strong listening skills; ability to work well with both external and internal customers. Strong presentation skills. Comfortable applying technology in performing routine job tasks and for product demonstration purposes. Outstanding organizational and time management skills. Proficiency in PC and Microsoft Office applications. Preferred BA or BS degree strongly preferred. At least two (2) years of successful sales (or customer interaction) experience. Direct sales, marketing or editorial experience. Prior publishing sales experience. Experience working with digital sales products/applications and contact management systems, such as Salesforce. Cengage is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of any classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws. Cengage is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process. If you are an applicant with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in our job application process, please contact us at View email address on click.appcast.io. About Cengage Cengage, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education. Compensation At Cengage, we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees. The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location. In this position, you will be eligible to participate in the company’s variable Sales incentive compensation program.

$52,000.00 - $67,600.00 USD

Target Variable Compensation 12,500.00 USD Annual: Individual Target. Actual incentive earnings are not guaranteed and may be more or less than the target amount based on achievement of performance goals and the terms of the applicable incentive compensation plan. #J-18808-Ljbffr Cengage