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At Cengage, our employees have a direct impact in helping students 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.
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As a member of the Higher Education sales team, a Sales Consultant will plan, organize, and implement selling strategies for a defined print and digital product set to achieve established sales targets and goals within assigned open sales or customer success territories within a region. Sales activities will be conducted primarily from their home office, with limited travel required to close sales and attend internal meetings. A Sales Consultant will build relationships with decision makers, represent and promote assigned Cengage Learning products to customers, and provide post-sales support as needed to drive sell-through, digital activations and usage within their open territory assignments.
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
Ability to 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 Regional Manager as required
Fulfill team support roles as required
Communicate & 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 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 accommodations.ta@cengage.com .
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. Click here (https://www.cengagegroup.com/news/perspectives/2024/cengage-group-total-rewards-philosophy/) to learn more about our Total Rewards Philosophy .
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.
$41,500.00 - $53,950.00 USD0
Target Variable Compensation:
12,500.00 USD Annual: Individual Target
annually
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.
Cengage, a global edtech company, supports learners, educators and institutions across more than 100 countries. With products serving nearly 16 million digital users across the Higher Education, School, Work and English Language Learning markets, we've built a learning ecosystem that connects education to employment. We combine trusted content, AI-powered insights and scalable digital platforms to power learning for every future and drive meaningful outcomes at every stage of the learning journey.
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