Our client an Irish owned educational company requires a Sales Representative to join their team to cover Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon, Westmeath and parts of Galway.
Responsible for:
- Calling to a designated area of schools to promote print and digital content to primary and post primary teachers
- Know our full product portfolio in detail and identify and forecast all opportunities within this range.
- Have a good awareness of competitor products to enable the business to track and analyse.
- Working closely and reporting to your line manager, you will create an achievable territory action plan to reach sales targets.
- Grow and maintain customer relationships within assigned territory and be the face of the organisation in your area.
- Fully understand our customer needs and provide feedback/identify opportunities to the business.
- Supporting National events including subject conferences
- Booklist data capture and analysis
- Ability to work with our internal systems e.g. CRM and MS Dynamics (training provided)
- Playing a cross functional role in the team working with all areas of the business to drive improvements and growth. (Sales, Commissioning, Marketing, Customer service, IT and Logistics)
- Add to the positive can-do-attitude of our existing sales team
- Bring to the table a creative flair at sales meetings
Qualifications/Experience:
- Degree (or equivalent) in Education / Business / Sales / Marketing Related Discipline OR
- 3- 5 years’ experience in a similar Sales role.
- Interest and passion for Irish Education
- Proven ability to work & influence Cross Functionally
- Proven ability to work well independently with a track record of high-quality results
- Experience in budgetary management
- Proven track record in administration side of sales
- Ability to engage audiences formally daily (Sales presentations/small group demos)
- Relationship management skills
- Full clean and valid driving license
- Experience of solutions selling
Benefits include:
- Permanent full time contract.
- Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week
- Company Car
- Company Pension
- Daily Lunch Allowance
- 35 days specified annual leave
- Mobile Phone and Laptop
- Incentives and Bonus
For a confidential discussion and more information on the role, please contact Aideen Cummins.
aideen.cummins@collinsmcnicholas.ie
071-9140252