Sales Associate

Support the Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million Trade Sales group, concurrently fulfilling account management to B&N College Trade Stores.Major responsibilities include monthly sales prep for B&N College appointments, manage B&N College coop, attend weekly and seasonal meetings across wholly-owned and distribution publishers, provide weekly, monthly and seasonal sales reporting and projects, assist B&N and BAM NAM team as needed.

What you'll do:

• Oversee B&N College Trade account, selling wholly-owned and distribution publishers. Including monthly sales calls, coop management and customer service issues, as well as completion of Edelweiss collections.
• Provide weekly, monthly and seasonal sales reporting and Powerpoint presentations as needed for the wider team
• Assist B&N and Books-A-Million NAMs with Monthly/Seasonal appointment prep in Edelweiss
• Handling time-sensitive requests, including account requests efficiently
• Order processing, tracking, and trafficking
• Daily interaction with accounts, customer service and in-house personnel

What you'll bring:

• Skills in verbal and written communication
• Outstanding time management skills
• Strong ability to multitask and work on deadlines
• Enthusiasm and initiative for sales
• Strong organization skills and attention to detail
• Proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel and PowerPoint

Ideal Experience:

• One+ years prior publishing and/or sales experience required
• Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel and PowerPoint

This role will have an annual salary of $55k-$58k.

Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade company that is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned group of media companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.

U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, companies in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group publish under the Pan Macmillan name. The German publishing company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels. The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.