Field Account Executive, Springfield (Hybrid)

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At Cengage Group, 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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The Account Executive role is a field sales position working with customers within the college and universities market to offer digital learning solutions in the Springfield, Missouri territory. The goal of this role is to grow your territory through sourcing / closing new business with a high level of customer engagement. We are looking for a professional with experience working with customers or students, a digital aptitude, motivated by goal achievement, desire to collaborate with diverse thought, audiences, and team, and a passion for education.

Ideal candidates are located in Springfield, Missouri or the surrounding area. We offer a company car, and during busy season expect travel in the field 4 days per week where you will be walking across campus and may be standing for long periods of time to engage with customers. This role works remotely from home when not in the field.

You will be supported with clear goals and expectations, regular coaching, opportunities to build and strengthen your sales capabilities, internal resources and sales support, and a team of dedicated sales and marketing professionals passionate about education.

What You'll Do Here : Plan For Success

• Plans, organizes, and prioritizes sales activities to achieve sales targets
• Uses Salesforce to develop and maintain opportunities pipeline for every account in assigned territory
• Creates and implements strategic plans for opportunities through resource management and internal collaboration
• Develops product knowledge and digital skills for sales calls, presentations, and delivery of digital courses
• Collaborates with the Customer Success team to support instructor course set-up and student course access to drive digital activations and usage
• Builds itineraries and daily plans that effectively address territory priorities and optimizes customer engagement

Deliver Results

Manage Your Business

Skills You Will Need Here :

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Cengage Group's Higher Education business, Cengage, supports learning and student success by providing materials and digital solutions to faculty and students enrolled in two-year, four-year and vocational programs. We currently serve more than 10 million of the 18 million students in US higher ed. Setting a new standard of service for our customers, we deliver quality, easy-to-use course materials from textbooks and eBooks to courseware such as MindTap and WebAssign. In the US, we offer Cengage Unlimited and Cengage Unlimited for Institutions. We help instructors be better teachers, we help institutions solve problems and we empower students to leverage the power and joy of learning to transform lives.

Cengage Group is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, veteran status, and any other 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 or at +1 (617) 289-7917.

About Cengage Group

Cengage Group, 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 Group, 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 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. Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range.