Field Sales Specialist

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Ingram Content Group (ICG) is hiring a Field Sales Specialist to join our Consortium Book Sales & Distribution team in Minneapolis, MN.

The Sales Specialist will work with Sales representatives, award-winning publishers, and independent bookstores to facilitate growth in the trade sales channel.

The ideal candidate will develop and maintain customer and client relationships, will have strong problem solving, time management and analytical skills, excellent communication and a passion for reading and working with books. In this role, you will collaborate with the Consortium sales, marketing and customer service teams to support our award-winning clients. Responsibilities include organizing key sales meetings, managing regional conferences, attending Winter Institute, and working directly with assigned accounts.

Do you have experience working with publishers? Have a passion for helping publishers be successful?

At Ingram, our publisher-facing business offers more than just traditional wholesale services. It offers fully integrated and relevant solutions for client publishers.Comprised of book printing, digital book, distribution, publishing sales and marketing services, this part of Ingram's business helps publishers discover more ways to sell content in markets across the globe. Based in the Nashville area, New York, Berkeley and other locations, our teams are collaborative, innovative, dynamic, and passionate about the business.

The world is reading, and it is our goal to connect people to the content they want in the simplest ways. If you share that passion, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and want to contribute to a strategic part of the business that is evolving and expanding, we can't wait to meet you!

Required Qualifications :

• Bachelor's Degree or year-for-year related experience
• 2 years of book-related sales and / or customer service experience
• 1 year experience working with MS Excel, including using formulas, vlookups and pivot tables

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Key Responsibilities :

Hiring Salary Range : $57,155k -$71,232k. This range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary for this position. It will be determined by factors including but not limited to : the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, geographic location, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

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Perks / Benefits :

15 vacation days & 12 sick days accrued annually and 3 personal days

Company match program for United Way donations

The world is reading,and Ingram Content Group ("Ingram") connects people with content in all forms. Providing comprehensive services for publishers, retailers, libraries and educators, Ingram makes these services seamless and accessible through technology, innovation and creativity. With an expansive global network of offices and facilities, Ingram's services include digital and physical book distribution, print-on-demand, and digital learning. Ingram Content Group is a part of Ingram Industries Inc. and includes Ingram Book Group LLC, Ingram Publisher Services LLC, Lightning Source LLC, Ingram Library Services LLC, Tennessee Book Company LLC, Ingram Content Group UK Ltd. and Ingram Content Group Australia Pty Ltd.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, work related mental or physical disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information.