Regional Sales Manager

Sciendo or De Gruyter Poland Ltd (www.sciendo.com) is one of the world’s leading companies providing professional publishing services to the academic market. The company is owned by De Gruyter (www.degruyter.com), an academic publishing house, with a history of 270 years and a reputation for outstanding quality in academic books and journals. This division of the company provides services and solutions to organisations such as university presses, societies and individual authors. They publish journals, books, conference proceedings and a variety of other publications.

Sales Manager – Canada
Location: Home Based

Working with the Head of Sales you will be responsible for generating new sales of publishing services to societies (including learned societies, universities, research institutes, academies of science, conference organisers).

Key Responsibilities:

· Presentation and sale of publishing services to societies, universities and publishers
· Organization of promotional events and meetings with potential customers
· Management of customer relationships in order to generate new business opportunities
· Building and updating databases of potential customers
· Sales and business reporting to supervisor

Skills & Experience:

· Master’s Degree (Preferred)
· Minimum 2 years of sales experience in academic publishing industry
· A motivated, self-starter, results-oriented personality
· Strong interpersonal skills for successful interaction with customers
· Native or nearly native English
· French language would be an extra asset
· Ability and desire to travel (30%) and to work from a home office
· Excellent knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
· Driving license

Offer:

· Remote work, much travel
· Independent and responsible position
· International working environment
· Very innovative and technology-rich industry
· Work tools: computer, mobile phone, internet telephony

Salary: $75,000 Basic + Sales Bonus

If you feel that you fit the criteria, please apply today by sending your Resume and Cover letter to career@sciendo.com.

Additionally: The job interview will be held in Toronto.