Trade Sales Channel Manager

Come join our growing team! 

Teacher Created Materials is a 45+ year-old, award-winning publisher of educational and trade books, digital products, and provider of professional learning services.  Our vision is to create a world in which children love to learn and our products are recognized for their effectiveness and embraced by educators worldwide.  Headquartered in Huntington Beach, California, the company is experiencing remarkable growth driven by customers including educators at all levels, parents and caregivers, and trade partners.  We continuously work to ensure that our interactions with customers, authors, community members, and employees are always positive and that our products and services espouse the values of our company.

Teacher Created Materials offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including:

• Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off plus Company Holidays
• Generous 401(K) program with Match
• Generous Childcare and Wellness Programs
• Plus more!

Location:

Remote Home Office

Position Summary:

The Trade Sales Channel Manager will be an experienced, results driven, and successful sales professional who will provide expertise for sales across multiple channels.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing and implementing the sales and channel distribution for assigned accounts.
• Nurture existing accounts by building relationships with established contacts, uncovering all relevant buyers, and grow the book of business.
• Prospect for new customers to grow our account base and expand our reach.
• Bring a strategic mindset to analyze account performance and identify focus areas.
• Ensure customer satisfaction with responsive account management.
• Gain a deep understanding of TCMs product offering in order to sell effectively and gather feedback from customers.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/BA required.
• 5+ years in professional sales in educational sales, trade sales, or related markets, preferably within the publishing sector.
• Highly articulate, solid communicator and fast learner.
• Excellent planning, organizational and prioritization skills.
• Strong business and technical knowledge.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
• Proven success negotiating large deals within the education, library, and trade space.
• Proven success as an account executive/sales manager in previous roles.
• Energetic, self-starter with strong work ethic and excellent track record of success.
• Experience using a customer relationship management database.
• Some travel is required via automobile and airplane. 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suites and a CRM (Salesforce a plus).

Physical Requirements:

• Some travel by airplane and automobile.
• Sit, stand, and walk for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to carry up to 50 lbs. when traveling and/ or carrying materials to and from sales meetings and destinations.
• Repetitive hand and wrist movements for frequent use of computer keyboard and mouse.

Work Conditions:

Home office, 10% travel.

Teacher Created Materials (TCM) is an equal opportunity employer and as such, affirms in policy and practice to recruit, hire, train, and promote, in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status or status as a protected veteran. This policy of non-discrimination and affirmative action applies to all levels of employment and to all employment practices, including (but not limited to) compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, educational, training, recreational and social activities.