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About the Role
DK is seeking a motivated Sales Manager on a 12-month contract to champion independent bookshops and wholesale suppliers. This role focuses on people leadership and strategic coordination, managing a field sales team and a Wholesale Key Account Manager.
Responsibilities
- Directly managing the field sales team and the Wholesale KAM, overseeing business reviews, monthly and quarterly sell-ins, and overarching channel strategy.
- Working closely with the Sales Assistant to coordinate and collate vital data, presentation materials, and resources for customer meetings.
- Acting as a key contact for the Booksellers Association and Bookshop.org, representing DK at trade shows, bookshop events, and working closely with Editorial, Marketing & PR.
- Liaising directly with Marketing and PR on behalf of reps to secure support for indie pre-order campaigns, author signings, and regional events.
- Working closely with the Account Manager to ensure all assets, updates and communication through our online Bookseller Hub portal are current.
Requirements
- Must have previous experience in account management.
- Must have excellent communication and organisational skills.
- Must have a positive ‘can-do’ attitude.
- Must have a deep love for the independent book trade.
- Must be within a reasonable commuting distance of London.
Skills
- People management
- Strategic coordination
- Data analysis
- Presentation skills
- Communication skills
- Organisational skills
Location
- Pimlico, London
Work Type
- 12 month contract
- Hybrid
- Remote working from abroad (subject to criteria)
Experience Level
- Sales Manager
- Account Manager ready to step up
Benefits
- 25 days paid holiday entitlement in year one, plus bank holidays
- Generous pension scheme
- Volunteering policy and charity matching
- Employee assistance programme
- 70% discount on company books
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Shopping discounts
- Flex Fridays (1pm Finish*)
- Up to 30 days remote working from abroad*
- A tree is planted for every new employee
About the Company
- DK is the world’s leading illustrated Publisher, producing award-winning fiction and non-fiction titles across all formats, from audio to print to digital.
- DK is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the varied communities that read our books across the world.
- DK is proud to announce that we have adopted The Halo Code.
- DK is a member of the disability confident scheme.
- DK supports flexible working and has introduced a new ‘smart-working’ policy with a hybrid approach of working weekly from home and in DK’s office.
Equal Opportunity
- We encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of age, religion, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality or social background.
- We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies.