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K-12 Sales Consultant

Job Overview

Kendall Hunt Publishing is ready to revolutionize the way K-12 school districts adopt curriculum. Are you innovative and have great problem-solving skills? We are looking for a K-12 Sales Consultant to sell products and professional development using solid arguments to prospective and current K-12 customers. You will perform cost-benefit analyses of potential and existing K-12 customers and maintain positive customer relationships to ensure renewals and expansions. This position will be based in our home office in Dubuque, Iowa.

Who Is Kendall Hunt Publishing?

Throughout its history, Kendall Hunt Publishing has grown with an emphasis on its employees, fearlessness in innovation, and a strong grip on its values. Today Kendall Hunt continues to expand by growing its number of educational products, creating new companies, and extending its services across the country and beyond. Through diversity and willingness to adapt to the ever-changing publishing industry, Kendall Hunt is a company dedicated to growing with the public to best serve the people of the community.

When you work at Kendall Hunt you immediately notice the collaboration, friendliness, and a sense of purpose amongst our employees. Our customers, students, authors, and other outside contacts are always our top priority. We are constantly uncovering new sales channels for current product lines or finding new products to sell to current customers. Join our team of evolving employees to help us maintain our competitive edge in the industries we serve. www.kendallhunt.com

In A Typical Work Week, K-12 Sales Consultant Will...

• Proactively provides customer support and is resourceful and innovative in problem solving situations
• Coordinates professional development activities and has a strong command of professional development offerings
• Has solid knowledge base on all K-12 products and cross and up sells customers across all K-12 solutions
• Conducts territory analytics to include research on local K-12 education climate
• Collaborate with sales team members and other supporting departments to ensure accounts are well managed
• Strategically selects opportunities to conduct onsite presentations within a given budget
• Attends conventions and demonstrates a strong presence to promote Kendall Hunt products

Characteristics of Who KH Looks for in K-12 Sales Consultant

You are...

• A top performer that's used to going above and beyond the minimum expectations
• Competitive, highly organized, and self-driven
• Someone who possesses enough leadership, motivation and purpose to hold yourself accountable
• Someone who has "been there" bringing sales experience from any industry that will translate into success with us
• A listener someone who can listen to what educators are lacking and provide a solution
• Someone with prior educational experience working in the classroom or administration considered a plus
• Someone with educational publishing sales experience a plus
• Has a bachelor's degree
• A valid driver's license

Why Us? We Understand It's More Than Just a Job!

Choosing a career path can be one of the most important decision in one's life. Work is part of a person's identity. People need compelling reasons to remain at a job and a company day after day, year after year. As you consider a career change, we understand the benefits an employer offers are just as appealing as the job itself.

Our companies offers:

• Job Stability. Kendall Hunt and their family of companies have been around for more than 75 years
• Career Growth. Gain some great experience to promote to higher roles - many of our leadership and upper management staff worked their way up in our family of companies
• Base pay, plus commission.
• Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance with company paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Generous company match on 401(k) plan, as well as profit sharing
• 15 days PTO at hire, plus paid holidays
• Scholarship and tuition reimbursement

All applicants must have valid driver's license and a bachelor's degree.

HRDept@kendallhunt.com

An Equal Opportunity Employer