Acquisitions Sales Representative - Louisiana

About the role

Join us and be part of something bigger—grow your career while helping shape the future of learning. As an Acquisitions Sales Representative, you're the driver and decision maker.

Responsibilities

• Interview, listen for business potential, and persuade select candidates to work with your company by partnering with experts in their field.
• Identify business opportunities, interview professors, and persuade author candidates that have what it takes to become Kendall Hunt authors.
• Develop more interactive and engaging materials that solve the needs of students and make an impact in their college career and future.

Requirements

• You are someone who...
• Takes initiative and works independently, demonstrating an entrepreneurial mindset by actively problem-solving and utilizing strong critical thinking skills.
• Has a strong desire to learn, coupled with a deep inclination to ask questions and seek answers, while actively engaging in diverse subject matter.
• Show persistence in overcoming challenges while exhibiting the ability to adapt and be flexible.
• Demonstrate the ability to affectively listen, ask questions, think creatively/critically and close new business with prospective customers.
• Communicate clearly and confidently with professors, authors, team members and internal employees, ensuring that information is conveyed effectively and professionally.
• Handle multiple priorities and tasks simultaneously while maintaining a high level of attention to detail and customer service.

Qualifications

• Holds a bachelor's degree.
• Enjoy spending time on college campuses.

Skills

• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships and exceed goals.
• Problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
• Adaptability and persistence.

Benefits

• Job Stability.
• Career Growth.
• Base Salary PLUS Bonus.
• Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance with Company paid life insurance, short term and long-term disability.
• 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.

Pay

• Base Salary PLUS Bonus.

Schedule

• Remote position with approximately 7 weeks of overnight travel per semester.