Penguin Random House UK
International Key Account Executive - Australia & New Zealand
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Are you passionate about books and eager to make a mark in the publishing industry? Do you have a knack for building strong relationships and driving sales? If so, we want you on our team! We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Key Account Executive to join our dynamic International Sales department.
About the Role:
As a Key Account Executive, you will provide administrative and sales support to the busy Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) team. Your primary goal will be to help drive sales growth by providing administrative and analytical support on sales and market trends.
For those shortlisted to the next stage of the process, we will be seeking to hold interviews week commencing 10th August.
Key responsibilities:
- Respond to queries and requests from the local ANZ team across the PRH list.
- Update weekly and monthly sales reports, and promotional trackers
- Monitor and analyse title sales, providing insights to key stakeholders, including trends in the market.
- Share market information within the sales team and contribute to internal meetings.
- Creating and adapting sales material for annual budget meeting and monthly Group Company buying meetings
- Assist senior team members in meeting business targets for this territory
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What you’ll bring
Essential criteria:
- Experience of reporting and analysing data within a sales environment.
- Excellent organisational skills. Ability to handle competing deadlines and multiple priorities at once.
- Strong understanding of customer needs.
- Excellent communication skills, capable of building positive relationships within the team and with customers.
- Ability to work autonomously on specific tasks, showing initiative and anticipating needs.
Disability Confident
As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form. The essential criteria for this role are listed as part of the ‘What you’ll bring’ section. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview. We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing PRHCareersUK@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable with, for us to support your request.
Application instructions
Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on Sunday 9th August.
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Please ensure you include a cover letter, as it is a crucial part of our assessment process. The cover letter offers an opportunity to show how your experience and interests align with the role requirements. Typically, we expect the cover letter to be no more than one or two pages in length.
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Salary
£31,000 - £33,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.
Hybrid working
While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role we expect that you will attend the office, based in London, two days a week.
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