Regional Sales Manager, East India

  The Job Profile We have an exciting vacancy for a Regional Sales Manager- East India to join our energetic and pro-active regional sales team.   Reporting to the to the Director-Sales, Field Sales Team, Regional Sales Manager- East will be responsible for Sales in Eastern Part of India and Bangladesh and represent titles from Simon & Schuster India and International.   The Regional Sales Manager will represent the diverse and highly regarded lists of both the Adult and Children's Publishing divisions, as well as those of our expanding client publishers, while also providing support to authors.   The Job Role Working closely with our Publicity and Marketing team you will help initiate and attend author events, ensure maximum representation for our authors in bookshops, use social media to promote our books, monitor stock levels and promotional activity across a wide range of retail outlets, provide comprehensive feedback to the company on territory activity and attend regular sales meetings.     The Candidate Profile Regional Sales Manager will be highly motivated self-starter, a team-player who is able to build great relationships with both colleagues and customers, whilst equally happy to spend periods of travelling alone in the territory and able to work effectively whilst out in the field. They will be organised and highly reliable, yet also flexible and able to react to the many and varied demands of the job.   They will be passionate about books and able to communicate that passion to their customers and will show both tenacity and commercial awareness. They will have strong communication and presentation skills are essential. Pre-existing experience of the territory may be an advantage, but we welcome all candidates who demonstrably fit the profile.   Salary Competitive & Benefits    Please apply by attaching your CV and cover letter.