Trade Sales Assistant
Trade Sales Assistant
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$ 22 - 26
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Chronicle Books is excited to announce an opening for a Trade Sales Assistant position. Our ideal candidate is a highly organized book lover who is detailoriented with the ability to manage multiple tasks at once. A positive attitude and cando spirit is also essential to provide highly responsive customer service to salespeople and accounts. This is an ideal opportunity for anyone looking to launch a career in publishing!
As a Trade Sales Assistant you will provide efficient daytoday administrative and project support to the Trade Channel: National Wholesalers Independent bookstores and Museum stores. Chronicle Books is a highly collaborative workplace that requires strong communication skills; your ability to build and grow relationships with your colleagues and Chronicle Books customers and distribution partners makes you an essential member of multiple teams. A robust productivity skillset including Excel Outlook and PowerPoint provides you with the fundamental tools to adeptly manage and meet many competing deadlines. In this role you will change focus as needed quickly when the situation calls for it and be a proactive problem solver. Strong candidates have a deep passion for books and publishing as well as a desire to provide exceptional task support. Your enthusiasm for working with innovative products and interesting retailers will fuel your work and build the foundation for your career at Chronicle.
Primary Responsibilities:
Independent Trade Support 80
Support the team selling to all independent bookstores across the country
Work directly with Assoc. Director of Trade Sales managing communications with 4 internal trade reps and 26 commission reps
Help plan and execute 2x a year sales conferences as well as 2x a year sales webinars
Administration of online digital catalogs hosted by Edelweiss. Build seasonal catalogs and collections update digital assets and maintain catalog accuracy throughout the season
Key operational tasks: process coop requests place rep/buyer gratis orders check stock & availability for commission rep groups maintain and update mailing lists manage new account leads in Salesforce help with sales meetings: including creating Outlook invites pulling materials and taking notes followup on action items to execute sales strategy
Help coordinate and contribute to the monthly direct to bookseller newsletter
Support reps with regional trade show management. Process invoices place booth orders organize and ship supplies from office track shipments gather materials from Marketing
Attend and help with CALIBA trade show set up and take down
Help as needed with seasonal launch presentationsorganizing catering and setup running the screen for virtual launches
Support Assoc. Sales Director as needed with sales & marketing meetings: scheduling note taking followup
Support Assoc. Sales Director with Winter Institute and Childrens Institute planning and coordination with the ABA Marketing and our Distribution Publishers
Key Account Sales support 20:
Support key account Sr. Sales Manager on all aspects of selling Ingram and other large wholesaler accounts
Prepare for sales calls including digital catalog management creating collections gathering samples managing mockup requests with Materials Coordinator creating PowerPoint presentations and creating title spreadsheets as needed
Supporting Sr. Sales Manager with notes and followup tasks
Run and analyze regular account specific reporting: freezes backorders future ships sell through and promotions
Monitoring purchase orders and stock levels for key accounts
Execute regular mailings of advance book copies to buyers
Monitor and manage inventory holds for customers
Provide adhoc support to sales managers by pulling together assets samples and data
Directly interface with buyers to make sure our customers receive quick and satisfactory help
Hiring Salary Range: $22.84 $26.27/hr. This range represents the anticipated low and high end of the expected salary for this position and will be determined by factors including but not limited to an applicants education experience knowledge skills abilities and geographic location as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. This position is eligible for our profit share plan.
Benefits: Chronicle Books offers a full suite of benefits including but not limited to medical dental and vision insurance 401k a profit share plan three weeks of paid vacation to start two weeks of sick time per year and company holidays including a paid winter break between Christmas Day and New Years Day paid family maternity and paternity leave commuter benefits longterm disability insurance annual tuition assistance annual wellness stipend and more.
Schedule: Employees at Chronicle Books will follow a regular hybrid schedule in our San Francisco office of at least three 3 inoffice days per week and up to five 5 inoffice days per week depending on project and business needs. Please note that this job description is not designed to cover all the activities required of the employee.
To Apply: Please follow the link to submit a resume and cover letter via our career site. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin disability age or veteran status. We look for candidates who will add to our culture and support the companys vision of a diverse equitable inclusive and collaborative workplace and we are proud to be an equalopportunity employer. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100 of the qualifications listed above we still encourage you to apply.
About Us: Founded in 1967 in San Francisco Chronicle Books is one of the worlds most admired publishers and distributors of illustrated books gifts and games for all ages. Its highly acclaimed list spans art photography food lifestyle pop culture humor selfhelp wellness childrens books and stationery among other categories. Chronicle is the home of numerous awardwinning authors bestselling series and trendsetting titles. Chronicle Books is committed to partnering with artists writers and business partners who represent the diversity of our world and to fostering an inclusive company culture that respects and promotes diverse backgrounds and points of view. For more information visit www.chroniclebooks.
A minimum of 12 years in equivalent role with 23 years of prior work history.
Clear and effective written and verbal communications.
Outlook Excel PowerPoint and Word skills strongly preferred. Prior experience with Salesforce and Edelweiss also a plus.
Ability to prioritize time effectively to meet deadlines and manage multitasks.
Desire to work in a highperforming collaborative team environment.
Strongly selfmotivated individual with the ability and initiative to work independently as well as collaboratively with a positive cando attitude.
Customer service and/or some retail experience preferred.
Must be able to carry/lift 40 lbs.
Location: San Francisco office
Employment Type
Hourly
