Associate National Account Manager, Children's Sales

Macmillan is seeking a creative and highly organized Associate Sales Manager to join the children's sales department! Reporting to the Associate Director of Sales Strategy and Analysis, the role will be responsible for growing and maintaining relationships with the wholesale accounts Ingram and Baker & Taylor. The associate manager is also responsible for answering publisher and internal management questions about the accounts as well as providing account feedback and sales status on a title or holistic
basis.

An ideal candidate will have publishing experience, be proficient with data analysis, and always strives to always be learning and working on something new

What you'll do:

• Sell in all Kids and YA titles to Baker & Taylor and Ingram for Macmillan Wholly Owned and Distribution Clients.
• Plan and negotiate account coop promotions, working with publishers to make sure priorities are aligned.
• Provide internal feedback including sales, call reports and coop promotions as well as cover and format feedback when applicable.
• Determine account stock needs and work closely with supply chain on high-demand titles, such as award winners.
• Complete ad hoc requests from buyers, such as lists of debut authors and presentations for key, as well as internal projects from the Associate Director of Sales Strategy and Analysis as well as the VP of Children's Sales.

What you'll bring:

• Complete knowledge of the Microsoft Office & Google Suites of program
• Excellent analytical, organization, and time management skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Superior verbal and communication skills

Ideal Experience/Education:

• At least two years publishing experience needed
• Publishing experience with wholesale accounts is a plus

This position will have $52,000-$55,000 annual salary.

Macmillan Publishers is a global trade book publishing company with prominent imprints around the world. Macmillan publishes a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.

U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, Macmillan publishes under the Pan Macmillan name. The German company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.

Macmillan Publishers is a division of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned media company headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels. The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.