International Sales Assistant London
Job description
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Are you organised with meticulous attention to detail? Are you eager to join our fast moving and entrepreneurial International Sales team? We’re looking for an International Sales Assistant to provide administrative and sales support to the Sales Managers looking after Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Pakistan, and the Middle East.
About International Sales
Penguin Random House has the strongest international presence of any trade publisher, with close to twenty offices all over the world, and with ambitious plans for growth in international markets. We work across the full range of PRH adult titles including the business, fiction, classics and smart thinking sectors alongside our award-winning children’s and educational lists.
The opportunity
As an International Sales Assistant, you’ll play an important role in assisting with the smooth running of the International Sales team.
Responsibilities will include:
Dealing with ad hoc e-mail and telephone queries and day-to-day customer sales queries, including price and availability queries, book title information and tracking shipments- Order management: following up on orders including stock checking and order checking
- Supporting the Sales Managers in a range of tasks including preparing sales material, delivering sales reports and managing monthly meetings
- Working closely with the Sales team, our Operations team and with Customer Services to help deliver excellent marketing, logistics and sales support to our customers in order to grow sales
- Preparing sales materials for trips and book fairs and providing follow-up material and information to meetings
- Providing other relevant administrative support for the team on an ad hoc basis.
What you’ll bring
As International Sales Assistant, you’ll have an interest in how we sell our books to international markets, bringing to the role excellent administrative skills and the ability to pick up new systems quickly, as you’ll be working with systems which include Biblio, SAP and Excel. A sound knowledge of Microsoft Office would be an advantage, although it is not a pre-requisite.
This is a varied and busy support role; no two days will be the same and you’ll need to be able to think quickly on your feet. The job includes liaising with customers and dealing promptly with their queries, so you’ll need to be flexible in your approach and have excellent written and interpersonal communication skills. You’ll be able to prioritise a busy workload effectively while still maintaining a keen eye for detail and delivering to deadlines.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking for a step in their career which offers autonomy, independence, and responsibility.
How to apply
If you are interested, please apply with a CV and covering letter telling us why your skills are great for the role and why it is of interest to you, by 23:59 on Tuesday 21st March.
What you can expect from us:
Salary: You‘ll start on £26,500. Expect a £1,000 increase on your first anniversary in this role to reflect your growing contribution.
PRH is currently experimenting with hybrid working and involving colleagues across the business to shape our future ways of working. The needs of our teams and individuals are different, so we’re not taking a one-size-fits-all approach. For this role, we’ll expect you to work 1 or 2 days a week from our Pimlico office in London. The exact balance of office to remote working will depend on the nature of your role and team needs, and we are open to discussing this through the recruitment process.
Our employees are the heart of our business. We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our employees, some of which are:
- 27 days paid holiday entitlement in year one (plus bank holidays), increasing a day each year up to 30 days
- Medical cover
- Life assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Generous pension scheme
- Summer working hours (role dependent)
- Volunteering policy and charity matching
- Employee Assistance programme
- Mentoring programme
- Extended gender neutral parental leave
- Access to books and eBooks across Penguin Random House UK
- Each site has trained mental health first aiders
- We plant a tree for every new employee to our business
Our creativity is inspired by different perspectives, so we want our culture to be one of belonging, where everyone feels welcome and where differences are celebrated.
As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we're part of the offer an interview scheme. This is where disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role can opt in to get to the next recruitment stage. There may be some situations where volume of applicants means we can't take all eligible candidates to interview.
We want to make sure disabled applicants can be their best at each step of the recruitment journey. If you need adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to get in touch with us at http://[email protected]. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your adjustment request. Find out more about our approach here: http://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/applying-for-roles-with-a-disability
We partner with The Book Trade Charity, who provide financial assistance for people looking to get into the publishing industry; you can find more information and talk directly here: https://btbs.org/grants
Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.
Company: Penguin Books Limited
Country: United Kingdom
State/Region: London
City: London
Postal Code: SW1V
Job ID: 258151
