Sales Executive – Maternity Cover

🕒 August 20

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🤑 Sales

👻 Ghost score 23%

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Cengage Group

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

5001 - 10000 employees

📚 Education

🛍️ eCommerce

☁️ SaaS

💰 Private Equity Round on 2023-06

Education • eCommerce • SaaS

Cengage Group is a global education technology company dedicated to enhancing learning experiences. With over 100 years of service, Cengage provides affordable and high-quality digital products and services that help learners become job-ready. Their offerings support various educational goals, including reskilling, upskilling, degree attainment, and language learning, ensuring access to quality education for individuals of all backgrounds and abilities.

📋 Description

• Own and manage a high-quality sales pipeline, progressing opportunities from qualification through to close, renewal, and expansion • Proactively identify and convert new business opportunities • Collaborate with library and faculty partners to encourage adoption of the wider Cengage portfolio • Develop compelling arguments demonstrating Cengage's impact on teaching, research outcomes, and workforce readiness • Support the transition from individual student-purchase models to balanced institutional agreements • Improve long-term customer value through cross-brand growth, up-sell opportunities, and customer retention strategies • Represent Cengage at industry conferences, exhibitions, trade shows, and customer events • Maintain broad understanding of Cengage products and solutions for consultative, value-led customer conversations

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience in a sales role, preferably within the education sector • Strong commercial competence and excellent organizational skills • Outstanding capability to boost revenue growth and maintain customer loyalty • Experience with pipeline management and accurate sales forecasting • Willingness to travel regularly and undertake occasional cold-calling activity • Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with library and faculty collaborators • Excellent communication and presentation skills • Proficiency in Salesforce for maintaining customer information and reporting

🏖️ Benefits

• Temporary maternity cover role expected to last between 9–12 months