Sales Assistant, Uk Sales - London, United Kingdom - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Sales Assistant - Adult, UK Sales

The opportunity

We are looking for an enthusiastic, well organised and confident communicator with excellent time-management skills and attention to detail to work within our fast-moving UK Sales department.

Sales Assistants perform a key support role within the wider UK Sales team working across all Bloomsbury Consumer, Head of Zeus and Special Interest titles.

The role will include assisting on the day-to-day administration and operations of the team and our customers, especially supermarkets. This particular appointment will particularly support one specific area of publishing in the main i.e. Adult publishing and will report in to the Bloomsbury Head of Fiction, UK Sales.

This is a superb opportunity to join a high performing UK Sales team of a top 5 UK publisher and to work in a vibrant and successful publishing sales environment.

Based in our Bedford Square office this will be a hybrid-working position.

The start date for this role will be 23rd October 2023.

The role

General support for the Adult Consumer, Special Interest and Head of Zeus Sales Team.
Administration support for supermarket accounts and some digital accounts
Assist on other retailer/customer account administration
Fielding queries from current customers and processing orders through our distributor
Work closely with the warehouse and Bloomsbury operations team to be sure of successful supply to all accounts
Prepare customer presentations
Prepare title slides for internal sales team briefing
Prepare sales figures for the Sales team and senior sales colleagues on request
Prepare title sales information when requested
Provide support for regular and ad hoc business analysis including Annual Business Reviews
Responding to requests for catalogues / book samples/AI sheets/ book jackets
Helping other UK Sales colleagues with e.g. author signing sessions with Bloomsbury authors
Absence cover for colleagues as required e.g. holidays/summer hours
General ad hoc admin and wider UK Sales tasks

Knowledge, skills and experience

Excellent attention to detail and focused on efficiency at all times
Excellent timemanagement, prioritisation and organisational skills, with a close eye for detail and keen awareness of deadlines
Experience of multitasking and prioritising a busy workload with competing demands on your time
Ability to adapt to changing daily tasks
Strong numerical skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Teams
Proficient with systems such as Biblio, Nielsen, Cognos and Vista would be helpful
Experience in publishing or book trade environment helpful

Additional information
The role is a full-time permanent position.

The role is based at our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP on a hybrid working pattern of 2 days office based (or fully office based if preferred).

Allocated office days for this role are:
Monday/Tuesday

Bloomsbury Benefits
As well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organisation, Bloomsbury offers the following competitive benefits package:
Working Pattern
- hybrid working pattern of: 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred)

Holidays

25 days holiday
3.5 days Christmas company holiday

Other Benefits:
Two paid Personal Wellness Days

Flexible Fridays - _take Friday afternoon off by working an additional 3 hours and 45 minutes earlier in the week_

Season Ticket Loan

Sharesave Scheme

AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)

In-house Doctor

Eyecare Voucher Scheme

Company culture - Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom (BAME), Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers) and 21 Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources

For additional benefits see below_
We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required_

**Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.