Your tasks
Our In-House Sales Representative plays a vital role in managing in-house accounts, finding new business, supporting TASCHEN America Directors, and ensuring efficient execution of sales processes. This individual acts as a bridge between the sales team, customers, and other internal departments, focusing on in-house sales as well as administrative and operational support while enhancing customer satisfaction. The tasks include but are not limited to the below:
- Managing and growing existing in-house account base, with opportunity to travel locally for sales visits as approved by Sales Director
- Researching and creating outreach templates for new business in various categories (specialty, gift, book trade, museums, etc), creating and tracking pipeline of prospects
- Providing support for Sales Director and Executive Director including but not limited to the below;
- Maintaining and regularly updating sales materials including stock lists, order forms, Edelweiss, and catalog PDFs / Dropbox links
- Liaising and providing customer service support to external rep groups
- Keeping TASCHEN branded showrooms updated with new samples, editing regularly to ensure key in-stock titles are being shown
- Assisting in preparing for bi-annual sales conferences and roundtable discussions by researching comparable titles, organizing sales materials, and other responsibilities as coordinated with Sales Director
- Compiling monthly trade newsletters for all clients
- Managing and tracking prospective customers and assisting with new client onboarding to ensure maximum retention
- Assisting with seasonal gift market follow-ups to ensure all orders are being processed and new clients have been onboarded successfully