Assistant Manager, Sales Ops (NYC Hybrid)
About The Position
HarperCollins is seeking an Assistant Manager to join the Sales Operations team. The Assistant Manager will report to the Associate Director, Sales Operations and will support the Sales team in administration of several key functions in the department. The role includes management of our Adult Trade and Children’s catalogs, lead for planning + execution of our seasonal Sales meetings, and coordination of other essential operational processes to support the Sales team across all divisions. This role includes collaboration with a multitude of departments and is an opportunity to take a leading role in driving key operational functions for the division. The ideal candidate has excellent written and verbal communication skills, is a proactive self-starter, with a strong operational background. This is a hybrid position based out of our New York office.
Requirements
- College degree or equivalent work experience
- Minimum of 3+ years’ experience in either a Sales or Operations role; publishing experience preferred.
- Must be proactive, detail-oriented and incredibly organized
- Excellent communication, organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize and take initiative
- Proficiency with Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Edelweiss a plus
Responsibilities
- Manage the Adult + Children’s catalog process, including seasonal catalog build, schedule communication, and all logistics.
- Work closely with the Associate Director, Sales Operations on ongoing enhancements to improve processes in working with other divisions.
- Track seasonal assets and manage communication around title changes and updates relevant to Sales.
- Coordinate support for supplementary catalog needs, including management of Adult and Children’s thematic catalogs, thematic title lists, and collections.
- Lead for training + best practices for communications around new and existing Operations initiatives in the division, including developing presentations and creating process documents for distribution.
- Oversee the HarperCollins US Edelweiss profile, including handling user access, training new users, and general site maintenance.
- Lead for seasonal Sales meetings, including building schedules + communicating to teams, creating agendas, organizing meeting invites, and support as directed.
- Coordinate presentations during seasonal Sales meetings, including gathering, organizing and distributing presentation materials and managing the presentation schedule.
- Manages one direct report, responsible for several key operations tasks including our print and digital galley programs, and sales material and meeting support.
Benefits
- comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
