Sr. Educational Sales Consultant, Illinois

About Hand2mind

We bring learning to life! Trusted by teachers for more than 55 years, hand2mind creates engaging, classroom-tested materials that empower children to learn by doing. We are a 150-person strong, family-owned company that's been voted one of the Chicago Tribune's Top Workplaces for the last four consecutive years. In addition to building high-quality, hands-on learning materials for the classroom like VersaTiles® and Cuisenaire® Rods, we also develop educational toys for the home that make learning math, reading, social-emotional learning, and STEM fun and interactive. As a company, we are committed to our employee’s personal and professional development. That’s why we offer a competitive benefits package, a supportive culture, and a variety of training and development opportunities. We are looking for professionals who are truly just kids at heart! We hope you’ll come join our award-winning team today!

Team & Position Description

We are currently seeking an Sr. Educational Sales Consultant to join our Central Region Sales Team, covering the sales territory that serves Illinois. We are looking for a passionate and driven individual based in the Illinois area to build relationships with schools and districts, helping bring hands-on learning solutions to educators and students. Here’s what makes this team awesome: You will be trusted and empowered to bring your own experience and creativity to grow and develop this sales territory by building trusted partner relationships with your customers in your territory. You will be part of a region and companywide school division that is “all in” and passionate around building an elementary education company with like-minded colleagues, filling educational gaps for our educational partners in districts and making hands-on learning fun! You will also contribute to enriching the lives of students, teachers, administrators, parents and communities as a solutions provider representing h2m. When educators come to experience h2m hands on solutions – they love our people, solutions and the h2m customer experience, along with the wide variety of instructional solutions that we have to offer.

What You’ll Do Day To Day (responsibilities)

• Deploy solution selling skills to prospect for new business, acquire new customers across all disciplines, effectively manage the assigned territory by making sales calls and closing sales.
• Acquire and maintain trusted partner relationships in key accounts and identify/build new contacts in those accounts to grow revenue in the assigned territory.
• Leverage resources to implement team-selling strategies, collaborating with Consultants, Per Diem Consultants, Marketing and Product Development colleagues.
• Plan a wide variety of sales awareness events to create h2m brand awareness, to generate leads, and to secure meetings across the assigned sales territory.
• Attend all the necessary Conferences and Exhibits within the sales territory across all markets.
• Use the CRM platform to maintain and update territory contacts, record sales calls, opportunities and sales activity, and effectively manage a sales pipeline of business.
• Act as the company liaison; independently work in the field to establish and build high quality and lasting relationships with our customer base and partners.
• Lead and maintain all communications with customers to uncover district needs and opportunities. Conduct face-to-face or virtual sales presentations and provide follow up/post sale product training as necessary.
• Leverage prior teaching or sales experience to develop new ideas and sales strategies.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Product Development and Sales Management to create h2m brand awareness in the field.
• Develop and implement a business plan that grows the territory.
• Be a collaborative teammate to all members in the company.
  
  
  

What We’re Looking For (Key Performance Objectives)

• Develop a comprehensive territory plan within six weeks, outlining key strategies, quarterly objectives, and a detailed sales tactics for key accounts.
• Implement innovative sales techniques to achieve or surpass the assigned annual quota, while consistently conducting monthly sales discovery meetings with new decision-makers in identified growth areas.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive pipeline of leads and opportunities across public and private school districts, focusing on math, literacy, and STEM solutions to achieve or exceed assigned quota by end of year.
• Utilize CRM to track sales activities, analyze customer data, and provide insights to improve sales strategies and meet territory objectives daily.
• Attend tradeshows, conferences, and sales presentations within assigned territory on an as needed basis, reaching up to 70% travel time.
  
  
  

Requirements/Ideal Attributes

• College degree required
• Elementary classroom teaching or administrative experience preferred.
• Sales experience desired – but our team is comprised of many former teachers/administrators seeking a new experience.
• An individual with a positive mental “can do” attitude and style.
• A self-starter with a “sales hunter” mindset.
• A collaborative team player.
  
  
  

We are a drug-free workplace and an EEO employer.

Please note: This role will be filled by our internal recruitment team, so no assistance is needed from any outside staffing agency at this time.

Salary Range: $85,000 - $110,000 plus commissions – Actual compensation may vary due to other factors such as: years of experience, skill set or location. Total compensation includes profit sharing bonus potential, 401k matching, and a variety of other benefits (details can be found here ).

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