Sales & Marketing Manager - Jamaica

Pearson are expanding their Caribbean presence and from 2010 will have a Jamaica sales and marketing team based in Kingston, to drive adoptions of their ambitious publishing programme for primary and secondary schools.

We are looking for a motivated, ambitious Manager to maximise sales of Longman, Heinemann and Ginn products

Securing sales targets into agreed territory

Line Management of three sales and marketing representatives

Management of sole distributor relationship in the market

Key representative of Pearson within Ministry of Education and other influencers and decision makers within the schools market place

Organisation and representation of Pearson at teacher workshops for key product

Acquiring and developing team skills and fluency to present and champion digital Resources in the territory

Developing team to gather key customer data on the territory and inputting onto the divisional database

Identifying product gaps and opportunities, and providing regular feedback on market potential to publishing and marketing teams

The ideal candidate will have at least three years sales experience, ideally in the education sector, either in a management or senior sales representative role. They will be confident, mature and have strong interpersonal and presentation skills. Financially aware and possessing IT literacy, they will have the determination and drive to show leadership in a new team and operation. 

The role reports to the Caribbean Sales Manager, use of a company vehicle will be provided.