Cengage Group
NGL K12 Field Sales Consultant, Chicago
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $60K - $75K
💻 Sales
🗓️ June 24th, 2025
CRM
K-12
Salesforce
Edtech.com's Summary
Cengage Group is hiring an NGL K12 Field Sales Consultant to engage with school districts by presenting textbook and digital product solutions. This role requires traveling within the assigned territory to meet sales goals, develop growth, and maintain relationships with educational professionals.
Highlights
- Conduct in-person sales consultations with faculty, curriculum directors, and administrators in the K-12 market.
- Engage in sales call activities to explore and present product solutions, including textbooks and digital products.
- Meet or exceed annual sales targets and drive new business development within the territory.
- Provide accurate forecasting and sales activity tracking using company sales tools.
- Participate in network-building opportunities such as conferences and industry functions.
- Required skills include excellent communication, sales solution implementation, territory management, and proficiency with CRM systems and Microsoft Office; Salesforce knowledge is a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree or proven consistent sales performance required.
- Ability to transport materials, including lifting up to 50 lbs unaided, is essential.
- Preferred qualifications include 2 years of teaching, sales or publishing experience, and understanding of digital information delivery.
- Compensation ranges from $60,000 to $75,000 USD base salary plus a significant incentive program.
NGL K12 Field Sales Consultant, Chicago Full Description
NGL K12 Field Sales Consultant, Chicago (Remote)
Illinois, USA
Chicago, IL, USA
Full time
We believe in the power and joy of learning
At Cengage Group, our employees have a direct impact in helping students around the world discover the power and joy of learning. We are bonded by our shared purpose – driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.
Our culture values inclusion, engagement, and discovery
Our business is driven by our strong culture, and we know that creating an inclusive workplace is absolutely essential to the success of our company and our learners, as well as our individual well-being. We recognize the value of diverse perspectives in everything we do, and strive to ensure employees of all levels and backgrounds feel empowered to voice their ideas and bring their authentic selves to work. We achieve these priorities through programs, benefits, and initiatives that are integrated into the fabric of how we work every day. To learn more, please see https://www.cengagegroup.com/about/inclusion-and-belonging/.
As the Sales Consultant in the K-12 market you are expected to travel throughout the assigned territory, on a regular basis, to visit our current and prospective customers. Conducting in-person sales consultation with faculty, curriculum directors, and administrators. You will develop, and implement, plans to achieve goals.
Skills you will need here:
- Engage in sales call activities to school districts to explore and present product solutions of both our textbook and digital products.
- Meet or exceed annual sales goals.
- Drive new business to develop growth within the territory.
- Provide accurate forecasting, and sales activity, using company sales tools.
- Participate, when appropriate, in network building opportunities within territory. Including, but not limited to, conferences, group presentations, and industry functions.
Required
- Bachelor’s Degree or Proven record of consistent sales and goal achievement performance.
- Excellent verbal, written and electronic communication skills.
- Ability to build and implement sales solutions.
- Ability to establish, cultivate and maintain effective working relationship with customers, prospective customers, internal business partners, colleagues and management. Detailed territory management and organizational skills.
- Strong proficiency in the use of business technologies, including PCs, mobile phones w/email and multiple applications, CRM systems and Microsoft Office Suite. Salesforce knowledge is a plus.
- Ability to transport materials to customer locations is essential to this role, therefore should be able to lift 50 lbs unaided and move up to 100 lbs with mechanical assistance.
Preferred
- 2 years of teaching, sales or publishing experience.
- Sales experience in and/or proven understanding of digital information delivery
- Salesforce is a plus
At National Geographic Learning, a part of Cengage Group, we are enabling opportunity, powering progress, and supporting student journeys toward college and career. Using our digital learning programs and classroom learning resources, students experience the excitement and joy of learning that National Geographic explorers, scientists, writers, and photographers experience.
Cengage Group is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, veteran status, and any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws.
Cengage is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process. If you are an applicant with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in our job application process, please contact us at accommodations.ta@cengage.com or at +1 (617) 289-7917.
About Cengage Group
Cengage Group, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.
Compensation
At Cengage Group, we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees. Click here to learn more about our Total Rewards Philosophy.
The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location. Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range.$60,000.00 - $75,000.00 USD
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