The Partner Inside Sales Representative is a fully remote sales role at Lakeshore Learning Materials, LLC, dedicated to supporting early learning and elementary education by building strong customer relationships. In this role, you'll engage in solution-based outreach through virtual appointments and phone calls to help schools and childcare centers meet their educational needs.
What You'll Do
- Collaborates with Outside Sales team members to drive site-based customer outreach and key market penetration
- Securing new and repeat business by building strong relationships with key customers and stakeholders via virtual appointments and outbound phone calls
- Consistently meeting, if not exceeding, activity requirements on a regular basis
- Partnering with schools and childcare centers on a regular basis to assess emerging and ongoing needs
- Hosting virtual product presentations designed to familiarize customers with proprietary services (Complete Classrooms®, professional development, custom solutions, and more)
- Conducting online research to gather information pertaining to local, state and national trends and funding opportunities in early learning and elementary education
- Working with department leadership to form and modify sales strategies
- Participating in weekly meetings with your team to discuss department initiatives and strategies
- Assisting team on special projects such as partnering with the outside sales force and participating in national and/or state campaigns
What We're Looking For
- Enthusiastic about education
- Consultative, solution-based approach to assisting customers
- Outgoing personality
- Thrives on working in a collaborative environment
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to spend most of the day on the phone building lasting customer relationships
- Ability to work in a fast-paced sales environment
- Ability to meet or exceed sales quotas and daily activity goals
Team & Environment
- Collaborative team environment with coordination across Outside Sales, Retail, and Professional Services groups
Work Mode
- Fully remote; candidates can be based anywhere in the US
