Title Manager, Sales, Penguin Random House (Open to Remote)

Title Manager, Sales, Penguin Random House (Open to Remote)

The Sales Department at Penguin Random House seeks a Title Manager to join our Adult In-House Sales team. Working closely with the Group Sales Director, Imprint Sales Team, Sales, Publishing, and Inventory, this highly visible and fast-paced role is responsible for the day-to-day positioning and tracking of PPG initials, reprints, and reorders.

 

The Title Manager interacts and communicates with employees across various levels and functions within the company and maintains information physical hardcover, trade paperback, and mass-market paperback titles in all fiction and nonfiction genres.

 

Our ideal candidate has bookstore or publisher experience, is highly motivated, enthusiastic about publishing, and enjoys reading broadly and often. We are looking for a detail-oriented, meticulous self-starter who loves books of all types and is invested in the process of bringing them to a wide readership, has strong writing skills, communicates clearly, is comfortable asking for help when needed, wants to be an active participant on a collaborative team, and can handle the details of immediately urgent tasks but also remember to step back, consider the big picture, and adjust strategy when needed.

 

Please apply using our ATS system by September 17, 2024, and include your resume and cover letter for consideration. Before applying for any role at Penguin Random House we recommend you review our applicant resources page and look over our open to remote guidelines on our FAQs page.

 

The Role:

• Ensuring that Publishers, Inventory, Production & Sales have accurate data regarding print quantities based on new release estimates and order tracking
• Managing daily and weekly tracking grids of reorders and allocations of stock for books of all levels and demand
• Managing daily and weekly tracking grids of reorders and allocations of stock for books of all levels and demand
• Administering seasonal and drop-in pub goals with the Imprint Sales Team
• Managing daily and weekly tracking grids of reorders and allocations of stock for books of all levels and demand
• Preparing reports for supervisors for weekly and monthly meetings
• Managing, tracking, and communicating reprint and reorder information for the Group Sales Director, Imprint Sales Director, Publishers, Sales Reps, Inventory Control, and other staff as needed.
• Sales analysis as needed.

 

The Essentials:

• Minimum of 5 years prior publishing experience; experience within sales, inventory or operations is a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to effective interact with employees across all levels within a company
• Superb attention to detail