San Diego, CA

Job Description

This position will serve the Catholic community in California by selling Our Sunday Visitor’s Catholic curriculum and resources to schools, parishes and dioceses. We are seeking professionals who have a passion for the Catholic Faith and a solid foundation of collaboration, relationship building and engaging others in a mission driven environment.

The position includes lead generation, prospect qualification, setting up and conducting meetings and presentations, and closing a sale. In this position, incumbent will maintain relationships with diocesan officials, maintain and update a current database, keep products updated, and manage and utilize consultants effectively.

This position is responsible for the California territory consisting of schools and parishes located in Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange and San Bernardino.

Essential Job Functions

• Incumbent must be able to close sales and meet defined sales goals within a given time frame
• Incumbent will be working with customer service, marketing, sales departments along with other members of the management team on available products, prices and related materials or services
• Incumbent will engage in sales activities on a daily basis with
• Catholic parishes and schools, both in person and remotely
  Incumbent is expected to vary use of computer and telephone calls with face-to-face visits to potential customers, with a strong emphasis on in-person visits
• Incumbent is expected to use the tools provided by the company for the fulfillment of job expectations
• Must prepare and submit a weekly report on sales activities
• Orders must be thoroughly prepared and submitted according to established procedures for order entry
• Travel is required to schools, parishes, sales show, etc. as needed and approved by supervisor
• A working knowledge of the Catholic curriculum market is not required, but strongly preferred
• Other duties as assigned

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree is required
• Must be fluent in English and Spanish
• Good organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of or experience with Catholic school and/or parish markets preferred
• Knowledge of the Catholic catechetical field is highly desired
• Must be willing to travel 50%
• Ability to meet daily goals and meet deadlines
• Daily customer calls and/or visits in the field
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
• Ability to set up a home office
• Be able to stand and sit at an exhibit for a period of six hours
• Ability to set up and take down an exhibit
• Evening and weekend work required periodically throughout the year
• Ability to travel to schools and parishes within the assigned territory along with participating in sales shows, workshops, and presentations
• Knowledge of selling techniques and ability to close sales is preferred, but training will be provided
• Self-starter
• Must have a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record that meets company requirements

Required Experience

• A minimum of two years successful sales experience in an educational publishing environment and/or teaching experience is preferred
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel is necessary; knowledge of ACT is helpful, but not required
• Proficiency with office equipment such as printers, fax machines, monitors, internet routers, etc. is required

About Our Sunday Visitor

We are also the largest manufacturer of church offering envelopes in the world. We print several hundred million offering envelopes a year. We have resources to help parishes and dioceses launch websites, capital campaigns, and stewardship programs. As a not-for-profit organization, we give away $2 million a year to Catholic organizations throughout the country through the Our Sunday Visitor Institute.

What we are about these days is still the same as what Father Noll was about: responding to peoples needs. We are about helping them to bring their Catholic faith to life. We are about helping them to see what is real and important in this life, and how it will connect them to the next.

There is an overarching mission statement that is etched into the exterior of our building: To serve the Church. Each generation working at Our Sunday Visitor has to make this their own, articulating it in a way that makes sense to the world of the day. Looking back to the early 1900s, no one saw this coming. No one imagined it possible. And yet it did and it was. And most importantly, that same hope and sense of responsibility exemplified by Father Noll in 1912 continues to resound today; hope born of that trust in a God who sustains and protects us.

Learn More: http://osv.com

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