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Street Address
Unit 3, 114 Old Pittwater Road
Brookvale NSW 2100
Australia

Phone & Email
Tel +61 2 8988 5000
Email csrs@bennett.com.au

Couriers and freight deliveries should be sent to the above address.

Client Relationship Manager
Edda Eckhardt
Tel: +61 2 8988 5171
email: eeckhardt@bennett.com.au

NSW & VIC
Claire McManaway
Tel: +61 2 8988 5055
email: cmcmanaway@bennett.com.au

SA & QLD 
Jan Ekins
Tel: +61 2 8988 5011
email: jekins@bennett.com.au

WA & NZ
Bryn Goudie
Tel: +61 2 8988 5057
email: bgoudie@bennett.com.au

ACT & Schools
Jennifer Huang
Tel: +61 2 8988 5145
email: jhuang@bennett.com.au

Customised Library Services Manager
Jo Reddacliff
Tel: +61 2 8988 5068
email: jreddacliff@bennett.com.au

Customised Library Services Technical Coordinator
Steph Riggio
Tel: +61 2 8988 5123
email: sriggio@bennett.com.au

Public Libraries Sales Manager ANZ
VIC, WA, SA, NT, TAS, ACT
Rod Riley
Tel: 0448 505 619
email: rriley@bennett.com.au

NSW, QLD - Public Libraries
Academic - AU
Chris Epple
Tel: 0422 905 075
email: cepple@bennett.com.au

Mid-Coast, Northern & Western NSW
Peter Wallace
Tel: 0403 115 362
email: pwallace@bennett.com.au

NZ
Nikki Shaw
Tel: +61 277 389 333
email: nshaw@bennett.com.au

School Sales Manager ANZ
Zoe Williamson
Tel: 0434 606 019
email: zwilliamson@bennett.com.au | email: jbschools@bennett.com.au 

 

Managing Director
Kim Jardine
email: kjardine@bennett.com.au

Financial Controller
Ambi Vettivelu
email: avettivelu@bennett.com.au

General Manager
Sarah Phillpot
email: sphillpot@bennett.com.au

Sales Manager
Rod Riley
email: rriley@bennett.com.au

Collection Strategy Manager
Julie Mete
email: jmete@bennett.com.au

IT Manager
Brigitte Gladstone
email: bgladstone@bennett.com.au
 

Careers

Thank you for your interest in working for James Bennett. 

Library Sales Consultant - VIC based

Join our dynamic Sales Team! 

James Bennett, Australia's leading library supplier is seeking a full-time Sales Consultant to work with our Senior Sales Team in managing our existing customer base as well as aiding in new customer development. The role will also assist in promoting our product and service range to the library and education industry in Australia, New Zealand and APAC.

We are seeking an energetic applicant with experience in Sales, Customer Service/Account Management, or the Library industry. The successful applicant will be passionate about creating incredible experiences for our customers. 

This permanent full time role involves:

  • Managing a customer base and/or territory.
  • Engaging with customers to enhance product success and retention.
  • Identifying and targeting potential prospects and key growth opportunities.
  • Ensuring that all customers and prospective customers are across the company’s products and services.
  • Collaborating with internal stakeholders to deliver excellence in customer service.
  • Travel to attend customer meetings and conferences

You need to be:

  • Motivated, driven and goal focused.
  • Experienced in building and maintaining customer relationships with a passion for people.
  • Capable of working independently and within a team.
  • Energetic with a positive attitude.
  • Well organised, able to prioritise and mange your time to maximise results.
  • A confident and engaging presenter.
  • Proactive in identifying opportunities for sales growth, improvement and success.
  • Excellent writing skills for email communication, sales call reports and sales proposals.
  • Intermediate computer skills including MS Office and Salesforce or other CRM software (desired but not essential).
  • Experience working with libraries (desired but not essential).

Our office and warehouse are located in Brookvale, on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. However, we are seeking applicants who are based in Melbourne, who can work-from-home (WFH) and travel to the James Bennett office, sales appointments and conferences as required. 

Salary and benefits commensurate with experience will be offered to the successful applicant.

If you have the skills, drive and initiative to make things happen and want to work in a rewarding, growing and challenging environment then please respond with a covering letter. 

Apply Here!

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.  

Closing Date: Friday 23rd August

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James Bennett
Unit 3, 114 Old Pittwater Road
Brookvale NSW 2100, Australia
P: +61 2 8988 5000