An Outside Sales Representative aggressively grows sales and promotes the TruTeam brand and acts as a business representative for all distribution channels. Manages accounts and provides customer service to TruTeam clients.
- Responsible for contacting regular and prospective customers to sell products
- Promote sales growth and business opportunities for all TruTeam customers
- Recommend products to customers, based on customers needs and interests
- Answer customer questions about products, prices, availability, product uses, and credit terms
- Consult with clients after sales or contract signings to resolve problems and to provide ongoing support
- Identify prospective customers by using business directories, following leads from existing clients, participating in organizations and clubs, and attending trade shows and conferences at budgeted levels
- Work with inside sales representatives, production personnel, customer service, credit and delivery departments to estimate or quote prices, credit or contract terms, warranties, and delivery dates
- Monitor market conditions, product innovations, and competitors products, prices, and sales
- Perform administrative duties, such as preparing sales budgets and reports, keeping sales records, and filing expense account reports
- Reflect Service Partners'' business values in all business interactions
Required Skills
- Acceptable Department of Motor Vehicle record
- Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products
- Read, write and understand the English language
- Sense of urgency and self-motivation; ability to work independently
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Proven success in a sales territory
- Computer literacy with ability to learn new computer software programs
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Attention to detail with strong organizational skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Building industry knowledge preferred
- Experience working with distributors and developers preferred
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Varies from inside offices to outdoors at job sites
Required Experience
- High School Diploma
- Three to five (3-5) years experience in outside sales