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Protective & Marine Sales Representative

Sherwin Williams

Protective & Marine Sales Representative

Plainview, NY +1 location
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Education : High School Diploma Experience : 12 Hours per Week : 40 Description :

    WELCOME TO SHERWIN-WILLIAMS

    Sherwin-Williams is the largest paints and coatings company in the world. With $15.8 billion in sales, more than 4,100 stores, and 140 manufacturing and distribution centers worldwide. Our 60,000 employees across the globe are diverse, innovative and passionate. With a variety of rewarding and challenging opportunities, Sherwin-Williams is a great place to launch and grow a career. Find yours and join us today.

    Sherwin-Williams has an exciting opportunity for a Sales Representative to gain additional skills and knowledge to advance his or her career. The Sales Representative is accountable for developing and driving sales in a specific geographic territory.

    Responsibilities include:

    • Prospecting new business and making sales calls to existing accounts for the purpose of selling to customers in the industrial coatings focus markets.
    • Collect reliable customer/territory information and estimate individual customer potential.
    • Develop a strategy to grow business with customers and identify items or product categories that require specific attention in support of this strategy.
    • Develop weekly selling plan and conduct sales calls accordingly.
    • Determine where customer is in the overall selling process and what steps are necessary to move the process along.
    • Conduct product demos to support the selling process.
    • Support customers' application requirements.
    • Identify sources of sales leads and follow through on leads provided by store/facility personnel as appropriate
    • Manage customer complaints within lines of authority and manage process to resolution

    Basic Qualifications:

    • Must be at least 18 years of age.
    • Must have a valid state issued driver's license.
    • Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status.
    • Must be able to retrieve material from shelves and floor stacks and carry up to 50 lbs.
    • Must have a high school diploma or equivalent. Minimum Qualifications
    • 1-3 years business to business sales experience.
    • Knowledge of and capable of using selling tools in sales calls and strong time management skills.
    • Ability to travel (occasionally overnight) as needed.
    • Ability to evaluate growth and improvement opportunities and establish a strategic direction taking into consideration resources, constraints, and organizational values.
    • Experience and proven success in conducting outside sales calls on commercial and wholesale accounts to build new business and increase existing business.
    • Excellent wholesale customer service skills, including problem solving and handling customer complaints within lines of authority and manage process to resolution.
    • Demonstrated leadership qualities, including professional presence and exhibiting confidence with customers.
    • Bachelor's degree in a technical/business field Preferred Qualifications:
    • 3+ years of business to business sales experience in the coatings industry.
    • Demonstrated knowledge and proficiency of multiple corrosion prevention solutions
    • NACE or SSPC Certified or other industry certifications
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills required to effectively communicate and influence specifiers and asset owners.
    • Strong demonstrated knowledge in industrial coatings, industrial preparation and application equipment.

    Whowe are -

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  • Industry
    Retail
  • Locations
    Plainview, NY • North Charleston, SC