Commercial Business Development Representative (Full Benefits + Retirement Plan)

SERVPRO of Cowell Services, Inc.

Commercial Business Development Representative (Full Benefits + Retirement Plan)

Gurnee, IL
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Do you love working with people and educating them?

    As a valued SERVPRO® Franchise employee, you will receive a competitive pay rate, with the opportunity to learn and grow.

    Benefits

    Paid vacation time

    Paid sick time

    IRA

    Health care benefits

    Company/team building events

    Job Description:

    Promote and sell franchise services in assigned territory, which results in meeting or exceeding assigned sales goals. Grow and develop a commercial customer base by utilizing a systematic business development process to identify new commercial prospects and cultivate relationships using marketing materials like SERVPRO® Key Differentiators, Emergency Ready Plan, National sponsorships, and others to market and sell SERVPRO® Services.

    Responsibilities:

    Meet or exceed assigned sales quota by executing the sales cycle, setting up closing appointments, maintaining assigned commercial contact lists, participating in professional associations, providing lunch-and-learns, and promoting continuing education courses

    Complete Emergency Ready Profiles (ERPs) and discuss benefits of emergency event preparation

    Build commercial customer relationships and rapport by educating them on the reasons SERVPRO® is the best cleaning and restoration company in the world

    Compile and maintain commercial center of influence (COI) information and identify “Target 25” (Top 25 contacts to develop into clients)

    Provide and communicate clear and accurate pretesting, scoping of services, and job estimates

    Monitor and follow up on all assigned jobs, ensuring customer needs are met

    Monitor loss activity and priority responding to generate work from these opportunities

    Attend, coordinate, and promote marketing, networking, and continuing education events

    Conduct objective-to-objective daily marketing contacts

    Provide owners and marketing managers with one-on-one meetings (closing appointments) with commercial COIs to encourage SERVPRO® referrals

    Increase sales territory revenue by consistently achieving sales territory goals

    Qualifications:

    A minimum 2+ years of progressively responsible business-to-business sales experience

    Experience with commercial sales and marketing within the service sector

    Superb sales, customer service, administrative, verbal, and written communication skills

    Strong business and financial background and process-and-results-driven attitude

    Experience in the commercial cleaning and restoration or insurance industry is desired

    Working knowledge of current business software technologies is required

    Bachelor’s degree in marketing or business or equivalent experience preferred

    Ability to successfully complete a background check subject to applicable law

    All employees of a SERVPRO® Franchise are hired by, employed by, and under the sole supervision and control of an independently owned and operated SERVPRO® Franchise. SERVPRO® Franchise employees are not employed by, jointly employed by, agents of, or under the supervision or control of Servpro Industries, Inc., the Franchisor, in any manner whatsoever.

    All employees of a SERVPRO® Franchise are hired by, employed by, and under the sole supervision and control of an independently owned and operated SERVPRO® Franchise. SERVPRO® Franchise employees are not employed by, jointly employed by, agents of, or under the supervision or control of Servpro Franchisor, LLC, in any manner whatsoever.