Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

The Outside Sales Representative is responsible for achieving long-term sales growth, margins, and profitability in their assigned territory/defined customer base. Success is achieved by technical sales support, sales lead generation, and general business development for the territory and other select accounts, as required.

Territory:

• RI, CT, Western MA and VT

Essential Functions:

• Provides in-person sales coverage of an assigned territory, requiring the use of a personal vehicle
• Develops maximum sales potential out of assigned territory through competitive sales techniques and knowledge of the company's products and services, as well as the competition's strengths/weaknesses
• Builds and maintains quality relations with existing assigned accounts and grows account base and volume of sales consistently
• Contact customers via telephone, correspondence, or in person by traveling as frequently as necessary to meet and surpass profitable sales goals for the company
• Creates customized proposals to meet specific customer requirements in an efficient manner
• Manages profit margins within company guidelines
• Receives and resolves customer requests promptly
• Utilizes company leads to expand the current customer base and follows up on all leads promptly
• Maintains updated, organized files on all accounts in the assigned territory
• Completes and submits sales reports on account activity
• Provides monthly documentation with outstanding proposals, proposals secured, and proposals lost
• Performs other related duties as assigned
• Competencies and Abilities:
• Excellent interpersonal and selling skills with a strong emphasis on value-based sales
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Ability to develop strong technical knowledge of company products
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent verbal, writing, and reading skills, with the ability to communicate on all levels
• Strong computer skills and the ability to work with Microsoft Excel and spreadsheets
• Discipline to be a self-starter and work independently
• Strong work ethic
• Awareness and sensitivity to deadlines
• Working knowledge of a geographic area
• Ability to work in a team environment

Plastic pipe, valve and fitting distributor. We have three branches, Woburn MA, Selkirk & Syracuse NY.

Company Description

Plastic pipe, valve and fitting distributor. We have three branches, Woburn MA, Selkirk & Syracuse NY.

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