Report To: Business Development Manager.
Placement Type: Permanent
Location: Montreal, QC
Work Location: Hybrid.
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m
Our client, a mid-sized specialty steel distributor, is seeking an Outside Sales Representative for their Quebec territory. They supply stainless and alloy fluid-handling products, including pipe, tube, fittings, flanges, valves, and instrumentation, with service centres across Canada. This opportunity is a strong fit for a bilingual outside sales professional who wants an established customer base rather than a cold start, and a clear path into regional leadership.
Position Overview
- Business development for the Quebec territory, with a path into regional leadership as the current manager retires.
- The territory is primarily Quebec, with some Ontario around Brockville and Eastport, and a couple of trips a year to the Maritimes.
- The customer base is already substantial, so this is focused on relationship-building rather than pure outbound.
Responsibilities
- Build and strengthen relationships across an established customer base.
- Uncover the decision makers inside each account and make sure accounts are properly saturated.
- Gather intelligence on what the company is doing well, what it is missing, and where it is falling short.
- Follow up on outstanding quotes and pursue new ones.
- Find out what work is coming up within the main accounts.
- Prospect for new business and follow leads using calls, emails, LinkedIn and project platforms.
- Search out new projects across Quebec, particularly refineries, mechanical work and bridge projects.
- Contact mechanical contractors bidding on jobs to explore potential partnerships.
- Make first contact with new customers arriving through general inquiries.
- Plan for customer visits and coordinate closely with the inside sales team.
- Report daily customer meetings in the CRM.
Must Have Qualifications
- 5+ years of outside sales experience.
- Fully bilingual in English and French, written and spoken, with excellent communication skills.
- Working product knowledge of pipe, fittings, flanges, valves and instrumentation.
- An understanding of the Quebec market and how distribution works.
- Comfortable travelling roughly one week a month and spending significant time on the road.
Like To Have Qualifications
- Experience with a competing distributor of pipe, valves and fittings.
- Inside sales experience, which would be considered if the outside sales pool proves limited.
- Experience selling into refineries, mechanical contractors, OEMs, fabrication shops and end users.
Why You Should Work Here
- Family-owned business.
- Opportunity to get into a leadership role, based on performance.
- A long-tenured team and a great work environment.
- An established customer base, so the work is relationship building rather than cold calling from nothing.
- Car allowance and gas card, company phone, and free on-site parking.