Sales Team Lead

SiteOne Landscape Supply; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading landscaping supplier is seeking a Sales Team Lead in Kelowna to lead a team of sellers and achieve sales goals. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in business, strong leadership skills, and at least five years of sales experience. This role offers a competitive salary in the range of $90-120K plus bonus incentives. Join a company committed to outstanding customer service and employee development.

Benefits

Medical, Dental and Vision plans

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

RRSP eligible

Tuition Reimbursement

Product Discounts

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years work experience in nursery, irrigation, and/or landscape industry.
• Five years of sales experience required.
• Managerial experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead a winning team to achieve sales goals.
• Conduct customer visits and promote products.
• Train and coach team in best customer practices.

Skills

Excellent communication

Customer service

Leadership skills

Negotiating and selling skills

Knowledge of landscape products

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/management

Job description

Company Overview

SiteOne Landscape Supplyis the largest national distributor of landscaping products across the United States and Canada. As a leading supplier of wholesale goodsfor green industry professionals, we have a long history of servingthosewho design, build, and maintain outdoor spaces – from lawns and gardens to golf courses,sport fieldsand more. We pride ourselves on knowing our customers and their business better than anyone else and providing them with a one-stop shop of extensive inventory coveringirrigation,lighting,turf and landscape maintenance,hardscapes,nursery, andpest controlsupplies.

At SiteOne,we are passionate about delivering anoutstanding customer experienceandwill stop at nothing to help our customers win. We know that our associates are the key tothissuccess, and our commitment to theSiteOne DNA and support for our associates through development programs, benefits, and perks align with our vision to "Be a Great Place to Work for Our Associates". We foster a culture of safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement. With over 800 locations and exciting expansion ahead, now is the perfect time to join SiteOne and grow Stronger Together!

Position Overview

The Sales Team Lead works in collaboration with branch and area leadership to lead a winning team of sellers to reach their sales goals.

• Create a positive, challenging and exciting environment which is conducive to high performance, teamwork, a great place to work and long-term retention of top talent.
• Work with the Area Manager and/or Area Sales Manager to grow market share and gross margin.
• Conduct customer on-site visits, promoting company products and services.
• Contact existing customers/vendors in person, by phone, or through electronic communication to further relationships and cultivate sales with these customers/vendors.
• Participate in local and regional trade associations to create and further develop company's presence in the marketplace.
• Attend local and regional trade shows to network with existing and potential customers in the marketplace.
• Network internally with company branches to promote awareness of company activities and support product information/applications.
• Attend internal and external sales and product training sessions to advance sales skillsand technological knowledge required to achieve personal and company objectives.
• In partnership with the Area Manager and/or Area Business Manager, set goals, devise sales strategies, evaluate sales team performance, assign tasks, and provide support to sales team.
• Train and coach team in customer value best practices and facilitate a culture whereby every team member is obsessed with customer success.
• Set effective goals and monitor key performance metrics to assess daily, weekly and monthly progress and to track improvement initiatives. Implement area strategy and develop a complimentary sales strategy to achieve excellent performance and growth and customer value

Skills We Are Seeking

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent communication, customer service and leadership skills
• Knowledge of market preferences, competition, regulations and trends
• Possess strong negotiating and selling skills.
• Extensive knowledge of irrigation / nursery / landscape products and practices.
• Build relationships with clients and grow sales
• Proven approach to access decision makers at client organizations
• Ability to communicate value proposition and differentiate SiteOne's products and services
• Ability to think quickly and make decisions
• Understands principles of sales and operations planning process, statistical demand forecasting and integration of demand plans and supply plans

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in a business/management discipline or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Three plus years work experience in nursery, irrigation and/or landscape industry.
• Five plus years sales experience.
• Managerial experience including leadership, issue management, motivation, and team building, preferred

Perks

Competitive Compensation & Benefit Package Included, included but not limited to:

• Medical, Dental and Vision plans
• Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays
• RRSP eligible
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Product Discounts

Expected Salary Range $90-120K + 15% STI (Bonus)

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS NOT INTENDED TO BE AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST

OF ALL RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES AND QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED OF INDIVIDUALS

PERFORMING THE JOB. THE QUALIFICATIONS DETAILED IN THIS JOB DESCRIPTION

ARE NOT CONSIDERED THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY TO PERFORM THE

JOB, BUT RATHER AS GUIDELINES. THEY MAY VARY FROM POSITION TO POSITION.

SiteOne Landscape Supply is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all associates and all applicants for employment. All employment decisions at SiteOne-including those relating to hiring, promotion, transfers, benefits, compensation, placement, and termination-will be made without regard to race, color, national origin, genetic information, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religion, age, veteran status, uniform service, pregnancy, disability, or any other factor protected by applicable law.

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