New Home Sales Trainee

Big-D Careers; Fort Mitchell (KY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Drees Homes seeks a New Home Sales Trainee in Northern Kentucky. This position involves training for an on-site sales representative role, including shadowing an experienced professional and learning the sales process. Candidates should be energetic and customer-focused, with prior sales and customer service experience desired.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus potential

Comprehensive benefit package

Profit sharing

401(k) plans

Qualifications

• 1-2 years prior successful sales experience required.
• 2-3 years prior customer service experience required.
• Proficient in the use of computer technology.

Responsibilities

• Train to be an on-site New Home Sales Representative.
• Prospect for new clients and qualify buyers.
• Ensure the model home site is well maintained.

Skills

Energetic

Self-motivated

Customer-driven

Excellent communication

Organized

Presentation skills

Education

2 year associate degree

Tools

Computer technology proficiency

Job description

Overview

Drees Homes is a family-owned home building company with a passion for making custom homes easy. For over 95 years, we have taken care of our employees and our customers. It's why we rank as the 21st largest privately-owned builder in the country and have a track record of long-tenured employees. We're proud of being named a 2023 and 2024 U.S. Best Managed Company, a program sponsored by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal, and we've been officially certified as a Great Place to Work in both 2023 and 2024. Enrich your career at a company that values integrity, excellence, opportunity, stability and success.

Headquartered in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, Drees has operations in ten metropolitan areas: Greater Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio; Austin, Dallas and Houston, Texas; Indianapolis, Indiana; Jacksonville, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Washington, DC.

Responsibilities/Qualifications

Drees Homes is currently seeking a New Home Sales Trainee in our Northern Kentucky Division. In this position, you will be training to be an on-site New Home Sales Representative. The Training Program will provide you with the tools and information you need to answer customer questions about products, financing, warranty, and construction. A major portion of this training will occur on site shadowing an experienced New Home Sales Representative in their model/sales office, learning how the new home sales process works. Once the training process is complete and you are ready to be a New Home Sales Representative, you will be 100% commission based in your new role. This position will work out of one of our Northern Kentucky communities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Understands and utilizes all sales forms, procedures, contracts, and policies
• Prospects for new clients and qualifies buyers
• Presents the company's products in a professional manner
• Successfully complete all sections of the Trainee Program Manual
• Displays a thorough knowledge of the company's product lines, subdivisions, and relative community facilities
• Greets all prospective customers as well as demonstrates the model home
• Ensures the model home site is well maintained and presentable

Knowledge and Skills:

Energetic, self-motivated and customer-driven individual who approaches challenges with enthusiasm and a positive attitude
Strong work ethic as well as results oriented
Desire to succeed as well as to satisfy customers
Excellent verbal and written communication proficiencies as well as presentation skills
Ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment
Professional appearance
Displays a friendly, enthusiastic and approachable manner
Well organized, self-directed and dependable
• Self-motivated and eager to learn

Requirements:

Proficient in the use of computer technology
• 1 -2 years prior successful sales (in retail or service environment a plus!) required
• 2-3 years prior customer service experience (in retail or service environment a plus!) required
• 2 year associate degree and/or 2 years of applicable experience preferred.
  

Weekend and evening hours required.

Competitivesalary, bonus potentialplus a comprehensive benefit package including profit sharing and 401(k) plans.

Summary

Equal Opportunity Employer / Drug-Free Work Place

To learn more about Drees Homes, please visit our website: www.dreeshomes.com.