Outside Sales

Consolidated Pipe & Supply Co Inc; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Insurance options

401(k) plan

Vacation

Job summary

Consolidated Pipe & Supply Co Inc is seeking an Outside Sales representative to grow our Houston territory. You will build relationships with customers, present solutions, and generate quotes while traveling to meet prospects and existing accounts.

You will handle inquiries and educate customers on the financial and professional benefits of our products. You will also make cold and warm calls for new market opportunities, maintain rigorous records, and stay technically knowledgeable about our

Qualifications

• Willingness to travel within the assigned territory.
• Ability to conduct calls and face-to-face meetings daily.
• Proven track record of generating quotes and handling customer inquiries.
• Identify marketing opportunities through mailings, research, cold calling, and trade show leads.

Responsibilities

• Travel within sales territory to meet prospects and customers.
• Conduct calls and face-to-face meetings with customers daily.
• Maintain records of all sales leads and/or customer accounts.
• Educate customers on how products or services can benefit them financially and professionally.
• Sell the company’s new products and stay aware of market conditions to address customer needs.
• Respond to customer inquiries and process price quotations, purchase orders, and changes.
• Build rapport with customers and provide exceptional service.
• Use a computer to retrieve customer information and order status, and update orders.

Skills

Sales prospecting

Customer relationship management

Communication skills

Cold calling

Face-to-face meetings

Job description

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Outside Sales

Full Time Sales Houston Utilities TX, Houston, TX, US

Outside Sales

Consolidated Pipe & Supply is a full-line supplier, fabricator, and manufacturer of pipe, valve, and fitting products and services to the natural gas, waterworks, energy, and industrial sectors.

Summary:

This position works as ambassadors and is responsible for establishing and maintaining good relationships with customers based on their assigned territory. They must build trust and act as support for prospects, ensuring they lead to potential future sales. Will be responsible for generating sales quotes, and handling customer inquiries. In addition to these duties, will make cold and warm calls for new market initiatives while becoming technically knowledgeable about the company’s products and vendors.

Essential Functions/Duties:

• Travel within sales territory to meet prospects and customers
• Conduct calls and face to face meetings with customers daily
• Maintain records of all sales leads and/or customer accounts
• Educate customers on how products or services can benefit them financially and professionally
• Sell the company’s, new products, and be aware market conditions to understand a customer’s specific needs
• Responds to customers’ needs, consistent with quality, culture, and business practices.
• Receive telephone requests for price quotations, purchase orders, order changes, adjustments, and cancellations directly from customers, original equipment manufacturers, and distributors.
• Achieve and maintain rapport with customers and work to give them the best possible service.
• Use a computer to retrieve customer information, stock status information, the status of purchase orders, and to make changes on customer purchase orders
• Follow up on inquiries by checking order status on the computer for delivery information. Work closely with purchasing/expeditor regarding deliveries of scheduled shipments.
• Identify and develop new and existing marketing opportunities through mailings, research, cold calling, and trade show leads.

Having a well-developed phone presence and a high comfort level in initiating conversations is essential to fulfilling the daily duties of an outside sales representative. Aside from a social and positive personality, outside sales representatives must be self-starters and proactive problem solvers, since not every day is the same and the workplace setting is constantly changing.

About Consolidated Pipe & Supply

Founded in Birmingham, Alabama in 1960, Consolidated Pipe & Supply has been under the same family's ownership for 60 years.

Consolidated Pipe & Supply has never lost sight of who we are: we value relationships, and not just with our customers. We treat our vendors like partners and our employees like family.

We're always looking for talented people to join our team.

We need people like you, who represents our values:

Relationships

Quality & Service

Family

Safety

We offer not just a CAREER, but a place to call home.

At Consolidated Pipe & Supply, we believe in our employees and their well-being. We offer competitive benefit plans for our employees.

• Health Benefits: Consolidated Pipe & Supply offers medical, dental, vision, and flexible spending coverage* for you and your family.
• Insurance : Get Basic Term Life to Accidental Death, and Long-Term Disability coverage*. We also offer voluntary benefits Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness, Life and Short Term Disability insurance through Allstate. You have options that will best fit your needs.

*Date of eligibility based on your length of service.

• Retirement Planning: We offer a 401(k) plan to eligible employees after their first 30 days of employment. CPS offers matching contributions.
• Vacation: We strive for a balanced life with both our business and home life. As a part of our plan, we offer vacation based on your length of service.