Outside Sales Person

Elliott Electric Supply; Waxahachie (TX); On-site; USD 40,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Elliott Electric Supply is seeking a results-oriented sales professional to identify and develop new business opportunities with prospective customers across assigned territories. You will establish initial contact, build long-term customer relationships, and expand the company's involvement at customer locations.

The role is safety-sensitive; pre-employment drug testing is required and candidates will undergo a drug test per U.S. guidelines.

Qualifications

• Industry and territory knowledge required for maximum potential.
• Ability to manage well-established existing customer relationships and prospect for future opportunities in trading areas served.
• Excellent communication skills, self-motivated, self-starter, personable, extroverted personality, well organized.

Responsibilities

• Establishes initial contact with prospective customers and develops new business opportunities.
• Builds and maintains customer contacts and solicits opportunities for greater company involvement.
• Provides follow up to assure customer satisfaction and to provide required advice in various technical and product capability areas.

Skills

Communication skills

Self-motivation

Self-starter

People skills

Organizational skills

Extroverted personality

Education

Sales/Marketing/Business administration education preferred

Job description

Job Description
Establishes initial contact with prospective customers and takes responsibility for identifying and developing new business opportunities. Develops and maintains customer contacts and solicits opportunities for additional company involvement. Provides follow up contacts to assure customer satisfaction and to provide required advice in various technical and product capability areas. Solicit new business opportunities on a routine basis for expansion of the company involvement at customer locations.

Job Description
Establishes initial contact with prospective customers and takes responsibility for identifying and developing new business opportunities. Develops and maintains customer contacts and solicits opportunities for additional company involvement. Provides follow up contacts to assure customer satisfaction and to provide required advice in various technical and product capability areas. Solicit new business opportunities on a routine basis for expansion of the company involvement at customer locations.
This is a safety-sensitive position, the ability to work in a constant state of awareness and in a safe manner is imperative. Candidates offered employment must undergo a pre-employment drug test. The test screens for drugs including amphetamines, cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamines, opiates, oxycodone, and phencyclidines, following the cutoff levels set by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Qualifications
The successful candidate will possess industry and territory knowledge required for maximum potential. In addition, he/she must be to able to manage well established existing customer relationships and prospect for future opportunities in trading areas served. College courses in sales, marketing or business administration preferred. Excellent communication skills, self-motivated, self-starter, personable, extroverted personality, well organized.
Physical Requirements: Ability to sit for extended periods of time. Ability to access customer business locations. Must be able to operate an automobile.