Outside Sales Pro – Building Materials (Growth Path)

84 Lumber; Northport (AL); On-site; USD 40,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

FSA for medical and dependent care

Profit sharing & 401(k)

Discounts on building materials

Job summary

84 Lumber is hiring an Outside Sales Representative to sell products and services away from stores, building new client relationships and maintaining existing ones. You will pursue predetermined sales goals with a focus on margins and customer satisfaction, while growing the customer base.

Responsibility includes identifying leads, presenting solutions, and maintaining detailed activity reports to forecast territory performance and opportunities.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent sales and negotiation skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Reading prints.
• Creating material estimates.
• Sourcing special orders.

Responsibilities

• Builds and maintains a network of sources from which to identify new sales leads.
• Communicates with customers and leads to identify and understand their product or service needs; identifies and suggests products and services to meet those needs.
• Demonstrates the functions and utility of products or services to customers based on their needs.
• Ensures customer satisfaction through ongoing communication and relationship management; resolves any issues that may arise post-sale.
• Maintains communication with existing and previous customers, alerting them of new products, services, and enhancements that may be of interest.
• Maintains detailed reports of sales activities including calls, orders, sales, lost business, and any customer or vendor relationship problems.
• Provides periodic territory sales forecasts.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Sales experience

Organizational skills

Analytical thinking

Stress management

Reading prints

Material estimates

Sourcing special orders

Job description

84 Lumber is hiring an Outside Sales Representative to sell products and services away from stores, building new client relationships and maintaining existing ones. You will pursue predetermined sales goals with a focus on margins and customer satisfaction, while growing the customer base.

Responsibility includes identifying leads, presenting solutions, and maintaining detailed activity reports to forecast territory performance and opportunities.