Route Sales Manager-Clearwater

Software Placement Group, SPG; Clearwater (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Placement Group, SPG seeks a Route Sales Manager in Clearwater, FL to serve customers directly from a fully stocked mobile store. You’ll cover a defined territory, supporting multiple industries by delivering hardware products and services to customer locations.

Responsibilities include prospecting, face-to-face sales, product demonstrations, and maintaining the mobile store plus accurate daily reports. Independence, organization, and strong drive are essential.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Must reside within the assigned territory.
• Must be able to purchase or lease an approved mobile store vehicle.
• Must maintain a clean driving history.
• Physical ability to kneel and bend to the floor regularly.
• Strong tenure with few job hops (ideally ≤3 in 10 years).
• Excellent analytical, reasoning, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with databases, spreadsheets, email, and common business applications.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with a track record of goal attainment.

Responsibilities

• Develop new sales prospects through research, referrals, and calls near existing customers.
• Make face-to-face calls on cold and warm prospects.
• Present products and services using sample boards, product demonstrations, and the mobile store.
• Maintain the cleanliness, operation, and marketing of the mobile store.
• Submit complete daily reports detailing sales orders and prospect calls.
• Maintain customer contact information in company software.

Skills

Prospecting

Face-to-face selling

Independent work

Analytical skills

Database/spreadsheet proficiency

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Databases

Spreadsheets

Email/office software

Mobile store ops software

Job description

Location: Clearwater, FL | Schedule: Full-time, field-based/on-site

Overview

An established, long-running mobile industrial supply company is seeking a Route Sales Manager to serve customers directly from a fully stocked mobile store. This role supports a wide range of industries—including transportation, aviation, facilities maintenance, aerospace, medical, military, marine, power generation, manufacturing, federal/local government, and heavy equipment—by bringing hardware products and service straight to the customer’s location within a defined territory.

What you’ll do

• Develop new sales prospects through research, referrals, and calls on businesses near existing customers
• Make face-to-face calls on cold and warm sales prospects
• Present products and services using sample boards, product demonstrations, and the mobile store
• Maintain the cleanliness, operation, marketing, and functionality of the mobile store
• Submit complete and accurate daily business reports detailing sales orders and prospect calls
• Continually maintain customer contact information—including notes, names, phone numbers, and addresses—using company software

Required qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Must reside within the assigned territory
• Must be able to purchase or lease an approved mobile store vehicle
• Must maintain a clean driving history
• Physical ability to kneel and bend to the floor on a regular basis
• Strong tenured work background with no job hopping; ideally a maximum of 3 companies over the past 10 years
• Excellent analytical, reasoning, and organizational skills
• Proficiency with databases, spreadsheets, email, and common business applications
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with a proven history of goal attainment

Preferred qualifications

• Outside industrial sales experience, especially in route or industrial sales

Why this role

This position offers the opportunity to run your own mobile store business, serving a diverse set of industries through direct, face-to-face sales and independent territory management.