Route Sales Manager-Idaho Falls

Software Placement Group, SPG; Idaho Falls (ID); On-site; USD 40,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Placement Group, SPG, is seeking a Route Sales Manager to operate a fully stocked mobile store within a defined geographic territory. You will build relationships with businesses needing ready access to industrial hardware and drive sales across multiple industries.

The role requires ownership of on-site store operations, territory development, and independent, goal-driven work with regular field visits and reporting to management.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical, reasoning, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with databases, spreadsheets, email, and common business applications.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and achieve goals.

Responsibilities

• Develop new sales prospects within defined territory.
• Make face-to-face calls on prospects and customers.
• Present products via demonstrations and the mobile store.
• Maintain mobile store cleanliness and functionality.
• Submit detailed daily sales and prospect reports.
• Maintain customer contact information in company software.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Organizational skills

Independent work

Goal-oriented

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Databases

Spreadsheets

Email

Job description

Location: Idaho Falls, ID | Schedule: Full-time, field-based/on-site within assigned territory

Overview

An established, family-operated industrial distribution company brings its mobile store directly to customers across a wide range of sectors, including transportation, aviation, facilities maintenance, aerospace, medical, military, marine, power generation, manufacturing, government, and heavy equipment industries. This company is seeking a Route Sales Manager to operate a fully stocked mobile store within a defined geographic territory, building relationships with businesses that rely on ready access to industrial hardware.

What you'll do

• Develop new sales prospects through research, referrals, and calling 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 itself
• 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

• Must reside within the assigned territory
• Must be able to purchase or lease an approved mobile store vehicle
• Must maintain a clean driving history
• Must have the physical ability to kneel and bend to the floor on a regular basis
• High school diploma or equivalent
• 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 and a proven history of goal attainment

Preferred qualifications

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

Why this role

This role offers the opportunity to run your own mobile store, build a territory through direct customer relationships, and serve a broad range of industries with steady, hands‑on sales work.