Route Sales Manager-Kennewick

Software Placement Group, SPG; Kennewick (WA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Placement Group, an established industrial supplier, seeks a Route Sales Manager to operate a mobile store and grow its direct-to-customer sales within a defined territory. You will visit customers across multiple sectors, develop prospects, and manage daily reporting.

The role emphasizes field-based, full-time work with ownership of a mobile store and strong relationship-building skills to expand service coverage.

Qualifications

• Must have strong analytical, reasoning, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with databases, spreadsheets, email, and common business applications.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with a history of achieving goals.
• High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop new sales prospects through research, referrals, and calls on nearby businesses.
• Make face-to-face calls on cold and warm sales prospects.
• Present products using sample boards, demonstrations, and the mobile store.
• Maintain the mobile store's cleanliness, operation, marketing, and functionality.
• Submit daily reports detailing sales orders and prospect calls.
• Maintain customer contact information in company software.

Skills

Analytical skills

Independent work

Tenured work history

Goal attainment

Database proficiency

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Location: Kennewick, WA | Schedule: Full-time, field-based/mobile

Overview

An established industrial supply company brings its stocked mobile stores directly to customers across transportation, aviation, facilities maintenance, aerospace, medical, military, marine, power generation, manufacturing, government, and heavy equipment sectors. The company is seeking a Route Sales Manager to operate a mobile store and build long-term customer relationships within a defined territory, playing a key role in expanding the company's direct-to-customer sales model.

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
• 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 history 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 is an opportunity to run your own mobile store business within a defined territory, serving a wide range of industries through direct, face-to-face sales.