Route Sales Manager-Milwaukee

Software Placement Group, SPG; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Placement Group (SPG) in Milwaukee, WI, seeks a Route Sales Manager to drive our mobile-store model across a defined local territory. You will prospect, build relationships, and present products directly to customers using sample boards and live demos.

Responsibilities include visiting prospects, maintaining the mobile store, and submitting daily reports. A stable work history and the ability to operate a mobile store vehicle are essential to success in this role.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Must reside within Milwaukee, WI territory.
• Must be able to purchase or lease an approved mobile store vehicle.
• Keep a clean driving history and maintain a professional appearance.
• Able to kneel and bend to operate the mobile store and equipment.
• Demonstrated stable work history with limited job-hopping.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Independent work

Goal attainment

Database proficiency

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Location: Milwaukee, WI | Schedule: Full-time, field-based

Overview

A long-established, family-owned distributor of industrial hardware is seeking a Route Sales Manager to bring its mobile store directly to customers across a defined territory. The company serves a wide range of sectors, including transportation, aviation, facilities maintenance, aerospace, medical, military, marine, power generation, manufacturing, federal/local government, and heavy equipment industries. This role is central to the company's direct-to-customer sales model, combining prospecting, relationship-building, and hands-on product presentation.

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 demos, and your mobile store
• Maintain the cleanliness, operation, marketing, and functionality of your 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 (Milwaukee, WI)
• 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
• 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, engage directly with a diverse range of industries, and build lasting customer relationships within your own territory.