Route Sales Manager-Peoria

Software Placement Group, SPG; Peoria (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Placement Group is seeking a Route Sales Manager to drive a fully stocked mobile store to customers across a defined territory.

You will engage multiple industrial sectors, perform on-site demos, and maintain a portable showroom while delivering consistent sales growth and territory coverage.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Must reside within the assigned territory and be able to purchase or lease a mobile store vehicle.
• Must maintain a clean driving history and be physically able to kneel and bend.
• Strong tenured work history with minimal job hopping.
• Excellent analytical, reasoning, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with databases, spreadsheets, email and common business applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop new sales prospects through research, referrals, and calling on nearby businesses.
• 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 reports detailing sales orders and calls.
• Record customer information in company software with notes and addresses.

Skills

Territory sales

Prospecting

Customer relationship management

Independence

Analytical skills

Microsoft Excel

CRM software

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Databases

Spreadsheets

Email

Business applications

Job description

Location: Peoria, IL | Schedule: Full-time, on-site (territory-based, mobile)

Overview

An established industrial hardware distributor with a long operating history is seeking a Route Sales Manager to bring a fully stocked mobile store directly to customers across a defined territory. This role serves a wide range of industries, including transportation, aviation, facilities maintenance, aerospace, medical, military, marine, power generation, manufacturing, government, and heavy equipment, and is essential to expanding the company's direct-to-customer sales model.

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
• 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 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 position offers the opportunity to operate your own mobile store and directly serve a wide array of industrial sectors within a defined territory.