Route Sales Manager-Stamford

Software Placement Group, SPG; Stamford (CT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A long-established, family-owned distributor of industrial hardware seeks a Route Sales Manager to operate a fully stocked mobile store for customers across sectors within a defined territory. This role drives store presentation and directly services customers on-site with a field-based schedule.

Responsibilities include prospecting, face-to-face calls, product demonstrations, and maintaining customer data and daily reports to optimize sales in a dynamic field-based role.

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, stable work history with limited 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 achieving goals

Responsibilities

• Prospect and sell industrial hardware products by researching leads, working referrals, and cold-calling businesses near existing customers.
• Make face-to-face sales calls on both cold and warm prospects.
• Present products and services using sample boards, product demonstrations, and the mobile store itself.
• Maintain the cleanliness, functionality, and marketing presentation of the mobile store vehicle.
• Submit accurate daily business reports covering sales orders and prospect activity.
• Maintain up-to-date customer contact information, including notes, names, phone numbers, and addresses, using company software

Skills

Face-to-face sales

Cold-calling

Prospecting

Territory management

Independent work

Driving

Education

High school diploma

Tools

CRM software

Databases

Spreadsheets

Email

Job description

Location: Stamford, CT | Schedule: Full-time, field-based/on-site

Overview

A long-established, family-owned distributor of industrial hardware is seeking a Route Sales Manager to operate a fully stocked mobile store serving customers across sectors such as transportation, aviation, facilities maintenance, aerospace, medical, military, marine, power generation, manufacturing, government, and heavy equipment. This role brings the store and the service directly to the customer, making it a vital link between the company and its industrial client base within a defined territory.

What you’ll do

• Prospect and sell industrial hardware products by researching leads, working referrals, and cold-calling businesses near existing customers
• Make face-to-face sales calls on both cold and warm prospects
• Present products and services using sample boards, product demonstrations, and the mobile store itself
• Maintain the cleanliness, functionality, and marketing presentation of the mobile store vehicle
• Submit accurate daily business reports covering sales orders and prospect activity
• Maintain up-to-date 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, stable 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 achieving goals

Preferred qualifications

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

Why this role

This position offers the opportunity to run your own mobile store business within a defined territory, serving a wide range of industrial sectors while working independently and driving your own sales success.