Sales Professional - Inside Sales

Service Corporation International; Forest Park (OH); On-site; USD 50,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Service Corporation International in Forest Park, IL seeks a Family Service Counselor to generate leads and serve client families with personalized cemetery and pre-need arrangements.

The role entails lead generation, client relationship building, inquiries handling, and collaboration with funeral directors and staff to ensure high-quality service. Compensation is performance-driven with commissions, and a minimum base hint noted in the plan.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 1-2 years of college or equivalent education and experience.
• 1-2 years of customer service or sales industry experience preferred.
• Current state driver’s license with acceptable driving record.
• Insurance license if required by state/province law and as prescribed by state boards.

Responsibilities

• Lead generation: prospecting 1-2 hours daily and obtaining referrals.
• Build relationships with families; respond to inquiries respectfully and professionally.
• Understand family needs and offer valuable solutions; follow up on issues and requests.
• Collaborate with funeral directors and staff to deliver seamless service.
• Prepare for appointments and maintain professionalism and attention to detail.
• Seek referrals by earning trust and educating on pre-planning benefits.

Skills

Customer service

Sales experience

Communication skills

Computer literacy

Driver's license

Flexible hours

Empathy and respect

Driving frequently

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

1-2 years of college

Job description

Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates.

Accountable for serving client families by making at need cemetery arrangements, and selling pre-need arrangements. The Family Service Counselor serves families by providing exemplary personalized service and plays an essential role in generating revenue for the cemetery as well as acting as the primary contact for families.

Job Responsibilities

Lead Generation

• Holds self-accountable for prospecting a minimum of 1-2 hours each day
• Obtains referrals from families served by the location
• Networks and builds community and civic relationships
• Explains and presents presentations to families served and referred families
• Maintains and tracks activity levels to ensure productivity

Build Relationships with Families

• Responds to client inquiries in a timely, respectful, sensitive and professional manner
• Connects with families through listening, honest communication and genuine concern
• Develops an understanding of each family’s unique needs and offers solutions that provide value to them
• Stays in touch with families to ensure satisfaction
• Prepares for all appointments and performs all procedures with professionalism and attention to detail
• Follows through on all customer problems and requests
• Builds trust-based relationships to earn the right to ask for referrals
• Earns the right to gain referrals to offer protection to protect family members, and the family’s relatives and friends, by educating them on the benefits of pre-planning

Teamwork

• Represents a continuous link from services provided at need, through aftercare, to providing services to protect families in the future
• Collaborates and teams with funeral directors, location managers, and other members of funeral home and or cemetery staff, to provide seamless, high quality service
• Thoroughly and completely reviews previous services and contacts with families to prepare to support current needs and or sales
• Shares family concerns with rest of the SCI team

Minimum Requirements

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 1-2 years of college or an equivalent of education and experience

Experience

• High school equivalency and 1-2 years of college or an equivalent of education and experience
• 1-2 years of customer service or sales industry experience preferred

Licenses

• Current state/province issued driver’s license with an acceptable driving record
• Insurance license if required by state/province law and as prescribed by each state board

Knowledge, Skills and Abilitie** s**

• Must be able to pass the Company’s internal presentation certification within thirty days of hire
• Ability to work a number of evenings and or weekends every month
• Ability to drive frequently
• Ability to obtain and maintain an insurance license if required by state/province
• Flexible hours but, at times must have the ability to work up to 12 hours in a day
• Ability to treat others with empathy and respect
• Knowledge of computers and some software
• Customer service skills

Target Compensation Range: $50,000 to $100,000 annually.

The estimated total target compensation for this position in the first year typically ranges from $50,000 to $100,000 annually based on a strong commission-based incentive structure. In subsequent years, sales professionals commonly earn $100,000 to $150,000 or more annually. Actual compensation will vary based on individual performance, geographic location, and applicable business conditions.

(Note: As part of the total compensation plan, this position pays no less than $17.05 per hour for all hours worked)

Benefits

Medical * Dental * Vision * Flexible Spending Accounts (health care and dependent care) * Sick Leave * Short-Term Disability * Long-Term Disability * Life Insurance * Voluntary Accidental Death or Dismemberment Insurance * Dependent Life Insurance* SCI 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company match * Employee Assistance Program

Postal Code: 60130

Category (Portal Searching): Sales

Job Location: US-IL - Forest Park