Sales Professional - Inside Sales

Service Corporation International; Mayagüez (PR); On-site; USD 50,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) with company match

Life Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Sick Leave

Disability Insurance

Family support program

Job summary

Service Corporation International seeks a Family Service Counselor to support families with at-need cemetery arrangements and pre-need plans. You will generate revenue and serve as the primary contact for families, delivering compassionate, personalized service.

Responsibilities include lead generation, referrals, presentations, and ongoing family support. Evening/weekend availability and a valid driver’s license are required to meet client needs and growth targets.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; 1-2 years of college or equivalent education.
• 1-2 years of customer service or sales experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead generation: prospect at least 1–2 hours daily.
• Obtain referrals from families served by the location.
• Network and build community relationships.
• Explain and present to families served and referred families.
• Maintain activity levels to ensure productivity.
• Build trust-based relationships to earn referrals.
• Ensure timely, respectful, and professional responses to inquiries.

Skills

Customer service

Sales experience

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

1-2 years of college or equivalent

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 Abilities 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

Compensation: $50,000 to $100,000 targeted compensation (with higher earnings potential based on exceptional performance)

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts (health care and dependent care)
• Health Savings Account with Company Contribution
• 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

As part of your pre-employment background check, your criminal conviction history will be verified, given that this role requires the following material job duties: Working around and/or handling deceased individuals and working around families and colleagues. Convictions creating a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with the identified job duties may result in the withdrawal of a conditional job offer.

Who we are. What we do. We are a company committed to supporting families at difficult times. Nowhere will you find a group of caregivers and teams more passionate about the work they do or more invested in the well-being of the families they serve. The Dignity Memorial name is a symbol of trust and a mark of excellence. As the largest provider of funeral, cemetery and cremation services in North America, we're dedicated to celebrating the life and legacy of every loved one with professionalism, compassion and attention to detail that is second to none. \"SCI\" refers to Service Corporation International and its affiliates.

Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V SCI Shared Resources, LLC is committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process. On request, we will seek to provide appropriate accessibility options to all applicants with disabilities.