Sales Professional - Outside Sales

Sci Corp; Westminster (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible Spending Accounts (health and

Dependent care

Health Savings Account with Company Co

Sick Leave

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Life Insurance

Voluntary A D&D Insurance

Dependent Life Insurance

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Co

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Sci Corp is seeking a Pre-Planning Service Advisor (PPSA) to drive quota attainment by selling pre-need arrangements and services. The PPSA builds professional, caring relationships with families, follows up for referrals, and develops community ties.

The role emphasizes lead generation, presenting planning guides, and maintaining activity levels across schedules, including evenings and weekends to meet targets.

Qualifications

• High school education or equivalent.
• 1-2 years of college or equivalent experience.
• Current driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.
• Sales experience or 1-2 years industry experience.
• CRM experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead generation through networking and referrals.
• Prospect at least 4 hours daily when working 8 hours.
• Follow up with families to obtain referrals.
• Build community relationships and networks.
• Present pre-planning guides to families served and referred.
• Maintain activity levels and productivity metrics.
• Work flexible hours including nights and weekends.

Skills

Sales experience

CRM knowledge

Bilingual

Communication skills

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Driving

Integrity

Public speaking

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

1-2 years college or equivalent experience

Tools

CRM software

Job description

Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates.

The Pre-Planning Service Advisor (PPSA) is a self-starter expected to achieve their quota (pacesetter) target by selling pre-need arrangements and services. The PPSA serves families in a professional, caring and timely manner. Follow-up and generation of referrals from client families are integral to success and to establish a strong service relationship with families. The PPSA also develops relationships with the community.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead Generation

• Consistently networks and builds relationships to generate recommendations for gaining referrals for both at-need cemetery arrangements and pre-need arrangements using company tools, processes and standards
• Holds self accountable for prospecting a minimum of 4 hours every day (if working 8 hours) such as approaching families face-to-face during events, door knocking or group seminars
• Obtains referrals from families served by the location by following up through visits with families after the service
• Networks and builds community and civic relationships
• Explains and presents Dignity Memorial® Personal Planning Guide presentations to families served and referred families
• Maintains and tracks activity levels to ensure productivity
• Remains flexible with schedule to achieve results; often works nights and weekends

Build Relationships with Families

• Establishes and maintains strong business relationships with families by connecting with the family, relating to them, resolving their concerns and needs, and committing to follow through
• Responds to client inquiries in a timely, respectful, sensitive and professional manner
• Supports families in time of grief with acts of kindness
• 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
• Provides service beyond expectations to ensure satisfaction and to form the foundation for future sales based on long-term relationships
• 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

• Consistently builds relationships and works cooperatively with the Funeral Director and other funeral home and/or cemetery staff
• Collaborates and teams with funeral directors, location managers, and other members of funeral home and or cemetery staff, to provide seamless, high quality service
• Represents a continuous link from services provided at need, through aftercare, to providing services to protect families in future
• Thoroughly and completely reviews previous services and contacts with families to prepare to support current needs and or sales
• Acts as one team, setting arrangement continuation visits within two to three days after the service
• Shares family concerns with rest of the SCI team

MINIMUM Requirements

Education

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

License

• Current state/province issued driver’s license with an acceptable driving record
• In states/provinces where required, must hold a Funeral Directors License to perform this role

Experience

• Sales experience or one to two years industry experience or equivalent education
• Previous experience with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems is a plus

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Basic computer and technology skills within a sales environment
• Ability to work well in a team, as well as independently
• Ability to work beyond “standard” hours as the need arises
• Good driving record
• Good work ethic
• High-level of integrity
• Creative, outgoing and energetic
• Comfortable presenting in front of others
• Desire to help others
• Bilingual, knowledge of another language is a plus

Work CONDITIONS

Work Environment

• Work indoors and outdoors during all seasons and weather conditions
• Local and/or multiple location traveling required
• Comply with dress code policy

Work Postures

• Sitting continuously for many hours per day, up to 6 hours per day
• May climb stairs to access buildings

Physical Demands

• Physical effort requiring manual dexterity is required, includes paperwork, calculators, computers and phone usage

Work Hours

• Working beyond “standard” hours as the need arises

Compensation:

Salary:

$75,000 - $200,000 annualized targeted first year earnings)

Benefits:

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

Postal Code: 92683

Category (Portal Searching): Sales

Job Location: US-CA - Westminster