Sales Representative

Knoll Inc.; Minnesota; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MillerKnoll is seeking a regional sales professional to drive sales of Maharam textiles and Knoll fabrics. You will travel to client locations, develop relationships with firms and individuals, and present new products for interior finishes while coordinating pricing and delivery.

The role emphasizes client entertainment, communication skills, and teamwork. Ideal candidates will have a bachelor’s degree (interior design preferred) and prior sales experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; interior design is preferred.
• Sales experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Travel to client locations.
• Develop ongoing relationships with clients to ensure brand awareness and project involvement.
• Entertain clients by meals, events and industry functions.
• Present Maharam products specifying interior finishes.
• Handle product involvement with specifying clients, end-users, and buyers.
• Provide product information and pricing strategies across delivery and installation.
• Maintain resource libraries and manage sampling inventories.
• Supervise inside sales support and maintain client database.

Skills

People skills

Social & engaging

Client entertaining

Clear communicator

Written & verbal

Problem solving

Organized multitasking

Team player

Protocol compliance

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Interior design degree preferred

Tools

MS Office

DON system

Job description

Why join us? Maharam is the leading creator of textiles for interiors. Recognized for its rigorous and holistic commitment, Maharam embraces a range of disciplines, from product, graphic, and digital design to art and architecture. Known for its aesthetic and industrial innovation, Maharam’s work is guided by five main principles: utility, technology, tradition, luxury, and environmental impact. Our purpose is design for the good of humankind. It’s the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of Maharam means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows Maharam to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.

Responsible for sales of Edelman, Knoll Textiles, and Maharam products to a specific client roster and geography.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Travel to client locations.
• Develop ongoing relationships with clients (firms and individuals) to ensure Brand awareness, product familiarity, and ensure “first look” consideration for project involvement and specification opportunities.
• Entertainment clients by way of: meals, events, and involvement in industry functions.
• Present new Maharam products to clients specifying interior finishes via EASIER acronym.
• Handle specific product/project involvement with specifying clients, end-users, and buying customers.
• Provide product information (both aesthetic and functional) and developing strategy for pricing, navigating all delivery aspects, product suitability, and “need by” dates.
• Maintain resource library for sampled clients…replacement of missing sampling and removal of NLA and merchandising of Maharam sampling to the best advantage in all resource libraries.
• Supervise inside sales support of sales coordinator.
• Maintain client data base management.

MAGNITUDE AND RELATIONSHIP REPORTING

This position reports to Manager, Regional Sales and may receive additional assignments and direction from VP, Sales.

CONTACTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION

This position has contact with specifying clients, purchasing customers, and end-users; Yaphank departments including: resource management, QA, credit, and key client services; sales management, and local sales reps and sales coordinators in other offices as needed for project follow-up.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Ability to connect with people via both one-on-one and group interaction.
• Social and engaging.
• Comfortable entertaining clients away from their place of work.
• Articulate and effective communicator.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Ability to handle problem resolution smartly and with confidence; such as price, delivery, OA, or installation problems.
• Organized and able to multi task and retain and understand high level of product, project, client, and process information.
• Desire to work as part of a team.
• Ability to work to Maharam protocol and process, without direct supervision.
• Computer savvy with working knowledge of MS Office including outlook, and Word; and ability to learn DON and various Maharam specific computer functions.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent, degree in Interior Design is preferred.
• Sales experience preferred but not required.

Who We Hire?

Simply put, we hire qualified applicants representing a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. Maharam is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more.

Here, you can bring your whole self to work.

We’re committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.

This organization participates in E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification.

MillerKnoll complies with applicable disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.

If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact MillerKnoll Talent Acquisition at [e-mail].