Sales Representative - Cedar Rapids, IA

Kimball Midwest; Cedar Rapids (IA); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k)

Deferred compensation

Job summary

Kimball Midwest in Cedar Rapids, IA is seeking a Sales Representative to engage with existing and prospective customers, promote products, and drive revenue in a hybrid role.

You will manage a designated territory, build relationships, prospect new business, and meet quotas through our training programs, with a focus on American-made products.

Qualifications

• Relationship management across a designated territory.
• Cold calling and prospecting to grow the book of business.
• Efficient planning and prioritization for territory growth.
• Strong product knowledge and ability to demonstrate value.
• Achieving sales quotas through proven programs and training.
• Accurate daily activity reporting and cost-savings communication.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate strong relationships with customers in the territory to identify opportunities.
• Conduct cold calls to grow the book of business and expand coverage.
• Plan week in advance to prioritize customer stops and growth.
• Demonstrate products and emphasize value, focusing on American-made items.
• Meet or exceed quotas using our sales programs and training workshops.
• Maintain records of daily sales activities and report back to customers.

Skills

Relationship management

Cold calling

Prospecting

Territory management

Product knowledge

Sales quotas

Reporting

Job description

Sales Representative (Hybrid)

As a Sales Representative, you are accountable for engaging with existing and prospective customers, promoting products and services, and generating sales revenue.

Compensation & Benefits

• Uncapped commission earnings
• 1st year compensation plans range from $55,000-$95,000
• Medical, dental, life, disability insurance, 401k and a deferred compensation plan

Responsibilities

• Relationship Management: Cultivate strong relationships with customers in a designated territory to understand their business needs and identify areas of opportunity. We are a people business at our core, treating both customers and associates with the same respect.
• Cold Calling & Prospecting: Effectively cold call on potential customers in the territory to grow a book of business. We focus on being green and growing to continuously open new business.
• Planning & Priority Setting: Efficiently plans week in advance to prioritize customer stops and territory growth. We plan our growth from the bottom to the top instead of a top-down approach.
• Product Knowledge: Demonstrate our products to potential customers to show the value and quality of our products. We invest about 80% of our spend in American-made products.
• Achieve Sales Goals: Meet or exceed sales quotas by following our company's proven sales programs and processes learned in our training workshops. We have a goal to double our sales as a company every five years.
• Reporting: Maintain accurate records of daily sales activities by inputting information into our systems. We support our customers by reporting back to them our cost-savings ability when supporting and servicing them in the field.

Requirements

• The ability to move to and from potential or actual customer and associates' locations and company meetings at locations within the assigned geographic area of responsibility while holding the required insurance coverage minimums
• Use of personal electronic device that is in compliance with the company's Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) policy
• The execution of an Employment Agreement and/or revised Employment Agreement exhibit(s), all of which were provided to the associate for review prior to execution

Kimball Midwest is a national distributor of maintenance, repair, and operations products. For over 100 years, we have been family owned and operated offering over 55,000 products to our customers. We have grown from $1 million in sales in 1983 to more than $500 million today.

Kimball Midwest is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We participate in E-Verify. Participamos en E-Verify.