Sales Representative, Flooring

Kronospan; Anniston (AL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth opportunities

Diversity and inclusion

Competitive benefits

Company paid life and disability

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

KronoAcademy training

Uniform reimbursement

Job summary

Kronospan is seeking a Flooring Sales Representative to forecast sales and inventory, manage daily sales activities for assigned accounts, and negotiate terms with customers. The role requires opening and maintaining strong customer relationships and close collaboration with production teams at the Anniston, AL site.

Candidates should have 2–3 years in sales, strong communication skills, and the ability to analyze market trends and draft reports.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years in a sales role or equivalent operations experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Strong customer relations skills and ability to follow through on commitments.
• Creative thinking, resourcefulness and problem solving.
• Solid math skills including rates, ratios and percentages; ability to read graphs/charts.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and forecast sales revenues and inventory usage.
• Conduct daily sales activities for assigned accounts and monitor order-to-delivery process.
• Negotiate sales terms with customers and draft purchase orders.
• Provide market insights, draft revenue and budget reports, and communicate with customers about products and satisfaction.

Skills

Sales experience

Communication skills

Customer relations

Problem solving

Math skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in sales/marketing/business

Job description

Company Description

Kronospan is the world's leading producer of wood panel products including MDF, OSB, Particleboard, and Laminate Flooring. We are state of the art, automated, and visionary. We are sustainable and eco-friendly. We are Worldwide AND we are American Made. We are Kronospan.

Job Description

The Flooring Sales Representative is responsible for analyzing and forecasting sales revenues and inventory usage rates. This person is also responsible for conducting daily sales activities for assigned accounts including market and sales trends analysis; draft contributions to sales revenue and budget reports; analyze likely customer targets based on market research; negotiate sales terms with customers; draft purchase orders and terms; monitor order-to-delivery process; communicate with customers about products, preferences, satisfaction, and outstanding accounts. This role requires the position holder to work from the manufacturing site near Anniston, AL when not visiting customers, attending tradeshows, or conducting training.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in sales, marketing, business (foreign equivalent accepted); or equivalent experience
• Must have at least two to three years in a sales position or equivalent experience in operations
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication / presentation skills
• Must have excellent customer relations skills including customer response, service improvement, and the ability and willingness to keep commitments
• Must display original thinking and creativity through resourcefulness, suggestions, and problem solving
• Must have excellent math skills including the ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages as well as to create and interpret graph and chart information

Additional Information

As a company dedicated to its associates, we offer numerous benefits and advantages:

• Growth opportunities, domestic and international, with the world's leading producer of wood panel products
• Work in a diverse, inclusive environment with colleagues from around the world
• A highly competitive benefits program including affordable medical, dental and vision plans
• Company paid life and short & long term disability plans
• Supplemental life, critical illness and accident plans for you and your family
• 401 (k) retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off including a generous paid vacation plan and holidays after 90 days
• “Life of Career” training opportunities through our global or local KronoAcademy
• Uniform & reimbursement for safety boots & prescription safety glasses and company provided tools

What To Send Our Way

• A cover letter along with your Resume, highlighting your education, experience and skills.