Sales Representative - Illinois

Visu-Sewer, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Visu-Sewer Clean & Seal, Inc. is seeking a results-driven sales professional to cover Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Northwest Wisconsin. Base salary 40-50K per year plus commission 10-20K+.

Travel is a significant part of the role, with overnight trips and hundreds of miles monthly. The ideal candidate has at least 2 years in sales or municipal infrastructure construction, strong communication skills, and proficiency with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years experience in sales and/or municipal infrastructure construction.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
• A bachelor's degree in engineering or business is preferred.
• Candidate must reside or be willing to relocate to the Twin City area.

Responsibilities

• This is a highly visible position. The individual shall manage and maintain contact with over 1000 existing and potential clients in the territory.
• Make appointments, cold calls and telephone contact with potential clients including consulting engineers, municipalities, sanitary districts and industrial prospects.
• Close sales in conjunction with estimating and management personnel.
• Develop and deliver presentations to key accounts and associations.
• Sales forecasting on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis by service type.
• Interfacing between client and operations. (Example: Scheduling, payment collection and other communication as requested...)

Skills

Sales experience

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree (engineering/business)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Compensation:

Base salary ($40-50K / yr - based on experience) plus commission ($10,000 - $20,000+ per year)

Requirements:

Minimum 2 years experience in sales and/or municipal infrastructure construction. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Computer proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint. A bachelor's degree in engineering or business is preferred. Candidate must reside or be willing to relocate to the Twin City area.

Benefits:

Company car or allowance, profit sharing, health & life insurance, partial 401K matching, full travel expenses, mobile phone, laptop computer, paid vacation & holidays. (avg. profit sharing for the previous 5 years was 6% of annual income)

Training:

In field training with crews to facilitate an understanding of services, various sales training seminars, mutually beneficial continuing education classes/courses, extensive customer development training with sales manager in MN territory.

Territory:

Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Northwest Wisconsin

Responsibilities:

This is a highly visible position. The individual shall manage and maintain contact with over 1000 existing and potential clients in the territory. Person should be comfortable calling on all client levels. Overnight travel and substantial driving is required (average - 8 nights and 3500 miles per month). Specific duties include:

• Make appointments, cold calls and telephone contact with potential clients including consulting engineers, municipalities, sanitary districts and industrial prospects.
• Obtain and maintain business services for the assigned territory. Close sales in conjunction with estimating and management personnel.
• Develop and deliver presentations to key accounts and associations.
• Notify management of sales activities including approximate timing for company proposals and bid submittals.
• Attendance and membership in local and regional professional meetings and associations.
• Identify new business leads and maintain contact records on ACT database.
• Sales forecasting on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis by service type.
• Interfacing between client and operations. (Example: Scheduling, payment collection and other communication as requested...)

Visu-Sewer Clean & Seal, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons,

without regard to race, religion, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability or handicap.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.