Sales Representative- Modernization (Knoxville)

TK Elevator; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

FSA

HSA

Company-paid disability insurance

Company-paid life insurance & AD&D

401(k) with company match

Vacation and holidays

Job summary

TK Elevator is seeking an experienced Sales Representative - Modernization to join our Knoxville, TN team. You will bid and secure modernization contracts, develop strong customer relationships, and drive branch revenue through profitable projects.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and at least 1 year of B2B sales experience, with Salesforce experience preferred and the ability to read architectural drawings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum 1 year of business-to-business sales experience.
• Strong attention to detail with proactive follow-up skills.
• Outstanding ability to build and nurture relationships with customers and cross-functional colleagues.
• Salesforce experience preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret architectural drawings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Bids and secures modernization contracts by coordinating with architects, general contractors, TKE operations, consultants, and owners.
• Create quoting and bidding packages from blueprints and site surveys to ensure profitability.
• Present bids to customers, explaining cost factors and equipment features.
• Negotiate the Scope of Work (SOW) with operations, contracts, sales support and legal when needed.
• Develop capital plans addressing customers' short- and long-term building needs.
• Coordinate submittal packages through approvals and manage change orders as required.
• Visit project sites and attend customer meetings to meet deadlines and customer needs.
• Maintain and update the CRM to manage the sales pipeline.

Skills

Relationship building

Sales experience

Time management

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Salesforce

CRM

Job description

What We Expect

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Knoxville, TN.

TK Elevator is currently seeking an experienced Sales Representative - Modernization in Knoxville, TN.

Responsible for successfully bidding and securing modernization contracts and developing and maintaining strong relationships with new and existing customers. This role is essential in ensuring modernization and/or H-Power jobs are completed profitably while driving branch annual revenue goals.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Works in coordination with architects, general contractors, TKE operations team, consultants, building managers and/or owners in the pre-bidding of modernization jobs. Includes building strong customer relationships and maintaining market awareness of projects and competitors.
• Maintains a strong working knowledge of company products by attending training classes and studying factory equipment manuals and supplier information. Includes developing knowledge of local elevator code requirements.
• Creates quoting and bidding packages by obtaining blueprints, attending job walks and conducting onsite surveys of proposed modernization. Includes, reviewing specs, and labor with operations department for completeness and accuracy, and ensuring that jobs will be profitable for the branch.
• Demonstrates technical knowledge of beneficial H-Power features.Determines customer needs and develops sales strategies to communicate H-Power modernization offerings.
• Presents bids to customers and explains cost factors, emphasizing characteristics such as construction, performance, durability and appearance of equipment.
• Partner with operations team to negotiate the Scope of Work (SOW), as well as collaborate with contract administrator, sales support and legal as required.
• Develops capital plans for customers to address their short- and long-term building needs.
• Upon customer's acceptance, coordinates submittal packages through the approval process and creates change orders as requested.
• Visits project sites and attends customer meetings when necessary and works with operations department to ensure customer's needs and deadlines are being met.
• Utilizes the Customer Relations Management (CRM) tool to update and manage sales pipeline.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum 1 year of business-to-business sales experience is required.
• Strong attention to detail with proactive follow-up skills.
• Demonstrated success in a fast-paced environment.
• Outstanding ability to build and nurture relationships with customers, team members, and cross-functional colleagues.
• Excellent time management, organizational, and presentation skills.
• Salesforce experience. (preferred)
• Ability to read and interpret architectural and/or blueprint/drawings. (preferred)

What We Offer

Provided they meet all eligibility requirement under the applicable plan documents, employees will be offered

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
• Health savings account (HSA)
• Supplemental medical plans
• Company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance
• Company-paid basic life insurance and AD&D
• Optional life and AD&D coverage
• Optional spouse and dependent life insurance
• Identity theft monitoring
• Pet insurance
• Company-paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company match: Employees can contribute a portion of their pay on a pre-tax or Roth basis. The company provides a dollar-for-dollar match on the first 5% contributed.

Additional benefits include:

• 15 days of vacation per year
• 11 paid holidays each calendar year (10 fixed, 1 floating)
• Paid sick leave, per company policy
• Up to six weeks of paid parental leave (available after successful completion of 90 days of full-time employment)

Eligibility requirements for these benefits will be controlled by applicable plan documents. This is intended to provide a general description of benefits and other compensation and is not a substitute for applicable plan documents or company policies.

Who We Are

With customers in over 100 countries served by more than 50,000 employees, TK Elevator achieved sales of around €9 billion in fiscal year 2022/2023. We ensure high levels of customer service globally from our extensive network of about 1,000 locations. Over the past several decades, TK Elevator has established itself as one of the world’s leading elevator companies and became independent after separation from the thyssenkrupp group in August 2020. The company’s most important business line is the service business proudly provided by around 25,000 service technicians. The product portfolio ranges from standardized elevators for low-rise residential buildings to highly customized solutions for skyscrapers. In addition, it covers escalators, moving walks, passenger boarding bridges and stair and platform lifts. Integrated cloud-based solutions, such as the MAX platform, are delivering enhanced services. With these digital offerings, there are no longer any limits to urban mobility. TKE - move beyond.