Territory Manager-Northbrook

The Keystone Distinction Group; Northbrook (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The Keystone Distinction Group is seeking a Territory Manager to drive sales by delivering industrial hardware through a mobile store model. You will prospect and close new business within your defined territory, using face-to-face visits and product demonstrations to grow the customer base.

Responsibilities include managing the mobile store operations, ensuring data accuracy in reports, and maintaining strong customer records.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Outside industrial sales experience, especially in route or industrial sales, is preferred.
• Strong tenured background with a maximum of 3 companies in the past 10 years.
• Must reside within the assigned territory and own/secure a mobile store vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Prospect & Sell: develop new prospects via research, referrals, and on-site calls.
• Present Solutions: demonstrate products using samples and your mobile store.
• Manage Operations: keep mobile store clean, functional, and report daily activity.
• Data Integrity: maintain customer contact information in company software.

Skills

Analytical skills

Reasoning

Organizational skills

Independent work

Goal-oriented

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Databases

Spreadsheets

Email

Common business applications

Job description

Territory Manager

About Us

We are a third-generation, family-owned and operated business founded in 1959 by a WWII Marine veteran who recognized a genuine need in the industrial marketplace. Known as America’s Mobile Industrial Hardware Store, we offer a simple but highly effective solution: we take the store and the service directly to the customer. Our Territory Managers operate fully stocked mobile stores to serve a wide array of sectors, including transportation, aviation, facilities maintenance, aerospace, medical, military, marine, power generation, manufacturing, federal/local government, and heavy equipment industries.

The Role

As a Territory Manager, this sales position focuses on providing various types of industrial hardware directly to customers within a defined geographic territory through cold-calling and prospecting activities. To be successful in this position, there are a few critical requirements you must meet:

• You must reside within the assigned territory. Relocation is not available.


• You must be able to purchase or lease an approved mobile store vehicle.


• You must maintain a clean driving history.


• Because you will be operating a mobile store, you must have the physical ability to kneel and bend to the floor on a regular basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Prospect & Sell: Develop new sales prospects through research, referrals, and calling on businesses near existing customers. Make face-to-face calls on cold and warm sales prospects.


• Present Solutions: Present products and services using sample boards, product demos, and your mobile store.


• Manage Operations: Maintain the cleanliness, operation, marketing, and functionality of your mobile store. Submit complete and accurate daily business reports detailing sales orders and prospect calls.


• Data Integrity: Continually maintain customer contact information—including notes, names, phone numbers, and addresses—using company software.

Qualifications

• Education & Experience: A high school diploma or equivalent is required. Outside industrial sales experience, especially in route or industrial sales, is preferred.


• Job Stability: Must have a strong tenured background, no job hopping; the ideal candidate has a maximum of 3 companies over the past 10 years.


• Skills: Excellent analytical, reasoning, and organizational skills. Proficiency with databases, spreadsheets, email, and common business applications is expected.


• Attributes: Demonstrated ability to work independently and a proven history of goal attainment.