Territory Sales Representative-Houston, TX

Staples; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Business Resource Groups

Flexible PTO

Discounts & 401k

Wellness programs

Job summary

Staples is a business-to-business leader seeking a high-velocity Sales Associate in the Houston area. The role focuses on prospecting and winning net new SMB accounts, primarily in North Houston, with occasional in-territory travel up to 1-2 times per week.

You will engage customers remotely by phone, video, and in person to drive new business and growth. You’ll leverage strong presentation and negotiation skills, use CRM, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook to tailor solutions, and collaborate with

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of successful sales experience or as Staples B2B Sales Associate.
• 3+ years experience in PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred; CRM knowledge advantageous.

Responsibilities

• exhibit appointment setting and hit weekly targets with key decision makers.
• Sell Staples value propositions and capabilities across categories.
• Develop prospects and onboard new accounts remotely via phone, video and in person.
• Collaborate with support and category specialists to move deals toward close.
• Document customer engagement and maintain territory activity in CRM.
• Analyze industry trends to tailor solutions for prospects.

Skills

Sales experience

Strong presentation skills

Negotiation

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

CRM

PowerPoint

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together.

Hunts within defined territory to prospect and win net new small to medium business customers. B2Bs are also responsible to ramp and onboard net new won accounts to further expanding our customer base. It is a high velocity sales position that leverages a prioritized call list to drive prospect engagement remotely by phone, video, face to face, and utilizing digital tools.

• Position territory will primarily be North Houston area. Must be comfortable commuting to territory 1-2 times per week.

What you’ll be doing:

• Exhibit effective appointment setting skills and set the required number of appointments each week with the correct decision makers.
• Effective Selling Skills
• Utilizing professional selling skills
• Discover prospects incremental and programmatic needs
• Effectively communicates Staples value propositions, capabilities, products and assortments including all categories
• Capable of overcoming objections and closing the sale.
• Utilize prescribed selling tools to prioritize activities and drive efficiency, as well as to document customer engagement and information (ex: Priority List, Tenfold, SFDC).
• Internal Partnerships: Effectively work with customer support/set up teams and category specialists to progress deals forward to closed won
• Implements and ramps wins driving compliance to new account/program
• Expertise of prospect industry buying process’ and ability to support product selection and standardization
• Create sticky accounts which will continue to purchase from Staples
• Integrates feedback from prospects into their sales approach
• New customer assortment and pricing
• Internal Teaming: Individual will need to communicate and work closely with Category Specialists, and Support teams
• Customer Communications: Individual is responsible to communicate with prospects daily in person and face to face in a professional manner

What you bring to the table:

• Strong drive and a desire to win
• Strong aversion to complacency
• Proven ability to view rejection as a learning opportunity and double down on next best actions
• Experience and proven track record of business development
• Strong ability to develop and deliver presentations virtually and in person
• Consultative selling, solutions selling, insight selling, negotiation and advanced client management skills
• Ability to work with product category sales team members
• Strong business, financial, operations and technology acumen
• Ability to analyze business and industry trends to create tailored solutions for prospects based upon Staples value proposition
• Ability to function independently with minimal daily supervision
• Ability and motivation to find, develop, and close sales
• Demonstrated work ethic, self-disciplined
• Ability to succeed in a competitive selling or goal-oriented environment
• Ability to be coached and to incorporate feedback
• Professional appearance and demeanor
• Strong organization and time management skills

What’s needed- Basic Qualifications:

• 1-3 years of successful sales experience or success as a Staples B2B Sales Associate
• 3+ years experience in PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook

What’s needed- Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Customer Relationship Management tool (CRM)
• Bachelors Degree preferred
• Industry knowledge, a plus

We Offer:

• Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups
• Flexible PTO (22 days) and Holiday Schedule
• Online and Retail Discounts, Company Match 401(k), Physical and Mental Health Wellness programs, and more!

The salary range represents the expected compensation for this role at the time of posting. The specific base pay may be influenced by a variety of factors to include the candidate's experience, skill set, education, geography, business considerations, and internal equity. In addition to base pay, this role maybe eligible for bonuses, or other forms of variable compensation.