Window & Door Sales Specialist

Kempsville Building; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

AD&D

401(k)

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Vendor incentives

Growth opportunities

Military encouraged to apply

Job summary

Kempsville Building Materials is seeking a Window & Door Sales Specialist to present and sell window and door products and build relationships with customers and builders. You will train store personnel, support vendors, and promote profitable product lines.

The role emphasizes customer service, technical product knowledge, and the ability to read blueprints and prepare timely estimates.

Qualifications

• Previous knowledge and experience in the building materials industry.
• Experience selling window products.
• Ability to read blueprints.
• Demonstrated ability to increase sales and improve profitability.
• Excellent communication skills, with a strong sense of customer service.
• Experience in individual or group training is a plus.
• Decision making abilities and problem solving skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Develops customer relationships and determines customer needs.
• Responsible for maintaining and increasing the sales of window products.
• Gives presentations to builders and provides expert advice on product features and benefits.
• Prepares estimates for these products and ensures that they are ordered and shipped on time.
• Works closely with OSRs to analyze sales opportunities and assistance on the jobsite.
• Keeps lines of communication open between team members at the store and customers to ensure that service is accurate and timely.
• Meets with vendors to determine direction of store programs.
• Identifies personal growth needs and improvement opportunities; seeks to obtain product information; learns about building packages and products.
• Provides window and door training to builders, contractors and store personnel.
• Ensures employees are kept current on vendor programs.

Skills

Sales experience

Reading blueprints

Customer service

Communication skills

Training others

Team collaboration

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

A Kempsville Building Materials (a division of Carter Lumber) Window & Door Sales Specialist is responsible for presenting and selling window and door products, as well as establishing a rapport with customers in the community. Communicates and trains store personnel and maintains builder awareness on products. A strong belief in the mission and goals of the company are necessary to this position.

Requirements

• Previous knowledge and experience in the building materials industry
• Experience selling window products
• Ability to read blueprints
• Demonstrated ability to increase sales and improve profitability
• Excellent communication skills, with a strong sense of customer service
• Experience in individual or group training is a plus
• Decision making abilities and problem solving skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Responsibilities

Sales & Relationship Building

• Develops customer relationships and determines customer needs.
• Responsible for maintaining and increasing the sales of window products.
• Gives presentations to builders and provides expert advice on product features and benefits.
• Prepares estimates for these products and ensures that they are ordered and shipped on time.
• Works closely with OSRs to analyze sales opportunities and assistance on the jobsite.

Communication

• Keeps lines of communication open between team members at the store and customers to ensure that service is accurate and timely.
• Meets with vendors to determine direction of store programs.

Knowledge & Training

• Identifies personal growth needs and improvement opportunities; seeks to obtain product information; learns about building packages and products.
• Provides window and door training to builders, contractors and store personnel.
• Ensures employees are kept current on vendor programs.

Benefits (full-time employees)

• Health, Dental, Vision (Single and Family Plans) available after 30 days of employment
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• Company-paid life insurance and AD&D
• Optional supplemental life insurance
• Company-match 401(k)
• Vacation time and paid holidays
• Vendor incentives
• Room for growth; we promote from within!
• Military encouraged to apply!