Knecht Home Center of Rapid City, a Mead Lumber Company, founded in 1910, is 100% Employee Owned, and listed in the Lumber Building Materials Journal as the 18 largest Pro Contractor lumber/building materials retailer in the country. Mead operates 52 Lumber Yard, Retail, Truss Plant, and Component locations across nine Midwestern states.

The Commercial OSR will create, foster and sustain valuable customer relationships with architects, developers and general contractors. This individual will be responsible for prospecting, material takeoffs (as needed), job site visits, preconstruction meetings, and project management. To act as the day-to-day manager and central point of contact on commercial projects overseeing materials, special order, scheduling, delivery, quality control and warranty. The Commercial OSR will increase brand and product awareness, cultivating new customers and managing existing customer relationships. Provide feedback to management in regard to needs of the customers.

• Achieve sales and gross margin goals.
• Develop and execute annual business plan.
• Develop new business relationships.
• Attend industry events.
• Network with others in the Commercial Construction industry.
• Understand costs, pricing, overhead as percent of sales.
• Facilitates the estimating of project materials per customer’s request. Review architectural/structural drawings and specifications to determine bid requirements and substitutions.
• Determines estimated cost of the project and prepare bid proposal using knowledge of standard company pricing, discounts, and estimating formulas and guidelines.
• Carefully spell out the scope of work and bring attention to substitutions and exclusions. 
• Work with commercial sales team to ensure that all needs and specifications have been included or anticipated in the development of the quote.

• Strong attention to detail.
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced industry.
• High School Diploma or associate degree. (Preferred bachelor's in science degree)
• Minimum of three (3) to (5) years of commercial sales experience.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Strong community involvement, sales leadership and business development experience in the building materials industry and or commercial real estate is recommended.

Paid holidays, Vacation, Group medical and dental insurance, 401(k), ESOP, Dependent education assistance

We are proud to be and equal opportunity employer. We are also a Drug Free Employer.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary plus commission

• Employee Stock Ownership
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 100% Employer Paid Group Term Life, AD&D & STD
• Additional Voluntary Life, AD&D & LTD
• Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k)
• Scholarship & Tuition Assistance Programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Merchandise Discounts