Commercial Sales Representative (Commission)

SUMMARY:

The Armstrong Company is seeking a high-energy and dynamic Sales Representative who will be responsible for identifying and generating sales opportunities. The right candidate will work well under pressure, think out-of-the-box, easily initiate relaxed but informative two-way phone conversations with prospects and be highly self-motivated. The right candidate will also understand how to assess a company’s needs and specifically cater the outreach to each prospect.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Identify preferred prospects through enterprise resources and strategic sourcing methods.
• Contact potential new customers to convert prospects into clients.
• Conduct discovery calls with prospects to fully understand customer needs.
• Maintain relevant product and pricing knowledge to educate prospects on services & value propositions. 
• Follow up on sales leads and develop, nurture, and maintain a robust sales pipeline.
• Retain and grow an existing client base. 
• Maintain an organized and up-to-date system of management in Armstrong’s CRM. 
• Deliver feedback to the other departments and leverage every resource available.
• Consistently review your role’s KPIs, as defined by sales leadership, to ensure you exceed activity, territory coverage, discovery calls, qualified sales opportunities, and revenue metrics.
• Act following Armstrong DNA always.
• Any other duties as assigned by the Manager.

 MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  

• 1 years of direct sales experience required.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Exceptional communication skills, both oral and written, coupled with excellent listening skills and a positive and energetic phone presence.
• Extremely self-motivated with a diligent work ethic.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills.
• Natural curiosity and a desire/willingness to learn.
• Prior experience with CSM is a plus.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job: 

• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. 
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.  
• This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds. 
• Ability to sit for long periods; stand and walk frequently; and bend, stoop, and reach occasionally.