Inside Sales Rep - Lumber and Building Materials

Inside Sales Representative – Lumber & Building Materials

Southwest Metro -- Jordan, MN

Our client is a thriving and well-respected lumberyard known for helping homeowners, DIYers, builders, and contractors get their projects done right. They’re busy, growing, and looking for an Inside Sales Representative who knows building materials and wants to put that knowledge to work in a customer-focused sales role.

This is an opportunity to use your residential construction knowledge without cold calling, prospecting, or bringing a book of business. Customers come to you with a project; your job is to ask the right questions, understand what they’re trying to accomplish, and help them determine the building supplies and materials they need.

Does This Sound Like You?

• You understand how residential construction projects come together and can talk intelligently about lumber, roofing, siding, decking, windows, and other building materials.
• You enjoy the problem-solving side of sales—asking good questions, figuring out what a customer is trying to accomplish, and helping them make good decisions.
• You’re comfortable working directly with homeowners, DIYers, builders, and contractors and can explain construction and product information in a way that makes sense.

Your Background Might Include:

There’s more than one path that could prepare you to succeed in this role. Your past job titles and experience likely includes some of the items below.

• Job Titles like Inside Sales, Inside Sales Representative, Sales Representative, Counter Sales, Customer Service, Estimating, or Project Management in a building materials or construction-related business
• Working for a big box home center, lumberyard, hardware store, building materials dealer, or construction supply company
• Knowledge of Home improvement, remodeling, roofing, siding, decking, windows, or another residential construction or building-products category
• Experience with estimating, preparing estimates, material takeoffs, reading blueprints, project planning, or helping customers determine material needs
• Using ERP systems like Epicor BisTrack, Eagle, ECI Spruce, or RockSolid Max

What You’ll Get To Do

• Guide customers through project planning and material selection, helping turn an idea or set of plans into the materials needed to complete the project
• Work on everything from sheds, garages, roofing and siding projects to larger residential construction and remodeling projects
• Support both DIY and Pro customers
• Prepare estimates and material lists and help make sure customers have what they need before the project gets underway
• Expand your building materials and product knowledge through manufacturer and industry training

Why You Want This Job

• Customers come to you. There’s no cold calling, prospecting, or expectation that you bring a book of business. You can spend your time selling, solving problems, and taking care of customers.
• Your knowledge actually matters. This isn’t an order-taking job. Customers need someone who understands construction and can help them figure out what they need to complete their project successfully.
• Trade retail schedule chaos for a predictable workweek. Work Monday–Friday with no Saturdays and flexibility within the company’s operating hours.
• See the difference you’re making. This is an independently owned company where good ideas don’t have to travel through six layers of corporate approval before something can happen.
• Work for a genuinely family-friendly company. They want employees to make it to their kids’ and grandkids’ games, activities, and important events.
• Keep learning and growing. You’ll have opportunities for manufacturer and industry training while expanding your expertise across multiple building-material categories.
• Competitive compensation based on the experience and value you bring. If the opportunity sounds right but you’re concerned you’d have to take a pay cut to make a change, talk to us before ruling it out.
• Comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid vacation and sick time, and paid holidays.

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