What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fire Service Sales Representative position at Guardian Security Systems?
About Us:
Guardian Security was founded in 1976 and has been serving Washington State residents with life and property protection ever since. We are proud to be celebrating 50 years in business.
We are locally owned and operated, with four offices located in Yakima, Tacoma, Bellingham, and in the SODO district of Seattle.
To learn more about us, visit https://www.guardiansecurity.com/
Kindness – Growth Mindset – Technical Excellence – Safety – Predictable Success – Customer Heroes
Position Summary:
Join a growing team where your success is directly rewarded. As a Fire Service Sales Representative, you'll build relationships with new and existing customers, helping them protect their people and property through fire alarm monitoring and inspection services. This role offers a competitive salary plus commission structure with strong earning potential, along with ongoing training and professional development opportunities to help you grow your expertise and build a long-term career in the fire and life safety industry.
Schedule: M-F, 7:30am – 4:30pm PST (may vary based on appointments)
Work Setting: Hybrid/Onsite
Pay: $75,000 - $175,300 annually (base pay commissions)
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
- Acquires new monitoring contracts and fire alarm inspections contracts.
- Creates and implements a sales strategy that makes sure you meet personal sales goals, as well as those set in place by the company.
- Travels to customer sites and conducts site surveys, meetings and presentations.
- Communicates with all current and potential customers on a regular basis, providing solutions as needed, and oversees all sales activity in your assigned sales territory.
- Coordinates with other members of the sales team and team leaders as needed to generate sales and provide excellent customer service.
- Performs duties as efficiently as possible, reducing costs when possible, and maintains receipts for all job-related expenses and submit them to accounting.
Key Competencies:
- Flexible and reliable.
- Ability to problem solve and work with little direction.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
- Excellent organizational and project management skills.
- Professional attitude, outgoing personality, able to relate well with many types of people.
- Must be well organized and able to meet bid completion deadlines.
Education and/or Experience:
- College education and/or equivalent industry experience preferred
- Two to five years sales experience – outside sales preferred
- Experience working with contractors on bidding jobs required and with jurisdictional agencies on meeting code requirements preferred.
- Experience in team selling and working in interdisciplinary teams desirable.
Benefits:
- Low-cost Medical, Vision, Dental insurance
- Life Insurance premiums paid for by Guardian
- 401(k) with company match after 1 year
- Sick Time
- Paid Time Off that builds with tenure
- AD&D insurance
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Flexible spending account (FSA)
- Additional 8 paid holidays
- Tuition reimbursement/PAID Professional Development PTO (24 hours that renews every year!)
Computer Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of:
- Intermediate MS Office Suite, particularly Word, Outlook, and Excel
- Strong computer skills
Physical Demands/Work Environment:
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.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds, and occasionally will lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; Must be able to stand, walk, reach and bend for extended periods of time occasionally; Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus; Uses fingers, hands, arms when working with mouse, keyboard, monitors; possible use of headset while on calls.
We know an endless loop of interviews can be draining! To combat this, our interview process is capped at 3 interviews.
Equal Employment Opportunity: We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage all qualified candidates to apply. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Salary : $75,000 - $175,300