What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sales Representative position at Suit-Kote Corporation?
Job Title: Sales Representative
Overview: The Sales Representative is an essential role that reports to the Regional Sales Manager. This position will serve as the primary contact for our customers throughout the region.
Safety Expectations: All Suit-Kote employees are required to comply with all safety rules and to observe safe work practices and operating procedures at all times. Whenever on Suit-Kote property or job sites, or operating Suit- Kote equipment, employees are expected to conduct themselves in a manner that promotes the safety of the employee, co-workers and others.
Responsibilities/Job Duties:
- Build and maintain strong customer relations
- Anticipate customer needs to provide expert industry road preservation solutions
- Develop an effective sales plan for designated territory including market needs assessment, competitive assessment, sales forecast, and support as needed
- Strong working knowledge of municipal bid documents and specifications
- Understanding of state and local funding programs and bid documents
- Engage in state and local customer association events
- Develop customer proposals and schedule projects to ensure deadlines are met
- Accompany Operations team at jobsite to ensure project accuracy
- Maintain a balanced relationship between Suit-Kote and the customer
- Coordinate, organize, and participate in promotional and educational customer events
- Attend municipal board meetings to present/educate pavement preservation techniques and value
- Create customer project information in internal software system
- Perform other duties as assigned
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Communicate in a cooperative, respectful, and professional manner
- Strong relationship building skills
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written
- Efficient time management skills
- Coordinate with Operations and Technical Service Departments
- Ability to work independently
- Project management experience
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
- 5-10 years of industrial sales or operations experience, preferably in civil construction or pavement preservation.
- Attend all safety required training sessions
- Valid motor vehicle license
- Passing of pre-employment drug and alcohol screening is required and a background check will be conducted
- High school graduate or equivalent experience required
- Ability to travel as required within assigned territory (5% overnight travel)
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to lift 20 pounds
- Observe and comply with necessary PPE requirements
- Must be able to work in a noisy area with many odors present
- Bending, stretching, stooping, kneeling, crawling and squatting
Salary Range: $60,000- $65,000 / Year
Additional Duties:
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed. You will be expected to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested by your supervisor.
Benefits:
Suit-Kote offers competitive wages, paid time off, and a growth oriented work environment. We extend employer-paid medical and dental benefits, as well as employer-paid life insurance to all full-time employees. Personnel are eligible for participation in our 401k plan as well as supplemental benefits. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Salary : $60,000 - $65,000