OUTSIDE SALES REPRESENTATIVE - Territory: Northern California (Sacramento region) and Northern Nevada

VSI is currently looking for a motivated Outside Sales Representative to cover the following areas Northern California (Sacramento region) and Northern Nevada. If you love working with people and helping promote animal health, please keep reading and apply. We would love to hear from you.

At VSI, we are more than just an animal health distributor. We are committed to facing and working through every challenge and celebrating your successes along the way.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The Outside Sales Representative is responsible for selling VSI vendor products to customers or thru approved dealers in the assigned territory as well as expanding the territory by prospecting new business through cold calls to potential customers/dealers within the territory. This position is responsible for offering the best possible customer experience as well as providing hands-on explanations of any new or updated products when necessary.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty at a satisfactory level. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions. Essential job functions and duties include, but are not limited, to:

• Establish, develop and maintain business relationships with current customers and prospective customers in the assigned territory/market segment to generate new business for the organizations products/services.
• Manage all sales functions assigned for the territory to ensure business growth according to budget and/or given sales growth goals.
• Making customer sales calls (through media and in person), taking orders, collecting VSI returns, and problem solving with customers and management.
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw conclusions and negotiate skillfully in a variation of situations.
• Develop customer growth strategies with dealers and/or management to establish appropriate sales goals based on sales history analysis, new product and industry trends.

QUALIFICATIONS

The employee must have demonstrated experience and/or education as outlined below in order to satisfactorily perform the essential job duties and responsibilities. Qualifications may include, but are not limited, to:

• Associates degree (preferred but not required)
• 2 years of outside sales experience (preferred but not required)
• A minimum of two (2) or more years of work experience in distributor sales, manufacturer sales, customer service or inside sales.
• Any combination of experience, education, and training that will provide the level of knowledge, skills, and ability required for the job.

Benefits offered

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k with Employer Match
• Flexible spending account
• Commissions and Bonus
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Sick Leave