Job title: Outside Sales
Company: Higgins Carpet One
Job description: Summary
Outside Sales
About You
Looking For a Career, Not a Job?
If you have a passion for people and a love for sales, this is the career opportunity you have been waiting for. If you are a self-motivated, and detail oriented individual we will provide the tools and training you need to achieve outstanding success in commercial and builder flooring sales. If you’re the type of person who desires compensation based on results, your financial security is assured by being assertive, creative, and by building your client base. This position offers outstanding earning potential for the right individual.
About Us:
Our Company has long been regarded as the premier flooring business in the surrounding counties. Locally owned and operated, we are known for our superior customer service, and professional staff. Because we belong to the largest floor covering cooperative in the world our company offers the very best flooring products, with only the most qualified installers.
We believe in creating a family friendly work environment, where each person is an integral member of the team, yet responsible for his or her own results and earning potential. We are proud of our heritage and would like to find an individual who will excel and prosper in a fast paced retail environment becoming a valued member of our team.
About the Position
This position requires an individual to interact with potential customers and to build confidence and commitment to our products and services. Therefore, the ideal candidate must be willing to divide his or her work time between the store, visiting customers business or offices, managing field projects, prospecting for new clients, and networking within the community. It is also expected that the individual be a self-starter, personally well organized, and willing to create new business as well as to provide outstanding customer service and follow-up.
Duties
Although not an all inclusive list, the following are some of duties and expectations for this position:
- Visiting potential customers (such as property managers, commercial businesses, realtors, independent hotel and motel owners, and other types of businesses)
- Building client relationships
- Answering questions from, and providing information to, customers about our company, our products, and our services.
- Networking regularly, and working effectively with, other store employees
- Creatively pursuing new leads on your own
- Completing takeoffs and submitting bids for projects
- Managing the projects that are won from beginning to end
- Negotiating contracts
- Executing marketing programs
- Building a book of business that continually grows because of your follow-up and client management abilities
- Belonging to a variety of local organizations and business groups
Requirements
The skills and abilities we’re seeking include:
- Residential and Commercial flooring sales, or related experience
- Outside sales experience is desirable
- Past project management experience is desirable
- Must have access to reliable transportation in order to get to work, and to visit customers’ businesses
- Must have open and flexible work availability.
- Must have strong knowledge Microsoft Office programs and be willing to learn our operating system.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Professionalism, to include dependability, accountability, and punctuality.
- Self-motivated and internally driven to excel in your position and career.
- Time management skills for juggling multiple (and sometimes competing) deadlines and deliverables.
Benefits
How to Apply
Please supply:
- An up-to-date resume and brief cover letter outlining your experience for the position
- Salary history and/or requirements
We kindly ask for no emails or phone calls be sent to our store, as a means to further your application process. Please do not personally deliver resumes to the store. These efforts will not enhance your opportunity for consideration, and we are not equipped to respond to these requests. We thank you kindly in advance for your adherence to this request.
Candidates who meet our selection criteria will be contacted by e-mail or phone for the next step in our hiring process, and in certain instances may be asked to take an online assessment.
Thank you for your interest in our position. We appreciate the time you have taken to apply with us.
Our Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Expected salary: $60000 – 90000 per year
Location: South Portland, ME
Job date: Sun, 18 Feb 2024 08:58:37 GMT
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