Lumbermens
Outside Sales Rep in Twin Cities
Cottage Grove, MN. Posted 4 months ago
The role
This Outside Sales Consultant will be the face of the Door Division in the Minneapolis market. You will build and maintain customer relationships while promoting product offerings and value-added services.
What you will do
- Establishing and maintaining strong customer relationships
- Actively listening to customers and prospects needs
- Obtaining and growing a personal knowledge of door product offerings
- Offering exceptional customer/vendor support and timely service
- Evaluating, motivating, and training both new and existing customers
- Understanding and executing the annual sales plan
- Developing and executing annual and monthly sales objectives
- Performing analysis of market and territory needs
- Communicating clearly with internal and external stakeholders
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field
- 5 years’ prior outside sales experience
- Ability to market, sell and educate customers on both current and new products
- Ability to build and foster strong customer relationships
- Ability to overcome obstacles and challenges to drive for maximum customer-driven results
- Ability to make persuasive product presentations targeting customer needs
- Strong negotiation skills
- Approaches work with considerable energy
- Self-starter/self-motivator
- Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Ability to follow up on and execute sales plan
- Inquisitive with strong critical listening and analytical skills
Nice to have
- Entry door and/or building materials industry experience strongly desired
Benefits
- Collaborative and supportive work environment
- ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Flexible spending/health savings account
- 401(k)
- Ulliance Life Advisor EAP
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Training and development
- Advancement opportunities
- Vehicle allowance
- Cell phone, credit card, and laptop
About the company
Lumbermen’s is a leading distributor and manufacturer of building materials that has been serving customers since 1955. The company is employee owned and relationship powered.