Aggregate Sales Representative

Responsibilities

• Make direct calls on customers.
• Aid customers regarding service pricing, order taking, merchandising, and product training as needed.
• Market products and services to new accounts such as contractors, sub-contractors, government agencies, supply houses, developers, to solicit new business.
• Handle inside and outside sales of products.
• Follow through on potential sales leads including obtaining necessary information such as job specifications and take-offs of projects.
• Develop product knowledge through value-added sales, trade shows, customer questions, and product quality resolution.
• Identify best products for customer needs and advise.
• Prepare quotes/bids for projects using appropriate worksheets that provide company unit prices.
• Discuss costs and schedules with operating divisions as well as providing project opportunities and challenges and other project information advice to appropriate internal staff.
• Follow through on customer satisfaction on jobs awarded.
• Monitor product quality during delivery and installation.
• Communicate effectively.
• May need to deliver aggregate samples to project owner engineers when required.
• Facilitate pre-construction, construction, and post-construction meetings with appropriate internal staff as demanded by the complexity of projects awarded.
• Immediately report concerns regarding billing, credit, deliveries, and quality of product to appropriate internal departments and coordinate meetings with other departments, as needed, to address customer concerns.
• Attends seminars to develop product knowledge.
• Reads trade journals, newspapers, and other publications to be informed of new developments in the construction industry, government, or the community.
• Pick up payments from customers as necessary to prevent COD status or late charges.
• Assists billing clerk.

Requirements

• High School or GED equivalent.
• Experience in a related field (Sales, Aggregate Production, or Concrete) preferred but not required.
• Intermediate computer skills required.
• Good customer service skills.
• Good communication skills including verbal and written.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities with short deadlines.

Qualifications

• Must pass a pre-employment drug screening and background check.

Benefits

Full comprehensive benefits plan available after 60 days to include, medical, dental, vision, life, and 401(k) with company match.