Client Retention Representative (Sales) - Houston, TX

About the role

Universal Energy Solutions is hiring full-time Client Retention Representatives to join our Houston team, serving businesses throughout the Greater Akron area. In this role, you'll work directly with business owners to review their electricity and natural gas supply plans, introduce competitive supplier options, and recommend solutions that fit their business needs.

Your day begins at the office, where you'll connect with your team, prepare for the day ahead, and follow up with existing customer accounts before heading into your assigned territory. From there, you'll control your productivity for the day in order to crush your goals.

Responsibilities

• Build lasting relationships with existing commercial customers
• Meet face-to-face with local business owners and decision-makers
• Review current electricity and natural gas supply plans
• Help businesses identify opportunities to reduce their energy costs
• Recommend energy supplier options based on each customer's needs
• Support customers through future renewals and ongoing energy needs
• Develop new business opportunities between customer appointments
• Build and grow your own portfolio of commercial accounts
• Travel throughout an assigned territory (typically within a 30-mile radius of the office)

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years of related sales experience
• Valid driver's license
• Reliable personal vehicle
• Authorized to work in the United States
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Comfortable meeting with business owners face-to-face

Preferred qualifications include previous experience in sales, customer service, retail, hospitality, or another customer-facing role, as well as self-motivation, strong communication and organizational skills, and prior knowledge and experience in the deregulated energy field.

Benefits

• Compensation & Incentives: multiple compensation paths designed to support your career goals, paid training, commission paid weekly, and additional performance-based incentives and bonuses
• Career Development: hands-on training from experienced mentors, ongoing career coaching, and advancement opportunities into Management positions
• Additional Benefits: health benefits after eligibility requirements are met, team-oriented work environment

Typical on target earnings range from $65,000-$90,000, with many Account Managers averaging $70,000 during their first year. Top performers have historically earned over $100,000+ in their first year, and many long-tenured Account Managers continue earning well into six figures by building and maintaining a strong book of business.