Fire Alarm Sales Representative
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety · Hollister, CA · 2 days ago
Business Development$70k/yrFull-time
About the role
The Fire Alarm Inside Sales Representative plays a crucial role in expanding new construction builds, TI's, and supporting long-term client relationships. This position focuses on consultative selling, identifying customer needs, preparing proposals, and closing sales while coordinating closely with service, installation, and operations teams.
Responsibilities
- Generate new sales opportunities through inbound leads, outbound calls, referrals, and marketing campaigns.
- Develop and maintain relationships with contractors, property managers, facility managers, business owners, and other decision-makers.
- Assess customer needs and identify life safety requirements.
- Prepare and present fire alarm system proposals, quotations, and service agreements.
- Collaborate with engineering, project management, and operations teams to develop accurate system designs and pricing.
- Recommend appropriate fire and security solutions.
- Develop and maintain a pipeline of sales opportunities.
- Follow up with leads in a timely and professional manner.
- Conduct discovery calls to understand customer requirements, site conditions, and compliance needs.
- Process all required paperwork for the contract. Provide sales and administrative coordination for all monitoring services.
- Assist branch administration personnel in invoicing all monitoring contracts, when needed.
- Maintain strong relationships with new and existing customers.
- Provide timely updates and communication throughout the sales process.
- Cookordination with Service Coordinators to ensure smooth scheduling and delivery.
- Assist customers with product questions and system capabilities.
- Provide timely and accurate entries into operating systems.
- Provide excellent customer service across all locations and accounts.
- Consult with various teams/management as necessary to ensure a positive experience and delivery of a quality product for the customer.
- Communicate with customers to effectively maintain and strengthen working relationships.
- Attend meetings and provide reporting and regular status updates to management.
- Implement continuous improvement projects to standardize and streamline activities and protocols.
- Support corporate initiatives and company profitability targets.
Requirements
- Sales experience in fire alarm, security, or low-voltage systems.
- Knowledge of fire alarm, CCTV, access control, or burglar systems preferred.
- Strong communication and customer service skills.
- Ability to understand technical products and explain them clearly.
- Strong organizational and follow-up skills.
- Experience with CRM systems or service management platforms.
Qualifications
- Education: Not specified.
- Other qualifications: Not specified.
Skills
- Technical knowledge of fire alarm, CCTV, access control, or burglar systems.
- Consultative selling skills.
- Customer service skills.
- Organizational and follow-up skills.
- CRM systems or service management platforms experience.
Benefits and Perks
- Excellent pay.
- Medical, dental, vision benefits.
- Company-paid life insurance.
- Company-paid short-term disability.
- 401K with employer match.
- Paid vacation and company holidays.
- Training and career development opportunities.
- Company vehicle (if job applicable).
- Immediate qualification for the ALL In Ownership Plan for all eligible full-time employees.
Pay
$70,000 annually + commissions DOE
Schedule
N/A
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Company-paid life insurance
- Company-paid short-term disability
- 401K with employer match
- Paid vacation and company holidays
- Training and career development opportunities
- Company vehicle (if job applicable)
- Immediate qualification for the ALL In Ownership Plan for all eligible full-time employees