Inside Sales Rep (38888)
Emser Tile · Greater Houston · 3 wk ago
Business DevelopmentFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Drive all contractor business in branch
- Uphold proper Branch customer service standards, including greeting customers, answering phones promptly, and maintaining a friendly and service-oriented environment
- Provide accurate and expert information; be responsive to the concerns of all Branch customers, including those under the account base of other sales personnel
- Customer facing service and is the first point-of-contact between the client and Emser
- Have extensive product knowledge and overview
- Understand and be able to explain Emsers brand identity, competitive differentiation, and product philosophy
- Aid customers at the counter alongside the Customer Support Representative
- Organize account base into categories by prioritizing account activities by imminent sales potential
- Develop and implement plans for longer term sales cycles
- Partner with Management through weekly sales meetings to identify goals and to determine an effective balance of account management activities
- Participate in sample design and creation when needed
- Provide samples to trade accounts, referrals and walk-in clientele; partner with Branch Management on occasional needs to implement sample set-up per Company merchandising and marketing standards for small trade account requests
- Build sales in branch by explaining product knowledge to customers and identifying their needs
Qualifications
- 3 plus years of sales and customer facing experience
- Strong communication and writing skills
- Uphold professional appearance
- Build relationships with contractors in the branch
- Understand and decipher sales metrics and reports
- Inventory management experience with basic math test skills such as: cycle counts, pricing/margin, and quantity square feet
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, high stress environment
- JD Edwards experience (preferred, but not required)
Working Conditions
- Work in enclosed offices, partially enclosed warehouse spaces
- Branch showroom where the Branch ISR will make sales calls, service calls and maintain product displays
- Work the day shift from Tuesday Saturday to support business needs
Physical Requirements
- Stand, use hands, and reach with hands and arms
- Walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
- Sit, climb or balance
- Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this position includes close vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus
- Ability to speak and hear
- Ability to visually detect product color and shading variation
- Occasional driving both in short and long distance trips for meetings/ training, client appointments in a personally owned vehicle and potentially a Company or rented delivery vehicle, at Managements direction
- Routine set up of samples and displays
- Ability to operate sample making equipment