Outside Sales Rep - East Texas (Tyler, Longview or Marshal) or Shreveport, LA

Responsibilities

• Conduct on-site customer visits with new and existing customers, responsible for developing sales of Wurth Louis and Company products.
• Develop and aggressively work an annual territory business plan.
• Build and maintain relationships with new and repeat customers.
• Maintain records of all sales leads and/or customer accounts.
• Answer incoming phone calls and assist customers with inquiries and/or sales, promptly, courteously, and effectively.
• Work with customers and inside sales to receive and process all inquiries and orders in a timely and efficient manner.
• Identify customer product needs and coordinate products and services to address these needs.
• Work with customers and inside sales to develop price quotations.
• Cross-sell or up-sell products to customers to increase purchase amounts.
• Report back to management through all channels required by manager.
• Respond courteously and swiftly to customer inquiries and/or complaints.
• Effective use of SalesForce CRM program.
• Travel within sales territory to meet prospects and customers.
• Conduct calls and face-to-face meetings with customers daily.
• 95% in the field seeing customers.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Professional sales experience preferred
• Reliable transportation required
• Satisfactory MVR required
• Proof of insurance required
• Detail oriented
• Self-motivated
• Customer service oriented
• Excellent communicator
• Organized
• Woodworking experience and/or industry knowledge preferred
• College degree and equivalent sales experience required
• Working knowledge of Excel, Word, and Outlook preferred

Skills

• Aligning Performance for Success
• Building Customer Loyalty
• Coaching
• Communication
• Decision Making
• Delegating Responsibility
• Follow-Up
• Initiating Action
• Planning and Organizing
• Sales Ability/Persuasiveness
• Stress Tolerance
• Spanish Speaker (preferred)