Outside Sales Representative

About the role

We are looking for an Outside Sales Representative to join our Rexel USA team in Fort Worth, TX!

Responsibilities

• Sell, market, promote, and demonstrate products.
• Generate sales to new customers and sell additional products to existing customers.
• Collaborate with leadership, team members, and suppliers in planning, tracking, and implementing sales strategies and developing new markets.
• Aid customers with product selection and application using knowledge, internal specialists, and supplier representatives.
• Establish and maintain customer relationships.
• Provide ongoing communication throughout the customer's purchasing lifecycle.
• Resolve payment issues promptly with management, credit, and customers.
• Gather and report information regarding the company, competitors, pricing, products, and current and future market trends to management.
• Participate in professional development to improve selling skills and maintain technical capabilities.
• Coordinate sales calls with vendors to introduce and demonstrate products, identify customer needs, and promote product and service solutions.
• Utilize and champion digital tools, customer solutions, and services to gain a competitive advantage.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of sales or electrical industry experience.
• Valid Driver's License.
• High School or GED.
• Ability to exhibit a positive, friendly, and helpful attitude with customers.
• Customer-oriented and motivated with excellent communication, presentation, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent negotiation skills, interpersonal skills, and ability to drive decisions with influence.
• Product and application knowledge essential.
• Highly self-motivated.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office as well as relevant ERP systems and Customer Relation Management Tools (CRM).

Additional Information

• Physical Demands: Sit - Frequently; Walk - Constantly; Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl - Occasionally; Climb or balance - Occasionally; Talk, hear, taste, smell - Constantly; Handle or work with potentially dangerous equipment - Occasionally; Travel to offsite locations - Constantly.
• Working Environment: Exposed to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and/or exposure to heat and cold - Occasionally; Exposed to electrical hazards; risk of electrical shock - Occasionally; Handles or works with potentially dangerous equipment - Occasionally; Travels to offsite locations - Constantly.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Life Insurance.
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance.
• 401K with Employer Match.
• Paid vacation and sick time.
• Paid company holidays plus flexible personal days per year.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Health & Wellness Programs.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (HSA Accounts).
• Commuter Transit Benefits.
• Additional Optional Insurance such as Pet Insurance, Legal Assistance, Critical Illness, Home and Auto Insurance to name a few.
• Employee Discount Programs.
• Professional Training & Development Programs.
• Career Advancement Opportunities – We like to promote from within.

Company

Rexel USA is one of the largest distributors of electrical products, data communication, wireless communication and related supplies in the United States. Rexel USA operates its electrical distribution business in the United States through eight Regions that go to market under various banner and trade names, including Rexel, Rexel Automation, Gexpro, Mayer, Talley and Platt Electric Supply. In addition to an online store, Rexel USA has a distribution network of over 460 warehouse storefront locations throughout the U.S.