Outside Sales Representative

About the role

We are looking for an Outside Sales Representative to join our Rexel USA team in Baton Rouge, LA!

Responsibilities

• Sell, market, promote, and demonstrate products.
• Effectively communicate the features and benefits of our product offering.
• Increase business by generating sales to new customers and selling 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.
• 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.
• Familiar 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.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time position.