Pro Sales Representative
The Pittsburgh Paints Company · Chicago, IL · 2 wk ago
Business DevelopmentFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure outstanding customer service is provided to existing customer accounts.
- Keep up to date with current promotions, new products, and current customer service practices to find opportunities for growth.
- Develop account planning strategies, sales opportunities, and understand existing business and the segments they serve.
- Use Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool to manage accounts, maintain call logs and contact info, run reports.
- Collaborate with store leadership and associates to ensure customers' needs are met.
- Executes the complete sales cycle, from self-generating leads and opportunity cultivation through overcoming objections and closing with ongoing attention paid to share expansion and account management.
- Partner with Field Sales Representatives to provide excellent customer service and drive sales growth.
- Show strong collaboration skills with multiple parties from inside and outside the company – the PSR must be able to build relationships, influence, manage conflicts and navigate through ambiguity or roadblocks in order to get things done.
Qualifications
- A high school diploma is required.
- Experience with B2B selling in a similar or adjacent industry (construction, commercial or industrial) is preferred.
- A minimum of 3 years of experience in Sales with stellar customer service acuity is required.
- The ability to lift up to 65 pounds on a periodic basis is necessary.
- A working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and Internet applications is required.
- A valid Driver's License and a maintained motor vehicle record within acceptable limits as prescribed by PPC is required.
- Periodic evening hours required for trade organization meetings and customer events.