Sales and Management Trainee

Duties/Responsibilities

• Facilitates the sales process through project management, tracking open sales orders, issue resolution, and overall customer service and support.
• Maintains regular contact with general contractors to ensure that required materials are being delivered on time and within agreed upon price budget.
• Coincides with production teams, procurement, and shipping/receiving to ensure materials are built, ordered, and delivered as per agreements with contractors.
• Possesses new sales opportunities via outbound calling and emailing.
• Provides product pricing by consulting with estimation/procurement departments, vendor price lists & multipliers.
• Acquires and maintains inventory levels necessary to fulfill project requirements.
• Works at the sales counter to serve in-store customers as assigned. Contributes to add-on sales by maintaining a high level of product knowledge. Handles customer inquiries and problem resolution when an outside salesperson is not available.
• Performs estimating, take-off, and proposal duties as necessary.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Superior verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Exhibit a positive attitude with the willingness to learn and grow.
• Be willing to be cross-trained with the understanding that working in a small business often requires wearing multiple hats.
• Be personable and able to maintain good relationships with customers, vendors, and co-workers.

Education and Experience

This is an entry level position where previous experience in this type of role is beneficial, but not required.

Physical Requirements

Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable indoor area where there is frequent opportunity to move about. The initial training requires the ability to lift objects up to 40 pounds and to climb ladders.