Sales Associate - NY Metro

About the role

Benjamin Moore & Co. is currently looking for an ambitious and self-motivated individual to join our team as a Sales Associate. This is a great opportunity to begin your career by developing your sales experience with a high-energy team and become part of an iconic and growing Berkshire Hathaway family brand.

Responsibilities

• Focus on learning and engaging with Benjamin Moore’s Field Sales team and clients for the first 10-12 weeks (about 3 months).
• Attend internal and external product and sales training.
• Participate in market-wide selling events and professional networking events.
• Apply paints and coatings to various substrates and learn how to diagnose and troubleshoot product performance issues.
• Become a Brand Ambassador and learn what it means to live the Benjamin Moore mission and values.
• Support Territory Representatives in meeting their sales goals by calling on lower-volume customers to sell in products and programs.
• Cover assigned territories as the need arises within the region to support vacation absences or cover for short and long-term leaves of absence when requested by the Regional Sales Director.
• Manage temporarily assigned territory, including scheduling, territory organization, and managing CRM/ enterprise systems, to support driving sales, increasing profitability, and closing sales opportunities.
• Demonstrate and develop the successful cultivation of new businesses along with more experienced Territory Representatives.
• Continuing learning and growing in the values of Benjamin Moore, including assisting in architectural and industrial product training, sales blitzes, promotional campaigns, and other duties as assigned.

Required Skills

• Very strong verbal, written, and listening communication skills.
• Excellent relationship management and team interaction skills.
• Friendly, outgoing, confident, and enthusiastic.
• Self-starter, committed to the task, and independent worker.
• Demonstrated passion for servicing customers and creating solutions.
• Comfortable speaking in front of small to medium-sized groups in a professional setting.
• Desire to develop sales skills and product knowledge.
• Good computer skills (Word, Excel, Outlook); the position will require that the candidate learn to use Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform.
• Strong work ethic with a commitment to building a career path.

Requirements & Preferred Qualifications

• Able and willing to relocate within a designated region, to be identified at the time of interview, and relocate to the assigned territory after the Sales Associate program concludes, usually within 8-12 months from the hire date.
• Must be available for up to 80% travel, sometimes overnight, to attend training and other events.
• Valid driver's license and a good driving record.
• A four-year college degree preferred, or a combination of 4 years of college and customer-facing work experience.