Sales Representative
About the role
Responsible for sales of Edelman, Knoll Textiles, and Maharam products to a specific client roster and geography. Our purpose is design for the good of humankind, and being a part of Maharam means being part of something larger than your work team or brand.
Responsibilities
- Travel to client locations.
- Develop ongoing relationships with clients (firms and individuals) to ensure brand awareness, product familiarity, and ensure “first look” consideration for project involvement and specification opportunities.
- Entertain clients by way of: meals, events, and involvement in industry functions.
- Present new Maharam products to clients specifying interior finishes via EASIER acronym.
- Handle specific product/project involvement with specifying clients, end-users, and buying customers.
- Provide product information (both aesthetic and functional) and developing strategy for pricing, navigating all delivery aspects, product suitability, and “need by” dates.
- Maintain resource library for sampled clients: replacement of missing sampling and removal of NLA and merchandising of Maharam sampling to the best advantage in all resource libraries.
- Supervise inside sales support of sales coordinator.
- Maintain client database management.
Magnitude and Relationship Reporting
This position reports to Manager, Regional Sales and may receive additional assignments and direction from VP, Sales.
Contacts
This position has contact with specifying clients, purchasing customers, and end-users; Yaphank departments including: resource management, QA, credit, and key client services; sales management, and local sales reps and sales coordinators in other offices as needed for project follow-up.
Knowledge and Skills
- Ability to connect with people via both one-on-one and group interaction; social and engaging.
- Comfortable entertaining clients away from their place of work.
- Articulate and effective communicator with excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Ability to handle problem resolution smartly and with confidence; such as price, delivery, OA, or installation problems.
- Organized and able to multi-task and retain and understand high level of product, project, client, and process information.
- Desire to work as part of a team and ability to work to Maharam protocol and process, without direct supervision.
- Computer savvy with working knowledge of MS Office including Outlook and Word; and ability to learn DON and various Maharam-specific computer functions.
Education and Experience
A bachelor’s degree or equivalent; degree in Interior Design is preferred. Sales experience preferred but not required.
Who We Hire
We hire qualified applicants representing a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. Maharam is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. Here, you can bring your whole self to work. We’re committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.
Pay
The compensation range for this role is $50,000.00 – $70,000.00. Relevant salary considerations will include candidate qualifications and experience, other business/organizational needs and market factors. You may also be eligible to receive a geographic premium, annual discretionary incentive and equity awards which are subject to the rules governing these programs.
Benefits
- Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision
- Health Savings Account, Dependent Day Care Savings Account
- Life Insurance, Disability and Other Insurance Plans
- Paid Time Off (including Vacation and Parental Leave), Holidays
- 401(k), Short/Long Term Disability
- Other special perks reserved for associates