Sales Representative

Why Join Us?

Maharam is the leading creator of textiles for interiors, recognized for its rigorous and holistic commitment across product, graphic, and digital design, art, and architecture. Guided by five main principles—utility, technology, tradition, luxury, and environmental impact—Maharam's work is driven by a purpose to design for the good of humankind. Being part of Maharam means being part of a larger mission to redefine modernity for the 21st century and to support causes aligned with our values.

About the Role

Responsible for sales of Edelman, Knoll Textiles, and Maharam products to a specific client roster and geography. Essential Functions include travel to client locations, developing ongoing relationships, entertainment clients through meals, events, and industry functions, presenting new Maharam products to clients, handling product/project involvement, providing product information, and managing client data.

Responsibilities

• Travel to client locations
• Develop ongoing relationships with clients (firms and individuals)
• Entertain clients through meals, events, and 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 (aesthetic and functional), develop pricing strategy, navigate delivery aspects, assess product suitability, and manage "need by" dates
• Maintain resource library for sampled clients, replace missing samples, remove NLA, and merchandise Maharam sampling
• Supervise inside sales support of sales coordinator
• Maintain client database management

Requirements

This position reports to Manager, Regional Sales and may receive additional assignments and direction from VP, Sales. Contacts include 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.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Interior Design is preferred
• Sales experience preferred but not required

Skills

• Ability to connect with people via both one-on-one and group interaction
• Comfortable entertaining clients away from their place of work
• Articulate and effective communicator
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to handle problem resolution smartly and with confidence
• Organized and able to multi-task and retain high-level product, project, client, and process information
• Desire to work as part of a team
• Ability to work to Maharam protocol and process without direct supervision
• Computer savvy with working knowledge of MS Office including Outlook and Word; ability to learn DON and various Maharam specific computer functions

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

Not specified

Schedule

Not specified

Contact Information

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.