Sales Representative
Pratt Industries · Bessemer, AL · 1 mo ago
Business DevelopmentFull-time
Responsibilities
- Keeping an updated and accurate list of prospects and accounts
- Analyzing and qualifying prospective accounts
- Conducting initial contact and subsequent sales calls to accounts, selling and establishing relationships necessary to produce first time and repeat business
- Surpassing sales quota commitments for your area of responsibility
Account Management
- Implementing sales strategies
- Creating and maintaining customer and prospective relationships
- Managing and closing new sales
- Pricing and value proposal creation
- Managing working capital and improving cash flow
- Working closely with plant management and fellow sales associates
- Travelling as necessary to cover territory and fulfill any other responsibilities
Education and Experience
- Outside selling experience or related experience
- College degree, preferably in graphics or packaging
- Experience in the corrugated box industry – internships and co-ops
Physical Requirements
- Ability to stand, walk, talk, and hear regularly
- Some stooping, kneeling, and crouching
- Close, distance, color, peripheral, depth vision
- Regular exposure to moving equipment in the work area
- Occasional exposure to wet and/or humid conditions, hot and cold temperatures
- Noise level in the work environment is usually loud
Benefits
- Competitive Pay
- Fantastic Benefits: Health Insurance & Wellness Program within 1 month of hire
- Paid Holidays from Day 1
- 3-Months: 401(k) with match
- 6-Months: Paid vacation days
- 12-Months: Full tuition reimbursement & paid childbearing/parenting leave
Pay
Compensation structure with an unlimited cap on commission based earnings.
Schedule
Regular exposure to moving equipment in the work area. Occasional exposure to wet and/or humid conditions, along with hot and cold temperatures depending upon the season. Noise level in the work environment is usually loud.