Sales Representative, Residential Repaint

About the role

Initiate and manage relationships with customers, serving as the point of contact for the Company. Focus on the Residential Repaint market segment, securing new wholesale accounts and maintaining existing customer accounts.

Responsibilities

• Develop a strategy to grow sales and profits to key, opportunity, new and existing customers
• Build relationships with customers by understanding and supporting their business
• Conduct product demonstrations to support solutions for the customer
• Develop working relationships with stores to achieve business goals
• Generate leads
• Help determine pricing schedules for quotes, promotions, and negotiations
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports as required
• Give sales presentations to a range of prospective clients
• Cook up sales efforts with marketing programs
• Understand and promote company programs
• Prepare and submit sales contracts for orders
• Visit clients and potential clients to evaluate needs or promote products and services
• Maintain client records
• Answer client questions about terms, products, prices, and availability

Requirements

• At least eighteen (18) years of age
• Likely to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future
• A valid, unrestricted Driver’s License
• A High School diploma or GED
• At least one (1) year of experience working in a retail, sales, or customer service position
• Willing to work all scheduled hours, which may include evenings and weekends, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to retrieve material from shelves and floor stacks and lift and carry up to 50 lbs. frequently and up to 70 lbs. on occasion

Qualifications

• Minimum requirements: Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age; must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future; must have a valid, unrestricted Driver’s License; must have at least a High School diploma or GED; must have at least one (1) year of experience working in a retail, sales, or customer service position; must be willing to work all scheduled hours, which may include evenings and weekends, with or without reasonable accommodation; must be able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to retrieve material from shelves and floor stacks and lift and carry up to 50 lbs. frequently and up to 70 lbs. on occasion
• Prior experience: Have at least one (1) year of work experience as an Assistant Store or Branch Operations Manager for Sherwin-Williams; Have previous work experience conducting outside sales calls; Have at least an associate's degree in business, sales, or marketing; Have previous work experience selling paint and paint-related products; Have work experience using timekeeping and/or customer relationship management (“CRM”) systems; Willingness to relocate for future job opportunities; Ability to read, write, comprehend, and communicate in more than one language; Ability to read, write, comprehend, and communicate in Spanish

Benefits

Health benefits, such as medical, dental and vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), disability coverage, security, retirement and savings benefits, and more. Additional benefits include a generous time away from work package, including personal leave, paid parental leave, medical leave, vacation, holidays, among other benefits.