Salon Outside Sales Representative

Overview

Salon Business Consultant - Be a part of something bigger! Ideal candidate would reside in or very near Evansville IN, Owensboro KY.

Essential Functions

• Grow the Business: Identify key accounts within territory and establish a route to grow and develop existing customers while looking for new partnerships.
• Demonstrate and assist customers in developing, planning, implementing, monitoring and tracking results of all in-salon promotions, programs and concepts.
• Determine customers' needs and offer products and services to meet those needs.
• Communicate all sales initiatives through partnering with vendors including but not limited to achieving corporate sales goals on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
• Analyze your accounts to decide what brand support, education, and promotions are needed to grow within that salon.
• Call on your customers in person in order to execute established sales goals.
• Strictly comply with established procedures regarding the processing of returns including the pick-up of returns from the customer and completing the required documents.
• Timely completion of assignments and projects that may be assigned.
• Work with all areas of business, customer service, accounts receivable, IT, and any other necessary business function provided entity.
• Actively prospect for new customers through cold calling, social media, and other digital outlets.
• Effectively manage all administrative aspects of the role in a timely manner - including but not limited to daily order entry and regular maintenance of customer information and activity for assigned territory in Salesforce.com.
• Attracting and retaining salon clientele by utilizing social media as a form of communication, promotion, education and product knowledge.
• Conduct effective in-person and virtual product knowledge classes.
• Communicate with the Manager regarding calls, visits, orders, status of sales progress, follow-up plans and any assistance needed.

Experience and Skills Required

• High school diploma or equivalent certification.
• Minimum of (1) year demonstrated outside sales experience or beauty industry experience with emphasis on consultative selling.
• Must live within the assigned territory.
• Working knowledge of inventory control systems and visual merchandising is strongly preferred.
• Excellent knowledge and experience using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and other social media platforms to build pipelines, books of business, and other business needs.
• Excellent computer skills, knowledge of Salesforce.com, Outlook, PDF Expert, and Oracle.
• Experience with iPad a plus.
• Ability to build an online community and create social connections, including but not limited to, using search engines and other internet tools.

Experience and Skills Preferred

• Working knowledge of inventory control systems and visual merchandising.
• Excellent knowledge and experience using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and other social media platforms.
• Experience with iPad.
• Ability to build an online community and create social connections.

Physical Requirements

• Sitting.
• Driving.
• Standing and Walking.
• Bending and Twisting neck.
• Bending waist (forward or sideways).
• Climb and Balance.
• Squatting (crouch or sit on one’s heels).
• Reaching with Hands and Arms.
• Lifting up to 25 lbs.