Outside Sales Representative - Cedar Rapids/Iowa City

• Competitive base salary with industry leading commission program.
• 20 PAID DAYS OFF (includes PTO, Holidays and Family Focused Company Closure between Christmas and New Years).
• Bonus Incentive program as well as Holiday bonuses and other bonus opportunities!
• Competitive Hourly Rate with great OT potential during peak season hours.
• Flexible work/life balanced hours, home every night and typical schedule Monday-Friday 7:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
• Significant employer contributions towards monthly premiums for Medical, Dental, Vision, Group Life and Short Term Disability Benefit
• Additional Voluntary benefit options available including Long Term Disability coverage, Accidental Injury, Critical Illness and Cancer plans as well as additional Life and AD& D benefit policies.
• 401K program with a best in industry company match.
• Opportunity for career advancement
• Family owned, operated and focused company!
  
  Responsibilities Include:
  
  • Engage and develop relationships with prospective customers and build a self-sustaining network of clients.
  • Extensive experience and knowledge of lumber is a MUST.
  • Assist customers in the credit application process.
  • Respond to inquiries with accurate pricing, inventory, and delivery information
  • Perform other responsibilities as needed.
  • Utilize sales reports and other data to recognize sales opportunities in customer buying patterns.
  • Make cold calls to prospective customers.
  • Follow sales leads and scheduling appointments with prospective customers.
  • Follow up with customers and provide solutions, should a service concern arise.
  • Provide training to customers and their teams on various product lines and services.
  • Connecting with customers to ensure that past due bills are paid and collect payments when necessary.
    
    Additional Duties:
    
    • Cultivate, develop and conserve sales and business with new and existing customers.
    • Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with attention to detail which includes: maintaining full, complete, accurate and detailed sales records of all sales activities and have them available for inspection.
    • Timely follow up on quotations submitted to customers.
    • Meet or exceed minimum sales budget.
    • Preserve and safeguard Company's Confidential Information.
    • Stay informed on new products in the industry.
    • Ability to work with minimal supervision.
    • Most importantly, the ability to work in a team atmosphere.
      
      Preferred Experience:
      
      • Minimum 2 years of previous outside sales experience ideally within the building materials industries.
      • Ability to adapt to a customer base with varying degree of product knowledge.
      • 2+ years selling exterior building materials
      • Professional presence with strong interpersonal skills with clients and peers.
      • Proficient with MS Office products, Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
        
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