Outside Sales Representative - Ottawa, Canada - Convoy Supply Inc.
Description
Outside Sales Representative
Position Summary
We are looking for a motivated, and professional Outside Sales Representative who enjoys the challenge of building our reputation and business development.
Responsibilities:
- Proactively identify prospects and develop new accounts
- Identify market trends, maintain awareness of competitive activity in the roofing industry and continually evaluate marketing, pricing, and selling strategies
- Sell products by establishing contacts and developing relationships with a focus on quality and customer service
- Provide project quotations on a timely basis, maintain project files, and quotation follow up
- Conduct job site visits on a consistent basis
- Interact regularly with our major suppliers and keep up to date on all products
- Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
- Achieve defined sales targets
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmark stateoftheart practices; participate in professional societies
- Ensure excellent customer service for billing, payment, and delivery services
Requirements:
- 23 years of experience in a sales role, preferably in the construction industry, which includes:business development activities including prospecting and networking for potential clients
meeting with installers for potential clients
- Ability to read and understand construction specifications, drawings, and technical data
- Able to make cold calls and always looking for new sales opportunities within assigned territory
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Must be able to connect with customers to schedule appointments, discuss new products and pricing
- Able to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations where only limited standardization exists
- Able to work flexible hours beyond normal branch office hours to make contact with contractors. Need to be accessible and responsive to the requests of customers
- Able to travel, have a valid driver's license and clean driving record
- Able to interpret a variety of instructions whether in written, oral, diagram or schedule format
- Possess basic computer knowledge including Customer Relationship Management databases, Microsoft Office and Excel
- Competitive salary
- Flexible Benefit options
- Paid sick time
- Short and long term disability coverage
- Employee referral bonus program
- Paid training/tuition reimbursement
- Overtime available in peak periods
- Internal Promotions
Convoy Supply, founded in 1972, is a leading wholesale distributor of construction materials with over 40 locations across North America.
Convoy can be a job or a career
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Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision care
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Ottawa, ON K1G 0Z5: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- sales: 3 years (preferred)
Shift availability:
- Day Shift (preferred)
Work Location:
In person
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