About the Role
Join ABC Home & Commercial Services as a Sales Arborist, a role focused on delivering exceptional customer service and maximizing your earning potential in tree care. This position offers the opportunity to control your income through a commission-based structure and participate in lead generation programs.
Responsibilities
- Generate new leads through trade shows, networking, and other sources.
- Meet with current clients to secure new sales and upsell services.
- Respond promptly to incoming leads.
- Spend the majority of time meeting with clients and prospective customers outside the office.
- Gain specialized knowledge of tree services and stay updated on product incentives and discounts.
- Create sales agreements and ensure accurate and timely paperwork submission.
- Communicate special instructions to office personnel and ensure services are scheduled as agreed.
- Collect payments from customers and deliver them to the office.
- Follow through on proposals, provide clarifications, negotiate prices, and meet monthly sales quotas.
- Advise clients on tree services, including planting, transplanting, removal, or pruning.
- Diagnose tree diseases, recommend treatments, and monitor progress.
- Use required personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Meet deadlines for routes and inform staff of any scheduling conflicts.
- Attend required department meetings and company or vendor training sessions.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Must hold a valid driver's license with an issue date of at least five years prior to the date of application.
- Must hold or be willing to obtain an ISA certification.
- A minimum of 2 years tree experience required.
- Previous outside sales experience is preferred.
- Strong presentation skills and outstanding phone etiquette.
- Ability to actively listen to and understand clients' concerns with excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
- Proficiency with email, Microsoft Office, smartphones, tablets, and computers.
- Exceptional multitasking skills with strong attention to detail.
- Time management skills to handle long, busy schedules during peak season.
- Ability to build and maintain new and existing business relationships.
- Physical ability to walk and stand for extended periods in extreme temperatures, including outdoors.
- Physical ability to climb ladders up to 40 feet in height.
- Physical ability to perform repetitive lifting, twisting, pulling, and pushing as needed.
- Experience handling power tools, drills, saws, and similar equipment.
- Willingness to attend required department meetings and company or vendor training sessions.
- Able to work M - F (Saturdays & Sundays are optional and required only occasionally).
Skills
- Tree experience
- Outside sales
- Presentation skills
- Phone etiquette
- Interpersonal communication
- Written communication
- Email proficiency
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Smartphone proficiency
- Tablet proficiency
- Computer proficiency
- Multitasking
- Attention to detail
- Time management
- Business relationship building
- Power tool operation
- Drill operation
- Saw operation
Location
- Austin area
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Minimum of 2 years tree experience required
- Previous outside sales experience preferred
Education Level
- ISA certification (or willingness to obtain)
Salary/Compensations
- First year potential up to $80k - $120k+
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- 401(k) with company matching
- Paid vacation
- Sick leave
- Profit-Sharing Plan
- Lead Now Program compensation opportunities
- Company clubs
- Company outings
- Paid training and development opportunities
- Tuition reimbursement
- Educational scholarships for employees and family members
- Volunteer Engagement Program with approved Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
- Wellness program
- Gym membership
- Company vehicle
- Gas card
About the Company
- ABC Home & Commercial Services is a family-owned business with 75 years of history and over 1,000 employees serving Central and South Texas.
- Committed to excellence, fulfilling commitments, serving others, and supporting families.
Equal Opportunity
- ABC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Committed to respecting the religious beliefs and practices of all individuals and will consider reasonable accommodation requests for sincerely held religious beliefs, provided they do not create an undue hardship.
