About the Role
This position is responsible for initiating contact with existing and potential customers.
Responsibilities
- Manage assigned accounts
- Achieve sales goals while maintaining profitability goals
- Penetrate new markets
- Develop and maintain business relationships with customers
- Secure and place orders considering delivery dates and inventory levels
- Attend trade shows
- Special projects as needed
- Other duties as required
Requirements
- Ability to perform complex verbal and written communications face-to-face and in group settings
- Decisions are guided by precedent and interpretation of applicable laws, etc. and have impact on others and the organization
- Work responsibilities frequently concern confidential and/or sensitive information requiring the use of discretion at all times
- Job duties are somewhat varied, occasionally requiring conceptualizing, planning and implementing
- Assertive self-starter with strong decision making ability
- Ability to work in a multi-task, high pressure environment
- Ability to travel as required
- Personable and excellent customer service skills are essential
- Strong follow-up and completion skills
- Highly organized, detail-oriented and time management skills essential
- Under general direction, examines moderately complex information and/or situations and prepares summary, solves problems for self, complex problems are referred to supervisor
- Has no supervisory responsibility, provides basic work direction usually one-on-one
Skills
- Complex verbal and written communications
- Decision making
- Discretion
- Conceptualizing
- Planning
- Implementing
- Customer service
- Follow-up
- Organization
- Detail-orientation
- Time management
Experience Level
- 1-3 years experience in retail, sales, or related field
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, related field, or equivalent experience
Salary/Compensations
- $50,000 - $90,000
Benefits
- Health and dental insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- 401K
- Paid holidays
- Generous paid time-off policy
- Career opportunities
