Construction Sales Representative

The Construction Sales Representative is responsible for the sale and marketing of hardscapes construction mateials and services in Savannah, GA.  He/she will represent and grow business for the company out in the field via both face-to-face and phone interactions with potential and existing customers. They are responsible for actively seeking out and engaging customer prospects, providing complete and appropriate solutions for every customer in order to boost top-line revenue growth, customer acquisition levels and profitability.

Duties and responsibilities

The  Construction Sales Representative’s responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Build and nurture a network of sources from which to identify new sales leads.
• New business prospecting and development by planning, scheduling and making sales calls/visits with required follow up in a timely manner
• Conduct sales meetings out in the field via face-to-face interactions with both potential and existing customers
• Meet sales goals/expectations
• Develop and maintain relationships with industry professionals
• Attend industry events, trade shows, conferences, and other possible sales outlets
• Provide excellent customer service for all clients and prospective clients by supplying information and answering questions
• Weekly sales projection reports
• Attend bi-weekly department meetings
• Coordinate sales effort with team members and other departments
• Stay abreast of market and competitor information
• Keep management informed on customer needs, problems, interests, and competitive activities
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Excellent customer service skills required
• 2+ years of demonstrated success in outside sales.  Experience in the construction industry preferred. 
• Strong communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills, with the ability to listen and translate clients’ needs into sales
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
• Must be able to travel locally at least 75% of the time
• Strong computer skills including working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Outlook, Word & Excel. Experience with RedTeam Project Management Software a plus. 
• Excellent at ‘following-up’ and ‘following through.’
• Self-motivated with the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.
• Ability to multi-task well and calmly navigate competing and changing priorities

Working conditions

This position works in both an office environment and in the field.  Office environments can include home or company offices as well as construction site trailer offices.  Field locations can include constructions sites, client homes and other client sites. Additional hours may be required based on workload and business need.

Physical requirements

This position can be physically demanding.  It requires the ability to:

• Sit for long periods of time at a desk/computer
• Maneuver through showrooms, customer/client locations and construction sites.
• Repeat the same movements
• See details of objects that are less than a few feet away
• Understand the speech of another person
• Speak clearly so listeners can understand
• Lift samples weighing up to 30 pounds 

Direct reports

This position has no direct reports.

We are an equal opportunity employer-