Verizon Business Sales Representative — Greater Detroit
When you join Verizon
At Verizon, we connect people to what matters most while driving innovation, creativity, and impact. Our V Team values collaboration, learning, inclusion, and making a difference in the communities we serve.
What you’ll be doing
As a Business Sales Representative, you’ll use your sales experience, customer relationship skills, and technology knowledge to help businesses solve challenges with innovative solutions. You’ll prospect for new customers, grow existing accounts, and recommend tailored solutions that deliver value for clients while driving revenue.
Key responsibilities include:
- Identify, develop, and qualify leads through cold calling, partner selling, campaigns, and social selling.
- Acquire new business and incremental revenue to achieve sales targets.
- Retain, manage, and grow existing customer accounts.
- Build and maintain relationships with key decision-makers.
- Educate customers on Verizon’s business technology solutions.
- Create and present multi-product solutions tailored to customer needs.
- Demonstrate knowledge of wireless, mobility, Cloud, Security, ISP, VoIP, Google platforms, and integrated software solutions.
- Track and report sales activity using CRM and sales automation tools.
This role offers competitive base pay plus individual commission, with unlimited earning potential through the commission program and additional sales incentives. Compensation varies by geography, experience, and performance.
Territory & work model
This hybrid, mobile role supports the Greater Detroit wireless sales territory and requires travel throughout the assigned market, including customer visits and in-person meetings. Travel may be approximately 50% of the time. You must live within a commutable distance of the territory and have a valid driver’s license.
Benefits & development
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and personal days
- Verizon’s Velocity Selling methodology, powered by AI and advanced CRM tools
- Industry certification opportunities through Verizon’s Get Certified program
- Discounts of up to 50% on Verizon products and services, including wireless plans and home internet
- New-hire training and ongoing professional development
What we’re looking for
You’re a motivated, results-driven sales professional who enjoys meeting customers, uncovering business needs, and developing technology solutions. You’re confident presenting complex technology in simple terms, comfortable prospecting and cold calling, and driven to win while maintaining integrity and strong teamwork.
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of relevant work experience
- 4+ years of relevant professional or military experience
- Experience in outside sales, prospecting, and negotiation
- Willingness to travel within the assigned sales territory in a mobile work model
- Valid driver’s license
Preferred:
- Associate’s or bachelor’s degree, certifications, or relevant college coursework
- 2+ years of B2B or outside sales experience, including prospecting and cold calling
- Technology or SaaS sales experience and familiarity with CRM/Salesforce and social selling tools
- Strong in-person and virtual presentation skills
- Experience building relationships across client organizations
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
- Strong time-management and prioritization skills
- Ability to apply feedback and adapt sales strategies
Where you’ll be working
In this mobile role, you’ll work primarily from customer and field locations, with occasional visits to Verizon locations for training and meetings.
Flexible work from home options available.