Millwork Sales - Trainee

Ignite Your Career At Builders Firstsource

Builders FirstSource, Americas largest supplier of building materials, value-added components and building services to the professional market, invites you to ignite your career with us. The #1 name in our industry, we help make the dream of home ownership more achievable every day. At BFS, youll be equipped with all the tools, training, and resources you need, and youll be empowered to try new things, gain new experiences, and build a career with unlimited horizons.

Purpose

Develops industry-specific knowledge and experience required for promotion to Outside Sales Representative role. May rotate through various departments observing, learning and performing responsibilities in order to acquire industry knowledge, functional processes and practices as well as sales techniques. This role is not eligible for sales commissions.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Receives training and performs progressively responsible duties in various areas such as : yard operations, production, dispatch / scheduling / delivery, and inside sales while learning the outside sales role. Successful Trainees will typically transition to the OSR I role in about 90 180 days.
• Accompanies Outside Sales Reps or Sales Manager on customer calls to become familiar with effective sales and customer service techniques.
• Assigned various inside sales / counter responsibilities, including but not limited to, answering phone, taking orders, and other responsibilities.
• Assigned various Outside Sales responsibilities, including but not limited to, performing take offs, taking and processing orders, obtaining signatures on tickets, making sales calls to new and existing customers.
• Sets individual performance goals and monitors own progress with assigned management and trainers.
• Participates in and completes assigned sales training programs.
• Understands and observes all safety procedures and practices and ensures that employees observe all safety procedures and practices in order to prevent injuries or damage. May be directed to conduct periodic safety meetings and solicits recommended changes to improve safety procedures.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Minimum Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Sales, Marketing or related field plus 0 - 2 years related industry operations / sales; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Competencies

Work Environment / Physical Activity

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Pay range for this position is $20.00-$30.00 per hour.

At Builders FirstSource, we offer competitive, affordable benefits designed to make life better for you and the people you love. Our goal is simple provide great plans that help you and your family to live happier, healthier and more secure lives.

Builders FirstSource is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability.