Field Sales - Technical Training Coordinator

Simpson Strong-Tie is a leader in engineered structural connectors, software, and solutions for the building industry. We maintain a reputation as a trusted manufacturer, partner, and corporate citizen committed to our customers and employees.

Our founder, Barc Simpson established 9 Principles of Business we live out as company values and have made Simpson Strong-Tie an inspiring place to work since 1956.

Our team of talented people are dedicated to our shared mission : to provide solutions that help people design and build safer, stronger structures.

Learn about our company culture directly from our team.

As the Technical Training Coordinator for Field Sales, your primary responsibilities will be to coordinate the onboarding and training of the outside sales team, and continually access and provide training content to the branch outside sales team.

This also includes coordinating and presenting content for sales boot camps and meetings, sales classes and pod meeting presentations.

Other responsibilities include traveling with sales reps in the field to help assess training gaps and needs.

This role provides support to the sales team by providing available tools, presentations and merchandising pieces, and assisting in presentations in-person and virtually.

The Technical Training Coordinator - Field Sales also handles our Employee LMS (My Workbench) for the Field Sales team, running reports, and helping employees navigate the system, with support from Home Office.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING (% of Time)

Design, develop and deliver sales training content to sales team, including at Onboarding and new sales hire trainings. Coordinate Columbus sales training events and sales meetings and assist with sales training events at other branches (boot camps), including annual International Sales Meeting.

Assign attendees to various training opportunities and with sales pods to help with training content at pod meetings. (30%)

Travel with sales reps to identify training needs and provide sales training skills to sales team. Work with sales managers to help identify gaps and strategies to improve product, industry, and sales trainings.

Assist in planning sales rep shadowing sessions at the branch. (25%)

Work with sales managers and training managers to survey and identify training needs among the sales team. This will include surveys and discussions with sales managers and pod captains.

Work with training manager and home office training department to obtain training content for sales team members. (15%)

Coordinate onboarding of new sales rep hires. (10%)

Managing the Employee LMS (My Workbench) for Field Sales. This includes fielding employee questions or login issues. Help run reports and communicate past due courses to sales managers. (10%)

Special projects assigned by Branch Training Manager or Branch Manager. (10%)

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

If you can do everything listed above, you've got what it takes. Perhaps some of the following would be helpful too :

• Bachelor's degree in business or a related field, preferred.
• 5 years' experience in construction industry products and services, required.
• 5 years' experience with Simpson Strong-Tie sales, required.
• 2 years' experience in a training position with focus on curriculum development and implementation or management, preferred.
• Industry / Product Knowledge - understanding of construction industry, LMS, job specific training modules is a plus.
• Solid knowledge of corporate training techniques.
• Excellent presentation skills to present and handle training programs effectively. Ability to teach material to an audience in virtual or in-person settings.
• Communication : Clearly exchanges thoughts, ideas and messages through written, verbal and non-verbal methods that promote an understanding with the target audience.

Listens carefully and attentively. Able to effectively present to varying levels of the organization.

• Attention to Detail : Is attentive to detail and accuracy, performs quality work, continuously looks for improvements, finds root cause of problems, owns / acts on problems, and seeks opportunities to increase effectiveness and efficiency.
• Accountability & Dependability : Meets commitments, works independently, accepts ownership of projects and outcomes, takes personal responsibility and sets objectives / standards, stays focused under pressure, meets attendance / punctuality requirements, shows a sense of urgency about getting results.
• Analysis / Reasoning : Ability to deal with problems with many variables in standardized and non-standardized situations.
• Self-Management : Tackles problems and takes independent action, seeks out new responsibilities, acts on opportunities, generates new ideas, practices self-development, demonstrates a bias for action without prompting.
• Technical abilities : Familiar with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams and willingness to learn and administrate internal Learning Management System (My Workbench), ability to develop and modify training content.
• Occasionally prolonged standing and sitting, will be required.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics 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.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, see, talk, and hear. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 50 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This job operates in both a professional office environment, customer sites and outdoor construction job sites. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers / scanners, etc.

The employee occasionally works around moving mechanical parts. Noise level may be loud at times.

TRAVEL REQUIRED

This job requires 50% domestic travel.

WORK STATUS & LOCATION

This full-time, exempt position is located in Northeast USA, and reports to the Columbus, OH branch.

RELOCATION

Relocation is not available for this position.

$63,500 - $82,500 / year

REWARDS AT SIMPSON STRONG-TIE

We recognize and reward employees with a carefully designed and comprehensive rewards package, including competitive compensation, quarterly bonuses or commission and first-rate benefits.

May exclude some positions, such as seasonal jobs.

• Quarterly Bonuses / Commission : You will be eligible for either a bonus or commission, paid on a quarterly basis. We believe all employees affect customers, sales and revenue - directly or indirectly - and should be rewarded by sharing the company profits.
• Benefits : We provide a wide range of benefits for eligible full-time employees including : medical, dental, vision, retirement contributions, employee stock purchase and bonus plans, pay for holidays, vacation, sick days, funerals and jury duty, years of service awards, employee discounts, employee referral bonuses, charitable contribution matching, education reimbursement and more.

View benefit plan details here : https : / / benefits.strongtie.com / .

In keeping with the Company's commitment to the communities in which it does business, we are an equal opportunity employer.

This means that to the fullest extent required by local law, employment decisions are based on merit and business needs and not on race, color, citizenship status, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender (which state law may define to include gender identity / expression, transgender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, and gender stereotyping), sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, genetic information, medical condition, covered marital status, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Please note all job offers are contingent upon a successful background investigation and drug test. Simpson Strong-Tie's drug policy is based upon Federal Law, and therefore will screen applicants for amphetamines, including methamphetamines, cocaine, phencyclidine, opiates, and marijuana.

Where applicable, drug testing for marijuana may be modified to conform with state and local laws.

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