Outside Sales Representative - Home Daily - Milford

Outside Sales Representative - Home Daily - Milford

West Milford, NY / Sales Outside Sales / Full Time - Exempt Richards Building Supply, a full-service, family-owned building supply center located in Milford, CT , is currently looking for an experienced Outside Sales Representative with a professional, energetic, and creative demeanor to lead our growing team.

In this position you will build and manage customer relationships with a variety of clientele. Its an opportunity to run your own business without all the risks of ownership.

You will need to bring enthusiasm, strong sales hunting skills, with a background in sales in the building materials industry. Benefits :

• Competitive base salary with industry leading commission program.
• 19 PAID days off within your first year and an additional two days on your one year anniversary.
• Holiday bonuses and other bonus opportunities!
• Significant employer contributions towards monthly premiums for Medical, Dental, Vision, Group Life and AD & D benefit plans.
• Additional Voluntary benefit options available including Short Term and Long Term Disability coverage, Accidental Injury, Critical Illness and Cancer plans as well as additional Life and AD& D benefit policies.
• 401K program with a best in industry company match.
• Opportunity for career advancement
• Family owned, operated and focused company!

Responsibilities Include :

• Engage and develop relationships with prospective customers and build a self-sustaining network of clients.
• Assist customers in the credit application process.
• Respond to inquiries with accurate pricing, inventory, and delivery information
• Perform other responsibilities as needed.
• Utilize sales reports and other data to recognize sales opportunities in customer buying patterns.
• Make cold calls to prospective customers.
• Follow sales leads and scheduling appointments with prospective customers.
• Follow up with customers and provide solutions, should a service concern arise.
• Provide training to customers and their teams on various product lines and services.
• Connecting with customers to ensure that past due bills are paid and collect payments when necessary.

Additional Duties :

• Cultivate, develop and conserve sales and business with new and existing customers.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with attention to detail which includes : maintaining full, complete, accurate and detailed sales records of all sales activities and have them available for inspection.
• Timely follow up on quotations submitted to customers.
• Meet or exceed minimum sales budget.
• Preserve and safeguard Companys Confidential Information.
• Stay informed on new products in the industry.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Most importantly, the ability to work in a team atmosphere.

Preferred Experience

• Minimum 3 years of previous outside sales experience ideally within the building materials industries.
• Ability to adapt to a customer base with varying degree of product knowledge.
• Professional presence with strong interpersonal skills with clients and peers.
• Proficient with MS Office products, Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Richards Building Supply believes in hiring military veterans at any level for any position. We know your service trained you in many of the areas we value, such as;

leadership, teamwork, performance, integrity, and safety. If your experience matches our requirements, we want you to apply today.