Small Ag and Turf - Sales Professional

Job Details

Job Location
Opelousas Branch Region 6 - Opelousas, LA

Education Level
High School Diploma / GED

Job Category
Sales

Description

Description

Sunshine Quality Solutions is looking for a small ag and turf sales professional. The small ag and turf sales professional sells new and used agricultural and turf equipment to new and existing customers, with a focus on walk-in, retail-oriented, and customer traffic sales. This individual represents the company for the sale of machinery to walk-in customers. If you strive for numerous career growth opportunities and serving those linked to the land, Sunshine is the place for you.

What You'll Do

The small ag and turf sales professional maintains current product knowledge on features and benefits of all equipment potentially saleable by the dealership and monitors trends in customer business activities. This individual maintains all customer information for sales management and has retail selling emphasis (understands task-oriented questions to ask, validates customer requirements, proposes solution, and offers demonstration). The small ag and turf sales professional maintains current knowledge of financing options to assist customers with securing the purchase of new equipment and maintains current knowledge of used equipment for trading purposes. In addition, this individual conducts new equipment demonstrations, assists with the preparation and execution of customer events, and attends applicable sales training events/seminars.

Company Benefits and Perks

We offer a robust benefit package including flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all our full-time employees.

• Our comprehensive benefits package includes:
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, including AD&D
  • 401(k) with an employer match
  • Company paid Short Term Disability
  • Company funded Health Savings Account
• Paid Time Off:
  • Vacation time
  • Sick time
  • Company paid holidays
  • Bereavement
  • Jury Duty
• Incentive pay
• Deere Employees Credit Union
• Training through John Deere University
• Career growth
• Great team to work with

About the Company

With over 85 years of combined experience and knowledge in supporting the Agricultural and Turf Care industry in southern Louisiana and southern Mississippi, Sunshine Quality Solutions provides optimized parts and service support, volume pricing on equipment, and a robust equipment inventory. Now with 17 locations across southern Louisiana, Sunshine offers numerous career growth opportunities from entry level positions all the way up to senior management positions. Come and join Sunshine's welcoming company culture, where our mission is to improve the quality of life for our employees and customers who take pride in being linked to the land.

Qualifications

Qualifications

What's Required

• 1-2 years of retail sales experience
• Knowledge of agricultural or turf equipment
• Strong computer skills:
  • Microsoft Office
  • Internet functions
• Ability to work flexible hours
• Excellent customer relationship skills
• Ability to analyze and interpret basic sales reports
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen
• High School diploma

What's Preferred

• 2 years of retail sales experience
• Farming or operational practice

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described below are those necessary to successfully perform the respected position. Reasonable accommodations will be made to ensure individuals with disabilities can successfully perform the position requirements.

• While performing the essential job functions, the employee may be required to sit/ stand for a duration of time while using their hands and fingers to operate a computer and/ or telephone.
• This position requires specific vision abilities, such as having the visual acuity to read words or numbers on the computer screen and paper.
• Occasionally, the individual may lift items weighing up to 50 lbs.