What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sales representative position at Westlake?
Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.
Royal Building Products, a US building products manufacturer, has a full-time opening for a Sales Representative for the Nashville, TN area.
The focus of this role is to work as a trusted partner of the distributor expanding the overall volume and mix of products as well as growing Royal Building Product’s market share by generating awareness, creating demand by influencing contractors, builders and architects to ask for Royal products and executing sales.
The Sales Representative is also responsible for achieving company sales, mix and profitability targets in the assigned sales territory.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Quickly establish strong relationships with all existing customers
- Create business with remodeling companies, architects, new construction builders, decking contractors, and other trade professionals
- Create opportunity and take additional share within our distribution channels
- Establish heavy focus on dealer & contractor relationships to pull’ business through to distributors (both existing & new)
- Present several times per week to builders, remodelers, installers, architects and specifiers
- Analyze territory distribution needs and establish targets for additional distribution
- Have full understanding of installation of all products in order to assist distributors in training as well as customer service needs
- Participate in channel strategy for territory
- Work closely with Marketing Department to provide information and support programs
- Operate within expense budget parameters
- Make presentations, demonstrate products and represent the company at trade shows, regional home and garden shows to develop leads
- Maintain contact with dealers and distributors, and analyze sales statistics to determine sales potential and inventory requirements and to monitor customers' preferences
- Conduct field visits to customers and sell services
- Increase sales for the Royal Building Product brands
- Prepare proposals and contracts
QUALIFICATION & SKILL REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum of five years direct sales experience required; building product sales experience preferred
- Excellent negotiating skills
- Strong relationship building skills
- Ability to manage several projects simultaneously, detail oriented
- An enthusiastic, self-starter with good interpersonal skills
- Requires the consultative mind-set, solution oriented method of selling
- Existing strong relationships within the dealer and / or distribution channel a plus
- Bachelor’ degree preferred
- Must be residing in or near the Nashville, TN area (remote work)
PAY TRANSPARENCY
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US markets. The base pay range for this position is $75,000-$85,000.
This range is based on relevant market data in our lowest and highest geographic markets. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, experience, and skillset.
Westlake is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, sign on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package (also to include a full range of medical and other benefits).
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to hold, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls;
reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear. The employee may lift, carry and / or move up to 15 lbs.
Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Insurability and valid US state driver’s license is mandatory.
Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.
If you are an active Westlake employee (or an employee of any Westlake affiliates), please do not apply here. You will apply via the Jobs Hub application in Workday.
Last updated : 2024-02-28
Salary : $75,000 - $85,000
