Outside B2B Sales Representative (Seattle North and surrounding area)

Build a better career with MSC.
Serving customer and community starts with the very best people doing their very best work. That is precisely what we have at MSC Industrial Supply Co. a leading North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance repair and operations (MRO) products and services.

Requisition ID :90

Employment Type :Full Time

Job Category :Sales / Business Development

Work Location :Seattle WA

State or Province :Washington (USWA)

Potential WorkLocation :United States : Washington : Seattle

(Seattle North and surrounding area)

Use your unique perspective to build key customer relationships identify business opportunities and negotiate and close business deals. In this dynamic role you will collaborate with the team to increase sales opportunities and maximize revenue in alignment with MSCs longterm strategic goals.

HOW YOULL CONTRIBUTE

Translate your keen insight of customers needs and drivers into sales that advance their success as a business and of MSCs success as an industry leader.

• Apply our unique insights to address customers priorities and reframe how they view their business to foster conversation based on customer needs not MSC capabilities.
• Use account planning tools prescriptive analytics and research from marketing to teach customers something new and compelling about their business that leads to MSCs differentiated solutions.
• Initiate commercial conversations with knowledge about a customers business and identify opportunities to share important information.
• Identify key stakeholders their objectives and metrics and adjust messages accordingly.
• Incorporate economic drivers with deep knowledge of customers business current macro/microeconomic and industry trends and potential new business opportunities.
• Clearly articulate customers business model key cost drivers growth paths and value proposition.
• Conduct due diligence to understand customer value drivers and leverage these drivers to influence a wide range of customer stakeholders.
• Establish value with customer before discussing ROI/financial terms by qualifying and quantifying the impact of maintaining the status quo or pursuing competitors solutions.
• Drive momentum and proactively advance the purchase decision by assessing customers readiness to proceed at each stage of the buying process and setting clear next steps.
• Create constructive tension by leveraging facts from research benchmark data and best demonstrated practices to introduce new ideas that challenge the status quo and reveal to customer high costs they may have been incurring.
• Tailor presentations and commercial insight to customers industry company and contact and deliver relevant messages based on current industry trends that will impact their business.
• Research industry trends that impact all customers and become recognized as a trusted advisor on the industries they serve.

WHAT IT TAKES

The intellectually agile and professionally driven sales professional we seek should have these skills and competencies.

• Selfmotivated to meet specific sales goals (1 year demonstrated track record of success in B2B sales preferred)
• Ability to create constructive tension and align stakeholders involved in the decisionmaking process to drive consensus to MSC solutions
• Solid history of decision making taking accountability demonstrated competitive spirit and ability to overcome obstacles to success
• Strong interpersonal skills along with attention to detail and follow through
• Customer focus
• Teaching for differentiation
• Tailoring for resonance
• Taking control
• Instills trust
• Drives results
• Decision quality
• Collaborates
• Develops talent
• Communicates effectively
• Action oriented
• Manages conflict
• Situational adaptability
• Bachelors degree in business industrial distribution manufacturing or equivalent experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite with experience
• Valid drivers license and ability to travel

Why MSC
People. Collaboration. Insight. Thats how you build something that works.

Built on a foundation of trust MSC works side by side with our customers to help them drive business results. With more than one million product offerings and 75 years of experience across industries MSC strives to help our customers achieve greater productivity profitability and growth through inventory management and other innovative supply chain solutions.

As one of Americas Best Large Employers (named in 2017 by Forbes magazine) we care about our associates and have programs in place to help our 6000 team members achieve their potential. When you join our team you will receive rewards and recognition for your contributions training and professional development opportunities as well as a variety of benefits to support you and your familys health wellbeing and financial future.

If you are inspired to learn take risks and succeed as a team you can build a better career at MSC.

Equal Opportunity Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability protected veteran status sexual orientation or gender identity.