Lowes Pro Supply Pro Sales Representative Charlotte, NC

The ideal candidate will bring a professional collaborative and multi-tasking demeanor to the role. Additionally he or she will be a resourceful self-starter able to anticipate obstacles creatively unravel them and take proactive steps to manage circumstances with minimal supervision.

The Lowes Pro Supply Sales Rep will be primarily based out of Charlotte NC.

Job duties involve contact with customers which may include minors; and access to cash and other payment methods electronic equipment personal information store merchandise and other items of value and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Companys customers staff employees vendors contractors and the general public.

As a LPS Pro Sales Rep you will be responsible for building rapport and partnering with LPSs Facility team Outside Sales Reps Customer Service and General Managers Key Decision Makers (KDMs) Sales Directors and Vice Presidents of Operations within the assigned region and/or market(s) to promote Sherwin Williams product offerings to deepen existing business relationships and grow sales within the Pro segment.

You will be primarily responsible to launch and drive increasing Pro/MRO business sales with the assigned facility/region. The LPS Pro Rep is the primary sales representative responsible for contractor sales within the region and/or market(s). As such the LPS Pro Rep is responsible for growing developing maintaining and managing the overall relationship with regional businesses branches of national customers and existing business accounts on behalf of SW & Lowes Pro Services. This responsibility requires 70% of time spent at the customers job sites and business locations including meeting with and further developing business customer relationships. Through this effort the ultimate goal of the LPS Pro Rep is to increase SW Pro/MRO Sales within assigned facility and/or market(s).

The LPS Pro Rep will also have responsibility for working collaboratively with the SW Lowes field sales and Lowes Pro Services teams who support the LPS Pro Reps sales growth efforts by serving as the fulfillment center and local relationship contact for the LPS Pro Reps assigned facility. The LPS Pro Rep will also serve as a key partner in driving Pro/MRO sales by managing and supporting relationships and/or sales opportunities at the local level.

The LPS Pro Rep is also responsible for collaborating directly with and actively involving the Division Director and applicable RSMs in their assigned territory on sales and service opportunities and new business leads and generation.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• At least three years of relevant professional Sales experience and/or calling on contractors within retail or consumer goods industry; previous experience selling into Big Box stores strongly preferred. Additional 1-2 years of experience selling products to strategic accounts in home improvement construction or property maintenance industry strongly preferred.
• High school diploma or equivalent required; Bachelors degree strongly preferred.
• Ability to communicate in Spanish preferred
• Ability to travel up to 75% including overnight travel.

Skills Requirements:

• Sales Ability & Persuasiveness Uses appropriate interpersonal styles and communication methods to gain acceptance of a product project or idea from customer(s); questions and probes establishes strategy builds rapport demonstrates capability and ultimately gains commitment.
• Sales Strategy - Ability to evaluate growth and improvement opportunities and establish a strategic direction while taking into consideration resources constraints and organizational values.
• Leadership Ability to identify strategic needs and resource key projects; willing to be a change agent; ability to maintain composure and positive attitude in a fast-paced evolving business with constant change.
• Consulting Customer focused with a service mentality; ability to develop strong working relationships with key business leaders cross-functional teams within Consumer Brands external customers and key accounts; ability to influence all parties involved in order to gain the respect and support needed to ensure project or task completion.
• Collaborative Superior interpersonal skills; highly collaborative yet able to function independently; ability to influence all parties involved in order to gain respect build credibility and gain support needed to ensure project or task completion.
• Communications Clear concise compelling honest and two-way. Proficient in both written and verbal communications; ability to understand and articulate complicated concepts in clear concise terms.
• Creativity Ability to connect the dots where others cannot and create sustainable and impactful ideas and opportunities. Ability to solve old and new problems in new ways.
• Analytics Ability to analyze and research operational and strategic information sortthrough to determine whats important and interpret accurately to determine appropriate actions.
• Strategic Planning All aspects of planning including internal alignment from the topdown and external alignment with merchant partners; strong business acumen. Excellent project management skills highly detail oriented; proven ability to effectively manage multiple projects in a dynamic environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word Excel PowerPoint etc.) with ability to learn new applications as needed.

Work Environment:

• Warehouse/store environment paint department specifically in addition to contractor site visits including new construction settings.
• Travel required within assigned region including overnight travel up to 85% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Positions in this class typically require typing talking hearing seeing and repetitive motions.
• Ability to climb balance stoop kneel crouch crawl reach stand walk push pull lift type grasp feel talk hear see and perform repetitive motions; ability to climb a ladder.
• Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• May require prolonged standing in retail store environment.
• Ability to accurately distinguish color for the purpose of visual color matching and color recommendations.
• Licensed and physically capable of operating a motor vehicle (passenger car).