Sales Support Associate Sales Inside Sales

PURPOSEAssists Outside Sales team in selling building products and services to business and industrial establishments or individuals at sales office store showroom or customers place of business by performing the following DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESCompiles lists of prospective customers for use as sales leads based on information from newspapers business directories industry ads trade shows Internet Web sites and other travels throughout assigned territory with outside Sales Representative to call on regular and prospective customers to solicit orders or talks with customers on sales floor or by or demonstrates product using samples or catalog and emphasizes salable prices and credit terms and prepares sales contracts for orders date of delivery to customer based on knowledge of production and delivery reports of business transactions and keeps expense stock new customer data and other sales data for current customers into computer and resolves customer problems with trade RESPONSIBILITIESThis job has no supervisory REQUIREMENTSTo perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability year certificate from college or technical school; or three to six months related selling experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Prior building materials industry experience to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner gather and analyze information skillfully and develop alternative solutions as to manage difficult or emotional customer situations and responds promptly to customer needs solicit customer feedback to improve service and respond to requests for service and to focus on solving conflict listen to others without interrupting and remain open to others ideas and tries new to succeed in a sales environment; Strives to meet and exceed sales goals; Understands customer needs; Handles objections written and verbal communication to succeed in a team and understanding of market and competitionAbility to apply strategic thinking - analyze market and competition identify external threats and opportunities and adapt strategy to changing to approach others in a tactful manner; Reacts well under pressure; Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; Accepts responsibility for own actions; Follows through on to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers clients customers and the general to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts interest commissions proportions and percentages. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized of order processing systems; Spreadsheet software and Word Processing ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL ACTIVITYThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential to both typical office environment and outside locations with temperature and weather be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds frequently and on occasion up to 80 be able to travel up to 20%.