Outside Sales Representative Full-time Job

What’s in it for you?

• Full health care benefits starting day one. 
• Career development and training opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits with premiums fully paid for by the company for the “Core” package.
• Life insurance, disability and wellness programs
• Retirement savings programs including RRSP and DC pension with up to 5.25% employer contribution
• Paid vacation and sick time and day off on your birthday!
• Bonus programs that include annual performance and profit sharing
• Employee discounts on top brands of plumbing and HVAC/R products
• Education reimbursement for employees
• Employee referral program
• Safety shoe reimbursement

What you will do:

• Communicates with existing customers to secure continuing sales and maintain strong customer relationships;
• Optimizes the existing customer base by promoting and selling existing and new products and services to our customers;
• Offers professional, effective and efficient solutions to customer inquiries;
• Provide quotations, technical support, literature, and other support/materials for customers with support of branch team;
• Develops new customer potential by examining market opportunities and potential customer needs, tailoring products and services, and selling solutions to potential customers;
• Providing direction, training, and coaching to branch employees;
• Communicates customer concerns on inventory and delivery so that customer loyalty is maintained and patterns continually evolve with customers changing requirements;
• Participates in setting branch sales objectives and is accountable for achieving sales results (revenue, gross margin, account targets and monthly sales quotas);
• Advises the branches of pricing competitiveness to achieve margin expectations while, at the same time, ensuring flexibility in gaining large volume and/or new customer accounts
• Pro-actively communicates with Branch management on all aspects of customer alliances ensuring customers and branch expectations are met in a manner consistent with contract terms and any issues are immediately addressed;
• Provides feedback and recommendations on new products, services, and market conditions to customers, and branch management
• Participates in trade shows, training and associated product meetings where appropriate

What you will bring:

• A minimum of five (5) to seven (7) years experience in a similar role, preferably within the wholesale distribution industry and/or Fire Protection Services industry
• Demonstrated ability to build a successful team;
• Knowledge of Fire Protection industry products is required;
• Demonstrated sales and cold-calling experience, ideally within the industry;
• Consistently meeting deadlines within a fast paced work environment and works effectively within time constraints
• Strong ability to work independently to efficiently manage the assigned territory and accounts;
• Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships;
• Demonstrated initiative with the ability to work in a collaborative team based environment;
• Highly organized in prioritizing work and multi-tasking;

Each resume submitted gets individually reviewed by our team and retained for 24 months if other new and exciting opportunities arise that match your skills and qualifications. 

Please note: This position requires the result of a satisfactory criminal record check.  A record under the Criminal Code and/or other federal offence record(s) does not automatically mean you will be ineligible for the position.