Rengional Sales Consultatnt - Chicago land Area

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POSITION SUMMARY:

The Regional Sales Consultant will increase revenue while ensuring appropriate communication and smooth work flow between Sales and Project Management. The employee will grow and develop customer focus establishing contact with potential leads and solidifying with current customer base. All sales and marketing efforts will remain in sync and act complementary to one another. The Regional Sales Consultant will lead by example and demonstrate best practices, customer focus and adherence to company procedures and policy. The employee will set the strategic benchmarking efforts by setting achievable milestones, managing the customers’ expectations, forecasting to allow for appropriate budgeting for the entire organization, following through with the marketing strategy, conscientious utilization of organizational resources and aiding in the development of sales initiatives and goals.

RESPONSIBILITIES: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

•Aid in the qualification of target markets in which to pursue Sales leads

•Identify sales tools to assist the entire sales team in lead generation and tracking

•Track reactive and proactive leads and identify effective lead sources and tactics that generate adequate return on investment (ROI)

• Ability to communicate and document inbound leads in an effective manner

• Identifying seminars and networking events that will solidify current relationship and build new ones that have revenue potential

• Responsible for the growing and nurturing of accounts while being measured by way of performance reviews, development plans and accountability while establishing account follow-up protocol for every lead as well as conducting post mortems to evaluate lost opportunities

• Foster customer focused sales methodologies to ensure customer satisfaction and retention while brining in new business and nurturing current accounts

Attributes

• Must be a self-starter, motivated employee who can work without supervision.

• Must have the ability for overnight travel, and drive to remote locations.

• Problem solving ability, resource identification and efficient coordination of resources

• Must have the ability to manage time efficiently, work with multiple department contributors, as well as maintain schedules.

• Must have superior communication skills, including use of Microsoft products to generate sales tools and status reports, collect and distribute schedules and email while properly managing expense reports.

• Excellent organization, planning and execution skills

• Must be able to connect the organizations vision to the mission.

• Ability to present on behalf of Sure Light Sign Company during customer meetings.

REPORTING STRUCTURE: The Sales Representative will receive daily instructions from the VP Sales & Marketing based on location need. Functionally, the Sales Representative will report directly to the VP Sales & Marketing of Sure Light Sign Company.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Must have the ability to manage time efficiently and effectively EDUCATION: Bachelor Degree in Marketing preferred /Industry knowledge +.

• Equivalent experience considered with 2-5+ years in a sales roll within the construction, manufacturing or related field.

EXPERIENCE: The individual should have a minimum of 2 years job experience in Sales.

• Specific experience with a sign company or in the construction trades that operate on a local, regional or national level is a plus.

• Computer literate and fluent in Microsoft applications including word processing, database, and spreadsheet applications.

• Comfortable tracking forecasting and managing projects utilizing computer-based project tracking systems.

• Experience working with permit and inspections departments from various municipalities

• Mechanical aptitude and working knowledge of building construction and assembly is desirable.

• Basic understanding of electrical wiring.

Base plus commission based on experience. Competitive Benefits.

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