Outside Sales - Blytheville, AR

Job Summary:

Our Outside Sales Representatives sell products to business and industrial establishments or individuals at their place of business. Works with Inside Sales Representatives to ensure orders are processed quickly and accurately. Maintains long-term relationships with customers. This is a safety sensitive position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

·         Compile lists of prospective customers for use as sales leads, based on information from newspapers, business directories, industry ads, trade shows, web sites and other sources

·         Travel throughout assigned territory to call on regular and prospective customers in order to establish relationships, to solicit orders and regular reoccurring business

·         Display or demonstrate products, using samples or catalogs, and emphasize salable features

·         Quote prices and credit terms and prepare sales contracts/purchase orders for orders obtained

·         Estimate date of delivery for customer based on knowledge of company production and delivery schedules

·         Prepare reports of business transactions and keep expense accounts

·         Work with Inside Sales Team to maintain account activities and literature

·         Track inventory levels

·         Coordinate customer training

·         Enter new customer data and other sales data for current and prospective customers into database for customer relationship purposes

·         Develop and maintain relationships with purchasing contacts

·         Investigate and resolve customer problems with products, service and/or deliveries

·         Attend trade shows

·         Other duties as assigned by management

·         Regular and reliable attendance required

·         Follow directions of supervisors and trainers

·         Follow directions of RGA policies and procedures

Supervisory Responsibilities:

·         No direct reports

Education and Experience:

·         Required: High school diploma or equivalent

·         Preferred: Four-year college degree

·         Preferred: At least two years industrial sales experience preferred

·         Required: General knowledge of operational needs of manufacturing, aggregate material supplies and other similar industries

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

·         Must have a valid, active Driver’s License with an insurable driving record

Travel

·         Extensive daily travel by car throughout assigned territory of up to an 150-mile radius

Physical Demands

·         Ability to occassionally lift at least 50 lbs frequently

·         Must be able to repetitively stand, climb, stoop, crouch, reach, walk, and bend

·         Required to sit in vehicle hours daily

·         Must be able to talk and hear

Work Environment

·         Subject to both inside and outside environmental conditions

·         Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions.

·         Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, high, precarious places and vibration. 

·         Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold or heat, risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation, and very loud noise levels.