What You’ll Do
Sales Representatives will meet with prospective customers to demonstrate our products and generate firm sales contracts.
Specific Duties
- Be available to cover all leads and be consistently punctual at all times
- Demonstrate the product in a positive, professional manner
- Complete all contracts and paperwork completely, efficiently and neatly and submit them to the office in a timely fashion
- Be responsible for maintaining sample kits in good order and transporting them to prospective customer’s home for sales presentations
- Attend regularly scheduled sales and payroll meetings
- Be available to make at least 8 sales calls each week, generally one each evening from Monday to Friday and a morning and afternoon on Saturday (schedules may vary based on available leads and other factors)
- Duties may vary, depending on situation.
A successful Sales Representative will:
- Meet Appleby’s targeted closing percentages (33% for windows) on a consistent basis
- Mentor and share best practices with new sales representatives and associates
- Place tremendous value on all leads
Qualifications
- Minimum high school diploma and at least one year of sales or customer service experience
Valid driver’s license in good standing - Possession of a vehicle capable of transporting a large sample case to prospective customer’s homes
- Current automobile insurance coverage
- Strong verbal communications skills
Physical Requirements
- Lifting up to 60 lbs from storage position in a car trunk.
- Carrying up to 60 lbs from the car to the customer’s home, while walking up and down stairs, slopes and uneven, sometimes precarious, terrain.
- Driving for up to 1½ hours at a time.
- Talking, sitting, standing, bending, lifting and positioning demonstration books, samples etc. during presentations to customers.
