What are the responsibilities and job description for the Outside Sales Representative position at Breckenridge and Edwards Building Centers?
**Overview of the Role**
The Outside Sales Representative is responsible for generating and securing new sales to increase the company's profitability. This position maintains existing accounts while identifying new business opportunities through cold calls and leads.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Promote, sell, and secure new accounts for the company.
- Provide existing accounts with necessary products, information, and services.
- Assist in selecting products best suited to customer needs.
- Prepare and communicate price quotations, terms of sales, delivery dates, and service obligations to customers/contractors.
- Resolve customer complaints and problems.
- Assist in collecting accounts receivable.
- Coordinate project schedules, contractor schedules, and material deliveries.
- Prepare and input orders as necessary.
- Maintain current knowledge of daily and monthly sales and their relationship to budget and margin goals.
- Research and order special products as needed.
- Estimate materials from blueprints supplied by customers/contractors.
**Requirements:**
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- 3 years of sales experience in building materials or a related industry.
**Skills and Abilities:**
- Working knowledge of the building materials industry and products.
- Able to negotiate prices and contractual agreements.
- Estimating from blueprints.
- Ability to use a calculator and computer.
**Physical Demands:**
- Must be able to walk throughout yards, plants, and offices.
**Travel Requirements:**
- 50% Travel.
**Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, order of protection status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.
