What are the responsibilities and job description for the Ready Mix Sales position at Knife River Corporation - Mountain West?
At Knife River, we take care of our team because we know it’s our people who make us successful. We are one of the 10 largest construction materials producers/contractors in the Country, and we are a PEOPLE-first company. Our team members are the key to our success, and we are committed to giving them the tools, training, and time to do their jobs productively and safely each day. Our goal is to build strong teams that, in turn, build strong communities. We are also a publicly traded company on the NYSE with the ticker symbol KNF and part of the S&P MidCap 400 index. Please consider joining our growing team today!
Knife River Southern Idaho Division has an opening for a Concrete Sales position for our Idaho Falls area. This position will establish good relationships with current customers, contact potential customers, create lasting customer relationships in order to obtain maximum volumes and profitability from concrete sales.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Make direct calls on customers. Assist customers regarding service pricing, order taking, merchandising and product training as needed.
- Market products and services to new accounts such as contractors, sub-contractors, government agencies, supply houses, developers, to solicit new business.
- Handles inside and outside sales of Ready-Mix products. Follow through on potential sales leads including obtaining necessary information such as job specifications and take off of projects.
- Develop product knowledge through value added sales, trade shows, customer questions, and product quality resolution. Ability to identify best product for customer needs and advise.
- Prepare quotes/bids for projects using appropriate worksheets that provide company unit prices. Discuss costs and schedule with operating divisions as well as providing project opportunities and challenges and other project information advice to appropriate internal staff.
- Follow through on customer satisfaction on jobs awarded. Monitor product quality during delivery and installation.
- May need to deliver Ready Mix samples to project owner engineer when required.
- Facilitate pre-construction, construction and post-construction meetings with appropriate internal staff as demanded by the complexity of projects awarded.
- Immediately report concerns regarding billing, credit, deliver and quality of product to appropriate internal departments and coordinate meetings with other departments, as needed, to address customer concerns.
- Attends seminars to develop product knowledge.
- Pick up payments from customers as necessary to prevent COD status or late charges.
- Always work safely and take action to prevent any and all unsafe actions, processes, and behaviors.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School or GED equivalent.
- Ready Mix experience preferred
- Intermediate computer skills required.
- Good customer service skills.
- Good communication skills including verbal and written.
- Ability to handle multiple priorities with short deadlines.
How To Apply:
Knife River is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status or any other protected category under applicable state/federal law.
Subject to pre-employment drug testing and background checks.
If unable to apply online, please mail completed application to:
Knife River Corporation
4055 Professional Way
Idaho Falls, ID 83402
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
