What are the responsibilities and job description for the Inside Sales Representative position at Marketplace Events?
Exciting. Challenging. Rewarding . This is the type of career opportunity Marketplace Events offers to our team members. If you thrive in an environment that encourages accountability, creativity, teamwork, relationship building, customer service and sales excellence, we encourage you to explore becoming a member of our passionate team. Marketplace Events is committed to its vision and values. As an employer, we support employees in finding a work / life balance and recognize the importance of a vibrant and dynamic work environment.
This is a remote position is working from home in Omaha. Do you have an eye for style and love to shop at boutiques? If so, our team is looking for top talent in the Omaha market to work remotely 90% of the time and onsite at shows 10% of the time. We provide you your own territory along with a robust customer base. Selling exhibit space for our premier holiday shows to businesses in the apparel & accessories, boutique, holiday décor, food and artisan industries is your primary responsibility. We are proud to offer the highest quality holiday shows in the market to top-tier companies. This position is responsible for selling exhibit space via telephone for our Holiday Boutiques in Omaha, Des Moines, and Kansas City. If you have a hunter mentality and are driven to make things happen, this is the job for you!
Watch our video of the Holiday Boutiques here :
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Key Responsibilities :
- Sell exhibit space in home show(s) via outbound telephone calls
- Sell add-on advertising / marketing opportunities to your customers
- Make 50-60 sales calls per day to current and prospective clients
- Meet weekly, monthly, and annual sales goals and related targets
- Work in CRM program; every sales conversation to be documented and all information to be complete / detailed
- Develop and maintain relationships with exhibitors; ensure customer satisfaction and provide excellent service
- Through use of our consumer research, understand our attendee demographic and use this information to help sell in the right exhibitors, as well as help our exhibitors do an optimum job reaching their customers
- Constantly seek out leads for potential exhibitors from every possible source such as advertisements in other media, internet sources, competitive shows, exhibitors from other Marketplace Events shows, association members, etc.
- Constantly build and maintain sales database utilizing existing processes / guidelines for documenting records
- Attend appropriate competitive shows / events and follow-up on leads immediately
- Source local sponsorship leads
- Understand our show features, marketing / promotional plan and utilize this information
- Attend weekly video chats with manager and team, attend occasional in-person meetings with manager, team and / or clients, and attend annual in-person company meeting
- Provide onsite floor management in-person at the show and assist show management with the coordination of the move-in / move-out of the show
- Bring personal energy, enthusiasm, and flair as a member of the sales team, willing to put in whatever hours are necessary to get the job done
- Ensure all contracts are signed and space is paid in full on time
- Collection calls as needed
- Travel to company meetings, shows and training
- Other duties as required
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Benefits :
This position reports to the Show Manager.
To apply for this opportunity, please submit your cover letter and resume to careers@mpeshows.com
We thank all applicants for their interest. No phone calls or agencies, please.
