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Overview

CORT Furniture Rental is hiring a full-time retail business-to-business outside salesperson to cover Philadelphia. The Retail Business Development Executive will call on businesses that need to furnish their offices and who have retail furniture needs.

The successful candidate will bring expertise in working with businesses across many industries with a variety of work environments from Technology start-ups and Commercial Real Estate to Construction companies and Property Management to Law Firms and Healthcare.

A variety of sales initiatives from networking, prospecting and introductory presentations to calls with existing customers to build rapport and develop new business opportunities are involved with this position.

This is a full-time, outside sales position and could include driving up to 4 days/week. This person will spend one day in our retail showroom a week.

**Pay:** $56,000 a year plus commission, OTE $75,000.

What We Offer

+ Bi-weekly pay; paid training

+ Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision) available on the first of the month after your hire date

+ 401(k) retirement plan with company match

+ Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays

+ Company-paid disability and life insurance

+ Tuition reimbursement

+ Employee discounts and perks

+ Opportunity to work alongside a tenured team with career growth and mentorship opportunities

Responsibilities

+ Research market trigger events and initiate a connection with the contacts who make decisions on retail furnishings

+ Develop and maintain a monthly sales plan to identify the sales activities which will drive new opportunities

+ Effectively utilize Salesforce to follow through on leads, contacts and opportunities

+ Meet and exceed weekly/monthly sales revenue, piece and margin goals

+ Assist in the safe maintenance, appearance, merchandising and pricing of store to company and District standards of the furniture

+ Utilize computer to complete proposals, prepare sale agreements and obtain necessary information from customer to complete sales

+ Develop and maintain customer relationships in order to generate future sales opportunities

+ Help us drive traffic to the Outlet through social media and networking

Qualifications

+ Minimum 5 years outside B2B sales experience (office furniture a plus)

+ Successfully meets/exceeds goals

+ Prospecting and networking experience

+ Strong communication skills, written and oral

+ Retail experience

+ Valid state driver's license

About CORT

CORT, a part of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, is the nation's leading provider of transition services, including furniture rental for home and office, event furnishings, destination services, apartment locating, touring and other services. With more than 100 offices, showrooms and clearance centers across the United States, operations in the United Kingdom and partners in more than 80 countries around the world, no other furniture rental company can match CORT's breadth of services.

For more information on CORT, visit https://www.cort.com .

Working for CORT

For more information on careers at CORT, visit https://careers.cort.com/

This position is subject to a background check for any convictions directly related to its duties and responsibilities. Only job-related convictions will be considered and will not automatically disqualify the candidate. Pursuant to the Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance for participating locations, CORT will consider all qualified applicants to include those who may have criminal history records. Check your city government website for specific fair chance hiring information.

CORT participates in the E-Verify program.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the US. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visa at this time.

EEO/AA Employer/Vets/Disability

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis; there is no set deadline to apply to this position. When it is determined that new applications will no longer be accepted, due to the positions being filled or a high volume of applicants has been received, this job advertisement will be removed.