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We are hiring for our Lake Oswego, Melville and Tampa locations as well as home office set ups across the country.

SUMMARY: This position is responsible for strengthening mill footprints, achieving customer acquisition and revenue growth objectives by generating interest, qualifying prospects and executing trades.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs customer interaction by making outgoing calls and receiving incoming customer calls/emails daily.

• Sources new sales opportunities through inbound and outbound prospecting calls and emails.

• Understands accounts, identifies key players and generates interest.

• Generates new business and ensures growth of existing accounts, strengthens mill footprint and growth.

• Gains and retains extensive product knowledge as well as detailed comprehension of customer requirements.

• Prepares and sends valuable offers daily.

• Engages in quotation and flexible price negotiation for transactional orders in order to satisfy customer needs while maximizing profit including but not limited to Forward Pricing for hedge-fund customers.

• Executes timely and accurate trades based on market data, movement and prices.

• Provides competitive market intelligence and insights to prospects and customers.

• Enters orders for all types of sales, including inventory, directs, back-to-back, forward and block business on both delivered and customer pick-up basis.

• Purchases product for various types of sales.

• Handles inbound calls and provides callers with product and service information.

• Fields customer support calls, following up on matters such as deliveries, claims, returns and other customer requests.

• Reviews dispatch log, daily invoices, A/R alerts and other system generated reports, make calls to follow up when required.

• Maintain and review sales and profit goals on a regular basis

• Participates in daily sales meetings and other various team meetings.

• Visits customers on a regular basis, entertains customers outside of normal business hours, and continually develops customer relationships with thank you notes and other small tokens of appreciation; submits detailed customer visit reports to management and other team members.

• Attends outings, shows and conventions as directed by management.

• Submits customer sponsorship requests to management in a timely manner.

• Provides management with suggestions that will improve our company.

• Attends company sponsored, management seminars and webinars designed to help sales associates make good, high level decisions.

• Maintains a self-discipline to enhance skills and education through reading, listening to audio and attending programs.

• Performs other related duties as assigned by management.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Computer skills required: Microsoft Office Suite

o 4+ years’ experience in sales or a related field (experience in building materials a plus).

o Excellent written and oral communication skills.

o Strong team player, work ethic and commitment to job.

o Excellent interpersonal skills.

o Strong negotiation skills and the ability to establish mutually beneficial commitments and expectations with customers.

o Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

o Ability to work closely with peers on team orientated goals.

o Ability to follow company directives and instruction.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

+ Occasionally required to stand.

+ Occasionally required to walk.

+ Continually required to sit.

+ While performing the duties of this job, the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet and moderate.

+ The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.