About this role
For more than 165 years, Gilcrest/Jewett has been known as Iowa’s “home building headquarters” and operates six retail yard locations, along with a truss and component plant, serving the Des Moines, Iowa City and Cedar Rapids metropolitan areas.
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A Brief Overview
The Outside Sales Representative generates and secures new sales to increase the profitability of the company. This position maintains existing accounts while generating new business through cold calls and following leads.
What you will do
- Promote, sell, and secure new accounts for the company.
- Provide existing accounts with necessary products, time, and information.
- Assist with the selection of products best suited to customer needs.
- Prepare, coordinate, and communicate price quotations, terms of sales, delivery dates, and service obligations to customers/contractors.
- Resolve customer complaints and problems.
- Assist in the collection of accounts receivable.
- Coordinate project schedules, contractor schedules, and material deliveries.
- Prepare and input orders as necessary.
- Informs company of competitive prices, products, and area-related information.
- Maintain current knowledge of daily and monthly sales and their relationship to budget and margin goals.
- Research and order special products as necessary.
- Estimate materials from blueprints supplied by customer/contractor.
- Adhere to Conflict of Interest or Non-Compete agreement if in place.
- Comply with Company’s attendance policy by maintaining regular and predictable attendance.
Required For All Jobs
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Comply with all policies and standards.
- Adheres to Company’s commitment to workplace safety.
Education Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED required.
Experience Qualifications
- 3 years of sales experience in building materials or related industry required.
Skills and Abilities
- Working knowledge of building materials industry and products, ability to negotiate prices and contractual agreements.
- Estimating from blueprints, ability to use calculator and computer.
- Strategic Mindset – Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
- Plans and Aligns – Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
- Business Insight – Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.
- Collaborates – Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
- Communicates Effectively – Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
- Must be able to walk throughout yards, plants, and offices.
Licenses and Certifications
- DL NUMBER - Driver License, Valid and in State required upon hire.
Travel Requirements
- 50% Travel.
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Gilcrest Jewett, a Division of US LBM Holdings, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We 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.
Other facts
About US LBM
US LBM is a leading national distributor of building materials to construction professionals, including new homebuilders, commercial builders and remodelers. US LBM’s more than 450 locations across the country consist of lumber yards, distribution centers, kitchen and bath showrooms, hardware stores and truss manufacturing plants which distribute a comprehensive portfolio of specialty building products, such as windows, doors, millwork, wallboard, roofing, siding, decking, engineered components and cabinetry along with lumber and engineered wood products.
US LBM’s divisions serve multiple major metropolitan markets, including New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta, Houston, Washington, DC, Boston and Phoenix, and operate under several local brand names, many of which are among the most well-known names in building materials distribution. US LBM’s brands include ALCO Doors, Arizona Building Supply, Arrow Building Center, Bailey Lumber & Supply, Barrons, Bellevue Builders Supply, Brand Vaughan Lumber, Breckenridge & Edwards Building Centers, Darby Doors, Deering Lumber, Desert Companies, East Haven & Ridgefield Building Supply, Evergreen Lumber, Forge Lumber, Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber, GBS Builders Supply, Gilcrest/Jewett Lumber, Higginbotham Brothers, Hines Building Supply, Jennings Builders Supply, Myers Building Product Specialists, Junior's Building Supplies, KI Lumber, Lampert Lumber, Lumber Specialties, Lyman Companies, Maner Builders Supply, Manning Building Supply, Massey Builders Supply, Myrtle Beach Building Supply, Meek’s, Mid-Cape Home Centers, Musselman Lumber, NexGen, Parker’s Building Supply, Poulin Lumber, Professional Builders Supply, RAKS Building Supply, Raymond Building Supply, Ridout Lumber, Shelly's Supply, Standard Lumber & Supply, Texas Building Supply, Universal Supply, Wisconsin Building Supply and Zeeland Lumber & Supply.
What you'll do
- The Outside Sales Representative generates and secures new sales while maintaining existing accounts. Responsibilities include promoting products, preparing price quotations, resolving customer complaints, and coordinating project schedules.
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