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Architectural/Outside Sales Associate

An Architectural/Outside Sales Associate at Hamilton Building Supply is responsible for business development and sales activity with all professional customers and property owners.

Sales & Business Development

• Maintain constant contact for business development with all assigned customer accounts
• Communicate new product and service offerings from Hamilton to customer base
• Serve as a resource for customer accounts and close on their purchasing decisions
• Be proficient in plan take‐offs, project walk‐through’s, measuring and product specifying
• Establish project/product budgets for customers and provide customized solutions to close the business
• Work closely with Inside Sales Associates to deliver information to customers very quickly and accurately
• Provide materials estimates and product proposals to customers and follow up with leading questions regularly
• Draw attention to project details and unique specifications that affect the pricing outcome of a proposal
• Gather market information and share with Inside Sales Associates, Sales Manager and other interested associates
• Manage every aspect of a customer’s project and share relevant project information Inside Sales Associates
• Serve as a liaison between professional and homeowner customers, as well as project architects
• Refer customers to other divisions within HBS to service all aspects of a given project
• Work with sales manager to develop unique and specific customer loyalty/pricing programs
• Ensure that all customers enjoy a positive experience at HBS from general inquiry through project completion

Qualifications

• College degree or equivalent experience
• Strong selling and persuasion abilities
• Affable personality and engaging attitude
• Strong presentation and meeting skills
• Computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite, 2020 and other relevant software
• Honesty, integrity and strong desire to succeed
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Ability to deal tactfully in human issues with colleagues
• Ability to create and maintain cooperative team building relationships
• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Ability to make difficult decisions in high pressure situations