Sales Trainee Outside Sales

Ignite your career at Builders FirstSource, America's largest supplier of building materials, value-added components and building services to the professional market. The #1 name in our industry, we help make the dream of home ownership more achievable every day. At BFS, you'll be equipped with all the tools, training, and resources you need, and you'll be empowered to try new things, gain new experiences, and build a career with unlimited horizons.

Purpose

Under general supervision, develops industry-specific knowledge and experience required for promotion to Outside Sales Representative role. May rotate through various departments observing, learning and performing responsibilities in order to acquire industry knowledge, functional processes and practices as well as sales techniques.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Receives training and performs progressively responsible duties in various areas such as: yard operations, production, dispatch/scheduling/delivery, and inside sales while learning the outside sales role.

• Accompanies Outside Sales Reps or Sales Manager on customer calls to become familiar with effective sales and customer service techniques.

• May be assigned to inside sales/counter responsibilities, including answering phone, taking orders, and other responsibilities.

• May be assigned various Outside Sales responsibilities, including but not limited to, performing take offs, taking and processing orders, obtaining signatures on tickets, making sales calls to new and existing customers.

• Other duties as required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Minimum Education: bachelor's degree in Sales, Marketing or related field.

• Minimum experience required: 0-2 years related industry experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Competencies: Oral and written communication skills. Problem-solving skills.

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work is in an office setting and generally sedentary with physical effort associated with using a computer, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time.

Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds frequently and on occasion may be required to lift and carry, with assistance, up to 200 pounds.

At BFS, we want you and your career to be greater than what you ever could have expected. Our supportive, people -first culture will build you up and empower you to do more, be more, and become better every day. Join us and see what's possible when you can rise to new challenges, learn new skills, and add to your career tool belt every day.