
Field Sales Representative
GC America
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Toledo • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United States
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Junior
About the role
- The Field Sales Representative (FSR) is expected to execute approved sales programs to achieve or exceed budget of GC products.
- Maintain current customers and develop new customers while increasing sales in assigned zip code territory;
- Maintains frequent contact with assigned dealer partners to secure merchandising and promotional support to achieve optimum profits.
- Under the guidance of the Regional Sales Manager (RM), the FSR must aggressively execute sales programs to achieve product sales objectives.
- Develop district quarterly activity plans encompassing weekly activities that align with corporate expectations.
- Sell GC products to major accounts - maintaining existing accounts and developing new business.
- Ensure knowledge of customer’s policies and practices relative to the purchase and promotion of dental products, i.e. inventory control, merchandising concepts, warehousing, distribution, advertising, etc.
- Keep up to date on the competitor products and activities, regionally and nationally, in order to protect, maintain, and advance GC’s market position.
- Travel is required.
- Maintain and update CRM, Group Practice, School, Government and KOL data bases and/or schedules.
- Assist dealers with planning, scheduling, and implementing advertising and merchandising programs, and follow-up to ensure success for GC products.
- Train, where necessary, dealer partner sales personnel in the technical and commercial aspects of GC products.
- Maintain and update all customer related databases (CRM, etc.) Complete all administrative reports, programs, and requests in a timely manner.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required
- 1-3 years sales experience
- Large geographical sales territories may require overnight stays.
- Driver’s license required
- Customer service skills to listen to the concerns of a customer and be able to address their needs
- Interpersonal skills to work with a wide variety of people each day, build relationships and network
- Confidence and strong self-assuredness to succeed in cold-calling customers and making a sale
- Excellent communication skills, especially persuasion, to clearly convey the benefits of a product to potential customers
- Strong organizational skills and detail oriented
- Basic computer skills required
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Outlook email required
Benefits
- Company car
- Base Salary plus Commissions
- 401(k) through Fidelity and company matching 10%
- Dental insurance with Delta Dental PPO
- Health insurance BCBS Illinois PPO
- Employee Assistance Program
- Health Savings Account
- Company Paid Life Insurance two times the annual salary
- Paid time off, including an extra paid week off the week between Christmas and New Year
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance EyeMed
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
sales experienceinventory controlmerchandising conceptswarehousingdistributionadvertisingcold-callingcustomer service
Soft skills
interpersonal skillscommunication skillsorganizational skillsdetail orientedconfidencepersuasion
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeDriver’s license