Sales Rep Trainee
POOLCORP
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Houston • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $60,000 per year
Job Level
Entry Level
About the role
- Receive hands-on sales training by traveling with our outside sales representatives and participating in sales and service calls
- Shadow contractors/builders, service/maintenance, and retail store customers to learn their aspect of the swimming pool, irrigation and landscaping business
- Participate in classroom training sessions (lecture, role play and computer lab) at the state-of-the-art EDGEucation Center in Plano, Texas
- Topics to include sales, financials, human capital management and operating systems
- Increase your job knowledge by participating in sales conferences, obtaining sales certifications, researching marketing trends and using marketing tools
- Give a comprehensive presentation to senior level management for completion of the Sales MIT program at the end of the 6 month program
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or Associate’s degree in Management, Selling & Sales Management, Marketing or other related discipline with a minimum of 2.5 GPA
- At least 6 months of work experience in sales and/or customer service experience in a sales, service or distribution industry
- Results driven, self-starter with the ability to lead a team with rapidly changing priorities
- Strong leadership skills are a must!
- Ability to learn quickly and adapt to change, uncertainty and rejection
- Willingness and ability to relocate during and after the program (at company expense) for career development opportunities
- Ability to travel 25% of the time
- Ability to maneuver heavy machinery, such as pallet jacks, forklifts, etc. and lift products up to 75 pounds
- Preferred: Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite with ability to learn inventory system and additional software
Benefits
- 401k with company match
- health benefits
- wellness program
- education reimbursement
- paid travel
- employee stock
- paid time off
- medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- company paid life and long-term disability insurance
- paid parental leave
- fully funded tuition education programs
- bonus programs including employee recognition and referrals
- employee stock purchase plan
- employee discounts
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
salescustomer servicefinancialshuman capital managementoperating systemsmarketingheavy machinery operationinventory system
Soft skills
results drivenself-starterleadershipadaptabilityability to learn quicklyteam leadershipability to handle changeability to handle rejection
Certifications
sales certifications