Business Sales Representative – Territory Accounts

AT&T•Southfield, MI

2d•$43,100 - $64,700•Hybrid

About The Position

This is an acquisition sales role built for a motivated outside seller who is focused on creating new business with small and mid-sized companies within a defined local geography. The role requires a motivated outside seller who is comfortable with various prospecting strategies including cold calling and walking into businesses to set appointments. These appointments will be used to work with the customer to identify their challenges and create solutions to solve their problems. The Business Sales Representative will spend most of their time in the market identifying these opportunities, meeting business owners and decision-makers, and positioning AT&T solutions. This role offers a competitive base salary as well as performance-based commissions tied directly to sales results. At 100% of target, annual earnings range from $88,100 to $137,600. Income is directly correlated to activity, execution, quota performance, and the strength of the sales pipeline.

Requirements

2–5 years of quota carrying outside acquisition sales experience is ideal.
Demonstrated success acquiring new business sales through prospecting, cold calling, referrals, appointment setting, and disciplined follow-up with both customers and in Salesforce.
Comfort spending significant time in the field visiting businesses, initiating conversations, and building relationships with owners, operators, and decision-makers.
Strong business acumen with the ability to uncover customer needs and connect them to AT&T’s product and solution portfolio.
Confidence handling objections, negotiating, asking for the sale, and advancing opportunities toward close.
Self-disciplined work style and the ability to manage daily activity, Salesforce updates, pipeline health, and quota expectations.
Ability to collaborate with the team from the assigned office location, if available, when not acquiring new business or conducting customer visits in the field.
Valid driver’s license, satisfactory driving record, current auto insurance, and reliable transportation to support field-based selling.

Responsibilities

Balance field and office collaboration: Sales employees will concentrate on acquiring new business and conducting customer meetings most often, at the customer location. When not in the field, sales employees are expected to collaborate with their team from their assigned office location and place of work.
Prospect for new logos: Identify and pursue new business through customer prospect lists that will be provided and will enable the seller to cold call door knock, and email. The seller will also be able to leverage in-person customer meetings, work referrals, networking, and local market research.
Set appointments and create a pipeline: Build a consistent approach of customer outreach, qualify prospects, schedule customer meetings, and advance opportunities through the sales process.
Own your territory: Manage a defined geographic territory, prioritize target accounts, understand local business needs, and execute a market plan that supports consistent quota attainment.
Sell a broad business portfolio: Position AT&T solutions across wireless, fiber, internet, voice, software defined networking and cybersecurity.
Serve multiple customer segments: Engage small and mid-sized businesses across vertical industries such as retail, professional services, healthcare, construction, logistics, hospitality, and local multi-site operators.
Manage the full sales cycle: Move opportunities from prospecting and discovery through proposal, negotiation, close, implementation handoff, and follow-up.
Maintain disciplined CRM activity: Record calls, visits, appointments, opportunities, next steps, and forecast updates accurately and consistently.

Benefits

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
401(k) plan
Tuition reimbursement program
Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on data of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company designated holidays)
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Caregiver Leave
Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
Adoption Reimbursement
Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
Life and Accidental Death Insurance
Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Extensive employee wellness programs
Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone