Contractor Sales Project Manager

Hingham Lumber Co Inc•Cohasset, MA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Project Managers build long-standing relationships with builders, remodelers, architects and homeowners, seeking to understand their needs and achieve customer satisfaction. PMs are delivered yearly department goals by the GM and work as a team to establish tasks for themselves, the Product Specialists, and Counter Staff to meet and exceed their target. After qualification by Counter staff and/or Product Specialist, PMs are the final line of communication for large projects and advanced product information. They are trusted advisors to all customer types but have a strong affinity to become an extension of our CORE customers’ businesses and build on the strength of HLC’s relationship.

Requirements

Ability to size engineer lumber & product accurate documentation
Ability to read a plan and produce accurate material take-offs, in a timely fashion
Ability to think through problems using common sense and foresight
Comprehensive product knowledge & eagerness to continue learning
Exceptional customer service and communication skills
Strong listening and interpersonal skills
Good organizational skills, ability to multitask
Ability to create and grow relationships with customers internal/external
Motivated, flexible and innovative
Ability to promote teamwork within the organization
A competitive self-starter who manages time and activities with little day to day guidance or interaction from management
Work independently and resourcefully
Minimum high school education
Minimum 2-5 years’ experience in similar position

Nice To Haves

College or professional level education preferred

Responsibilities

Qualify bid customers by standards GM has developed and taught to ensure we are a good fit for their needs, allowing the team to focus on bids that we are best fit to serve.
Manage progress of all opportunities by reviewing the bid report (created by BDM every Friday) and deliver weekly updates to back BDM/GM.
Practice dashboard management ensuring all orders, credits, quotes, returns are moving forward.
Designated PM will assist GM with purchasing of LBM material in his absence.
Report timely and insightful 44’s to the BDM as directed.
Monitor 44 customers spending habits, trends to develop team approach to targeting accounts (Customer strat under development).
Prospect for new business. Review the builders report monthly deliver by the BDM. Discuss as a team (PM’s) any potential new accounts and how to target.
Develop department training with careful attention to new Product Specialists while keeping counter sales in the loop of weekly updates/changes.
Mentor Contractor Sales team, seeking opportunities to help them find ways to back up our efforts to target and maintain our BBY customer.
Back up the counter staff and product experts when they are short-handed or need guidance.
Create merchandising to target BBY and share with counter sales to implement.