Local Sales

The Suddath Companies • Houston, TX

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Identify, develop, and close new business opportunities that drive revenue growth across assigned local markets, warehouses, and site level operations. Build and maintain strong referral and customer relationships while maximizing local operational capacity, increasing account penetration, and uncovering cross sell and upsell opportunities. Serve as the primary sales representative for the local market, delivering profitable revenue growth through both self-generated business development efforts and strategic customer engagement.

Requirements

• Social and develop strong relationships with ease
• Ability and desire to uncover move opportunities on a daily basis, be the face of Suddath in the marketplace, and maintain high visibility in the community to establish self as the mover of choice
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong presentation skills and ability to write client proposals
• Customer service oriented
• Attention to detail imperative for survey and estimating accuracy for quoting customers
• Ability to relate well with a diverse range of people of varying backgrounds, ages and experiences
• Ability to prioritize and re-prioritize as situations and needs change throughout the work day
• Ability to organize workflow to manage daily responsibilities, meet deadlines and prioritize work
• Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills required
• Excellent attention to detail and follow-through
• Ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external customers
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and to work with minimum supervision
• Willing to adhere to policies and processes set forth by management
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as forms, contracts, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to draft routine reports.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience with social networking and utilizing a CRM database
• Ability to multi-task and organize workflow to manage daily responsibilities, meet deadlines and prioritize work

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university is preferred but not necessary
• Commercial moving industry experience is preferred

Responsibilities

• Own revenue opportunities within the assigned local market and territory.
• Drive warehouse, site level, and local market revenue growth through proactive prospecting, relationship management, and opportunity development.
• Build relationships with on-site decision makers, facility leaders, and local business stakeholders to generate new business opportunities.
• Identify and pursue upsell and cross-sell opportunities across the company's service offerings.
• Maximize utilization of local operational capacity by aligning sales efforts with available resources and market demand.
• Increase account penetration within existing customer relationships through regular engagement and solution-based selling.
• Partner with operations leadership to balance revenue generation objectives with service delivery capacity and customer satisfaction goals.
• Monitor local market trends, competitor activity, and customer needs to identify emerging revenue opportunities.
• Maintain visibility within the local business community and position the company as the preferred provider for relocation and related service solutions.
• Produce and distribute sales activity reports as required and respond to business needs within a timely manner.
• Accountable to monthly KPI goals, measuring successful sales activity
• Imperative to embrace and utilize the CRM platform, HubSpot, to ensure data is accurate on a daily basis, and to benefit from the sales tools available within the platform to improve closing ratios.
• Provide best-in-class customer service, work with integrity, and strive to develop excellent working relationships with fellow employees, vendors, partners and customers.

Benefits

• A competitive wage with a comprehensive benefits package, including a 401(k) plan with company matching
• Weekly pay for hourly-paid employees. Biweekly pay for salaried employees.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid company holidays
• A tuition reimbursement plan where employees are encouraged to continue their education and development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree