Outside Sales Representative - Intelligent Utility Solutions
About The Position
Ferguson has a unique opportunity to meaningfully contribute to a sustainable future for water. We provide products and services that encourage the adoption of sustainable and efficient solutions, aiming to address water issues in communities across North America. This is how we believe you can help Ferguson make a meaningful impact on present and future generations. We are seeking a dynamic and results-driven Outside Sales Associate to join our team, specializing in selling water meters and smart water solutions to municipal and commercial clients across our Idaho and Eastern Oregon territory. The ideal candidate will have a passion for building strong customer relationships, uncovering client needs, and driving sales growth in a competitive, technical market. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to sustainable water management by delivering innovative metering and smart water technology solutions tailored to our clients' needs. This is a field-based sales role supporting utility customers in providing innovative software solutions to monitoring and reporting their water system. This position can be based anywhere within the territory, candidates located in Idaho are preferred. A fuel card, auto allowance, travel and expense card, company cell phone & laptop will be provided.
Requirements
- 2+ years industry related sales experience is preferred
- Strong technical background and experience in water and / or wastewater industry preferred.
- A successful associate will be results oriented, self-motivated, able to complete tasks in a timely manner, build relationships and enjoy a team environment
- Excellent communication, time management and organizational skills
- Problem solving, leadership and listening skills
- General digital literacy
- Self-Motivator, ability to multi-task and learn quickly
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain relationships with vendors and an assigned customer base, while working with other branch associates to ensure happiness with our products and services, from the order to the delivery and beyond.
- Identifies and actively pursues new business opportunities to expand the current customer base by working with management in developing sales strategies and new account targeting.
- Perform various duties including product quotation and problem resolution.
- Analyzes competition in territory, devise sales strategy, and communicate sales strategy to management.
- Continually improve sales skills and product knowledge to promote a professional image in the field.
- Documents all sales activity performed in our internal Customer Relationship Management tool (Salesforce) for ongoing evaluation of the new business pipeline and measurement of sales closure results.
Benefits
- health, dental, vision, paid time off, life insurance and a 401(k) with a company match
- mental health coverage
- gender affirming and family building benefits
- paid parental leave
- associate discounts
- community involvement opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
