Senior Fire Life Safety Sales Executive

Summit Fire & Security•Concord, NC

About The Position

The Senior Fire Life Safety Sales Executive is responsible for supporting the Regional Sales Manager in driving sales growth, mentoring and onboarding new sales representatives, and ensuring the achievement of branch sales targets. Role involves active participation in sales activities, strategic account development, and providing ongoing coaching and support to the sales team to ensure consistent sales performance and customer satisfaction. Are you interested in working for the nation’s leading fire protection company and beginning a rewarding and satisfying career that helps save the lives of thousands each year? Do you want to be a part of a growing and expanding team of industry experts? If so, exploring career opportunities with Summit Fire & Security may be right for you! Summit Fire & Security, a subsidiary of SFP Holding, Inc. (Summit Companies), is a full-service provider for fire detection, suppression, and security with a full suite of capabilities that includes design, installation, testing, inspections, and maintenance. We serve customers across many verticals on a local, regional, and national scale. We’re proud of our well-deserved reputation for quality work that’s completed by our talented and experienced installation workforce. Summit Fire & Security is a dynamic organization with endless growth opportunities spanning over 70 locations in more than 20 states. Our company is consistently recognized for service excellence in the fire protection industry. Summit Fire & Security supports trade skills and workforce development by hosting Recognized Apprenticeships and on-the-job training (OJT) programs for new career-seekers. Many members of our leadership chair NFPA code compliance committees, serve on regional safety boards, and support technical education in local schools. Summit Fire & Security supports employees in their professional development by offering continued development, training, and education by encouraging NICET and other career-advancing certifications. We offer reimbursement for certain career development programs in addition to potential bonuses for specific certifications. We continually strive to be the Employer of Choice for highly motivated team members who want to succeed in a high-growth environment. We encourage initiative, independence, diversity, and personal career growth. Demonstrating the combination of experience, knowledge, and customer service is the key to our performance and helps us achieve our goal of providing the highest quality fire protection services possible to protect lives and property.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED, required.
5 years of related sales training and/or experience – at least 3 of those 5 years having specific fire life safety sales experience, preferred.
Must have the ability to effectively read, write and communicate in English with employees and customers.
Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
Experience with Microsoft Office, required.
Valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record required.
Reliable transportation, required.
Must be able to comply with SFS’s Drug and Alcohol policy and Background screening requirements, which may also include customer specific requirements based on contractual agreement

Nice To Haves

Associate’s or Bachelor’s in Business or related, preferred.
Sales experience related to facility services and maintenance contracts, preferred.
2 years reading electronic blueprints, preferred.
Experience with SalesForce, preferred.

Responsibilities

Pro-actively engage in making sales calls to new prospective customers to build the Inspection and Service business by adding new customers to existing portfolio. Examples include “door to door” cold calling, completing call blocks, creating vertical target list for territory assigned, and creating a sales plan to achieve assigned sales goals.
Pro-actively engage in making sales calls to current customers to build the Inspection and Service business by expanding our service offering to existing customers (upsell).
Remain informed of all conversion opportunities by turning construction installation customers into service customers.
Create and maintain a sufficient pipeline of activity that will ensure meeting sales plan/goals assigned by fully understanding that success is a byproduct of generating activity, which leads to sales.
Responsibly manage all sales activity within assigned salesforce account, or other sales tracking system, by recording both customer and prospect information with sufficient detail while also monitoring days that a proposal remains outstanding.
Follow up on all pending proposals in a timely manner to explain scope, answer questions, and convey the importance of the proposal with the intended goal to accelerate the award of the sale or further advance the opportunity through the sales cycle.
Understand company pricing approach to inspection sales using excel or company provided estimating tools. A full understanding and knowledge of contractual terms and conditions of ITM agreement important.
Represent the organization at industry meetings such as Building Owners Management Association (BOMA), customer visits, and customer entertainment which may occur outside normal business hours.
Remain abreast of potential market opportunities through sales calls, networking and other market related information including changes and/or updates to local fire code requirements.
Assist the Regional Sales Manager with assigned tasks to include but not limited to onboarding of new sales personnel, ongoing coaching, mentoring both virtually and in-person, and assistance with other specified projects.
Other duties may be assigned.