
Cement and Aggregate Sales Representative
- Troutville, VA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Promote a positive safety culture through leadership by example; performs all work activities following all relevant safety policies and procedures.
- Demonstrate the ability to inspire and develop, build unity and facilitate cooperation, provide solutions and deliver results and envision and implement change.
- Attain sales goals for territory volume, selling price, and market share for cement, aggregate and package product/masonry cement.
- Forecast customer and market demand.
- Resolve customer problems and concerns in a timely and effective manner.
- Collaborate to improve marketing, promotion, pricing, service, credit and logistics.
- Promote company brand and overall marketing strategies.
- Create demand and sell organization’s products to potential customers and prospects.
- Proactively recommend and implement actions to maintain our position in the market.
- Develop actions plans and create objectives and goals to meet company targets.
- Collaborate with customers as a supplier and strategic business partner.
- Support organization’s growth ambitions of its aggregate business.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred; minimum three years proven sales success required.
- Must have positive attitude, be a self-starter and possess good problem-solving skills.
- Must have a valid driver’s license and maintain and excellent driving record. Driving record must be acceptable to company insurance requirements; local knowledge of the region.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, negotiation and reasoning skills with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- General knowledge of construction materials industry. Specific knowledge of cement and aggregate a plus.
- Highly motivated, able to quickly build and maintain positive working relationships.
- Capability to learn and communicate cement product information.
- Good planning and time management skills; demonstrated self-starting behaviors.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
- Strong mathematical ability.
- Willingness to devote time necessary to accomplish strategic goals and objectives.
- Adaptable to change.
- Overnight travel required to attend sales meetings, trade conventions and to work with customers directly.