Product Specialist

_**Pride Marine Group is currently hiring an on-site Product Specialist for our Orillia location in Ontario. This is a SALES role.**_

**Who We Are**
For over 35 years, Pride Marine Group has been creating personalized watercraft experiences. We don’t just sell boats—we help bring customer’s visions for a life well lived to reality by connecting them to the vessel that will take them where they want to go and through our unparalleled service.

**What You Bring to the Role**
- Professionalism, tact, diplomacy, and sensitivity to portray the company in a positive manner
- Ability to maintain a high level of product and service knowledge
- Natural ability to speak and engage with customers

**What You’ll Do**
- Greet customers and discuss type, quality and quantity of boats required
- Successfully promote sales to existing clients
- Identify clients needs and assist them in purchasing of new/preowned product
- Follow proper sales and quoting processes
- Overcome objections of prospective customers
- Adapt communication style in order to deliver information effectively to a range of individuals
- Build and maintain ongoing awareness of new products and services, competitor activities, and other research
- Develop and build relationships with new clients and develop additional contacts within existing clients
- Handle customer complaints as they arise, escalating to the appropriate individual as deemed necessary
- Keep up-to-date records on sales calls, customer contacts, and details of meetings
- Work with Location Manager and Director of Sales to create and execute yearly sales plan
- All other duties as assigned

**What We’d Like From You**
- Experience in sales is considered an asset
- Pleasure Craft Operators Card required
- Valid driver's license required
- Able to work irregular hours including weekends during peak periods
- Regular travel to sales meetings and customer appointments outside of primary work location
- Occasional overtime required during peak season

**What's In It For You**
- Full benefits
- Unlimited earning potential through commissions earned
- Demo boat for shared employee use at each location

**We thank you for your interest in Pride Marine Group, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $75,000.00-$250,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Weekends as needed

Supplemental pay types:

- Commission pay

**Experience**:

- Customer service: 1 year (preferred)
- Inside sales: 1 year (preferred)
- Outside sales: 2 years (preferred)

Ability to Commute:

- Orillia, ON (required)

Work Location: In person