Outside Sales Representative

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
- or equivalent experience
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
- Willing to relocate
**Tasks**:

- Promote sales to existing clients
- Identify and solicit potential clients
- Assess client's needs and resources and recommend the appropriate goods or services
- Deliver sales presentations
- Prepare and administer sales contracts
- Utilize sales/marketing software packages
- Provide input into product design where goods or services must be tailored to suit client's needs
- Consult with clients after sale to provide ongoing support
- Resolve product and service related problems
- Read and interpret blueprints
- Establish and maintain contact with suppliers
- Prepare price quotations
- Read sketches and blueprints to calculate materials required
- Communicate with other workers to co-ordinate the preparation and completion of work assignments
**Type of product**:

- Building materials (other than lumber)
**Computer and technology knowledge**:

- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS Word
**Sales experience**:

- Construction materials, tools and equipment
**Security and safety**:

- Driver's validity licence check
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Valid driver's licence
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
**Personal suitability**:

- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
**Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
**Health benefits**:

- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
**Long term benefits**:

- Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP)
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Long-term care insurance
**Other benefits**:

- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Transportation provided by employer