Commercial Account Manager- Halifax

Job Title

Commercial Account Manager
- Halifax

Position Overview
- Shaw Contract is a global design leader in commercial flooring for some of the world’s most creative and innovative environments. Our vast, sustainable product offerings can be found in diverse markets such as workplace, healthcare, hospitality, education, and multi-family dwellings; supporting the spaces in which we work, learn, live, play and heal.
- Commercial Account Manager with specific responsibilities to include daily sales calls on existing customers in Montreal. Must present products to architects, designers, end users and other users. New end use business development skills are preferred. Additionally, he or she must continually prospect for viable new accounts while developing a key awareness of what is happening in Halifax.
- Responsibilities:
- Characteristics to include honesty, integrity, hard work, enthusiasm, and motivation.-
- Work with architects, designers, flooring contractors, end users, contractors, etc. to select appropriate products for their projects that fit within their design criteria, budget, and time frame.-
- Travel daily throughout assigned area to call on existing customers and prospect new customers to solicit business.-
- Manage project from inception to completion including identifying opportunity, product selection, specification, order placement, order tracking, delivery coordination, installation oversight, punch walk/ claim coordination (if necessary), and communication of maintenance program.-
- Must be motivated and comfortable working and supporting a closely knit team environment.Follow up on a variety of leads from sources such as Dodge, and other networking groups.-
- Build relationships with existing and new customers by entertaining such as lunches, dinners, or special events.- Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree or Cégep
- Preferred:

- 2 years of prior sales experience
- Experience in commercial interiors or commercial finishes

Required Competencies:
- Build Trusting Relationships-
- Influence Others-
- Execute Action Plan-
- Build Customer Satisfaction-
- Initiate Action-
- Adapt and ChangeAlthough our highly distributed workforce can be found around the globe, Shaw Contract is based out of Cartersville, Georgia in our new highly sustainable, world-class Create Centre facility. This facility is home to product development and marketing for our commercial division, demonstrating our commitment to hiring the best talent. We hire humble, collaborative and ambitious people and give them endless opportunities to grow and succeed. Shaw Contract is the commercial design brand for Shaw Industries Group, Inc., a vertically integrated manufacturer that supplies carpet, hardwood, laminate, resilient, tile & stone flooring products and synthetic turf to residential and commercial markets globally. Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, and with manufacturing in the United States, Mexico, Scotland and China, Shaw is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. with nearly $6 billion in annual sales and 23,000 associates worldwide.

Work Shift

Canadian Regular Shift

Shaw Industries is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.