Outside Sales- Material Handling

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Job description

Overview:

Come work for the largest equipment dealer in the Midwest! Are you a hardworking individual that thrives in a fast-paced environment and looking to take your career to the next level? If so, then come join our award winning team!

We provide our employees with the following tools and resources to be successful:

Training

Outstanding benefits package (BCBS PPO, Delta Dental and EyeMed Vision, plus much more!)

401(k) with match

Competitive wages

Company laptop

Paid time off

10 paid holidays

Work schedule: M-F, day shift

Responsibilities:
Our Material Handling group is seeking a full-time account manager reporting to our Bolingbrook, IL location. The responsibilities of the position consist of, but are not limited to:

Account/territory management, financial merchandising and prospect for new business

Create and execute a plan to generate and maintain sales of capital material handling equipment to industrial customers

Meet quota objectives provided by sales management

Ability to use effective time and territory management skills

Personal visits to customer's applications to identify opportunities

Effective use of direct mail, phone and electronic media to communicate with prospects and customers

Must be able to develop and present written proposals to solve customers' needs

Effectively present at the customers' location in front of a group and show the benefits of your products and services

Actively participate in the use and expansion of the companies CRM program

Execute planned sales calls

Participate in sales training and use tools provided to educate on your own various products and services offered by the company

Review open proposals with sales management and request management participation in customer sales calls when necessary

Turn in complete orders to sales administration and review orders for accuracy

Ability to demonstrate products at the customer's location

Coordinate with all departments sales strategies that exceed customers' expectations

Offer customized financing packages to meet each customer's unique requirements

Incorporates Alta's Guiding Principles into daily activities

Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications:
Desired Skills and Qualifications:Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

2 years of business-to-business sales experience

Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills

Fast paced, high energy individual with an aggressive sales style

Must have valid driver's license, clean driving record and automobile insurance

Computer programs - Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook

Language Skills - Intermediate: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills - Intermediate: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability - High: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instruction furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands/Work Environment:Physical/Sensory Functions: Regularly will use hands, talk/hear; Frequently will sit; Occasionally will stand, walk, reach with hands and arms,, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, taste/smell

Vision: No special vision requirements

Lift and/or Move Functions: Frequently will lift up to 25 pounds; Occasionally will lift 26 to 50 pounds

Work Environment: Occasionally will work near moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles

Other Opportunities at Alta: Please visit our careers page at to view other openings that may be of interest to you!Job seekers only

Recruiting/staffing firms - please do not contact the company about this posting

We are an equal opportunity employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to gender, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other protected class.

About Alta::
Culture is Job #1. Alta Equipment Company prides itself in the 3 P's of business: People, Process and Product. By investing in the best people and creating a "one team" approach, Alta Equipment Company earns customers for life.

If you have a passion for excellence and are ready to make a difference within our organization, we're ready for you. Whether it's selling the world's-best big iron, rolling up your sleeves and servicing our industry-leading construction and material handling product brands or being a difference maker behind the scenes, we can use your skillset.

At Alta Equipment Company, we believe in mutual respect and are committed to diversity while inspiring our employees to reach their maximum potential. Voted a "Top Work Place" by the Detroit Free Press, our 900 employees in Michigan, Illinois and Northern Indiana are committed to excellence. It's the Alta way.

So, let's start the conversation. Click the link to apply and begin the journey of a lifetime.

What We Look For::
At Alta Equipment Company, we are looking for candidates who are a cultural fit with our organization and understand that every task and job goes toward fostering customers for life. Along with that, a great attitude that embraces mutual respect and delivering a consistent high energy level that exudes a passion for excellence. Also, we are searching for a skill set that has a high aptitude for the position with a continual focus on investing in one's profession through additional training and learning

Other Opportunities at Alta:
Please visit our careers page at to view other openings that may be of interest to you! We are an equal opportunity employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to gender, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other protected class.