Building Product Specialist
The Parksite Group
Portland, ME
The Building Products Specialist will focus on increasing sales within the NH/ME territory for building solutions. The specialist drives sales through strong relationships with specifiers and decisions makers. This creative, organized, and self-starting person will promote specialty products to builders, subcontractors, code officials and consultants in the commercial markets.
RESPONSIBILITIES (90% customer facing/virtual / 10% supplier facing/virtual):
- Develop marketing strategies that create downstream demand while expanding the customer base
- Identify, communicate, and manage growth opportunities (new dealer prospects, significant downstream prospects and new sales)
- Provide educational seminars, including product presentations to a variety of customers and market influencers
- Instruct field installations training, customer certification training, and provide jobsite observation reviews
- Record field activities and initiatives using company CRM platform
- Create and utilize annual business plan/road map to provide territory growth, increase market share and identify opportunities with greatest potential of closed sale
- Identify competitive products and understand their strengths/weaknesses
- Complete all required reporting within required time frame
- Meet monthly and annual sales volume goals
- Participation and successful completion of company provided certification + sales process trainings
- Organize sales events and participate in trade shows
- Active participation in local trade organizations
- Be active in corporate initiatives as requested
QUALIFICATIONS:
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Passion for sales and a desire to “close to sale”
- Strong customer service skills both in person and virtually
- Self-motivated and functions well independently as well as within in a team
- Ability to present to groups both large and small
- Ability to teach trade professionals proper installation techniques on job site
- Microsoft Office including hosting presentation
- Strong analytical skills, including the ability to identify and analyze key, market, customer, and competitive trends.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred or industry experience equivalent
Experience:
- 5+ years’ experience in customer facing sales
- Building products experience preferred
- Leadership experience
- Basic understanding of local building codes
- Understanding of building installation process
- Knowledge of construction supply chain and construction industry
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- In-market 85% of the time (customer facing)
- Occasional over-night travel required.
- Must react to short lead customer requests, Possible evenings, or weekend for customer events