Associate Business Development Representative

Location: Royal Palm Beach, FL - 264 6747 Belvedere Rd, Suite 113, West Palm Beach, Florida - 33413-1029
 

Pay: $20/hour

Work Hours: Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4:30pm

You want Benefits? You’ve got it! Our generous benefits package includes: 

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug coverage with Flexible Spending Accounts and Wellness Programs

• 401 (k) with generous company match

• 13 days of paid time off (PTO) & 8 Paid Holidays (NOTE: PTO increases with tenure!)

• 100% employer paid Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability Insurance

• Paid Parental Leave

• Fully Funded Tuition Education Programs

• Bonus Programs that include Employee Recognition and Referrals, Summer Madness, and Annual Performance

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Employee Discounts and much more!

What to Expect?
 

The Associate Business Development Representative provides excellent customer service over the phone, on the sales floor and while conducting sales calls in the field.  Maintains business relationships with current customers and develops new business by providing excellent customer service.
 

On a daily basis our Associate Business Development Representative:

• Conducts inside and outside sales.  Establishes relationships with customers by assisting them at the counter or over the phone.  

• Provides customer service to approximately 25 customers, understanding their business needs. 

• Secures orders from existing and potential customers by means of visiting the customer facility or contacting by phone.

• Determines customer requirements in order to recommend specific products and solutions.

• Reviews Pool Digest for product use by each customer’s account.  Utilizes CMS.

• Communicates pricing, product updates, deliveries and returns with appropriate departments (operations, credit, purchasing, etc.).

• Follows up with customers by notifying them of price increases, industry news and sales leads and handles complaints or situations that may arise involving pricing, deliver/shipping errors, returns and resolves these issues in a timely and satisfactory manner.

• Researches and studies the market to stay aware of competitive situations.  Gathers competitive information and other market information regularly while interacting cooperatively with the other members of the distribution team.

• Assists operations and purchasing departments with inventory control by timely communicating new business needs or reduced or lost business.

• Prepares reports of business transactions and keeps expense accounts.

• Travels within sales territory 25% of the time.

• Other duties as assigned.

What You Will Need:

• High school diploma.

• Two years inside/outside sales experience in a wholesale distribution environment preferred.

• Experience monitoring marketplace to identify business opportunities.

• Demonstrated success meeting sales goals and growing sales.

• Technical expertise and knowledge of company products.

• Ability to deliver superior customer service, demonstrating a desire to understand customers’ needs and is pleasant, courteous and professional.

• Takes initiative and goes beyond routine demands of the job.

• Demonstrated integrity and ethical standards.

• Team player who works productively with wide range of people.

• Ability to manage time effectively and adapts quickly to changing priorities.

• Excellent communication skills; self-motivated, self-starter, negotiator.

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to learn Prelude system.

• Ability to perform business math.

• Holds a valid driver’s license, a “satisfactory” driving record (no more than 2 violations within 3 years) and is willing to travel within a designated area.

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