Retail Sales Representative – National Retails Atlanta, GA

Simpson Strong-Tie is a leader in engineered structural connectors, software, and solutions for the building industry. We maintain a reputation as a trusted manufacturer, partner, and corporate citizen committed to our customers and employees.

Our founder, Barc Simpson established 9 Principles of Business we live out as company values and have made Simpson Strong-Tie an inspiring place to work since 1956. Our team of talented people are dedicated to our shared mission: to provide solutions that help people design and build safer, stronger structures.

Learn about our company culture directly from our team.

YOU

As a Retail Sales Representative – National Retail, you will be responsible for building relationships and maintaining a positive retail experience with our National Retail customers.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING (% of Time)

Call on existing and potential National Retail customers at the store level to build and maintain relationships as well as increase sales by looking for and pursuing opportunities for growth. (50%)

Install and maintain appropriate marketing materials in all customer accounts, determine and secure suitable areas to cross merchandise, build and maintain displays and POP materials. Selling, cross-merchandising, building and maintaining displays/P.O.P. materials (30%)

Coordinate with management and other field sales personnel to ensure execution of territory projects, initiatives, and opportunities.  Track and analyze POS sales numbers to determine program/project effectiveness and make needed adjustments to maximize sales.  (10%)

Occasional installation of new store sets and existing store resets.  Perform in store product knowledge presentations for store associates and customers.  Log customer engagements in Salesforce and other similar administrative duties. (10%)

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

 If you can do everything listed above, you’ve got what it takes. Perhaps some of the following would be helpful too:

• Associate’s degree, or 1-2 years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Creative, hardworking, and positive attitude with some basic carpentry skills.
• Ability to safely use common construction tools such as, but not limited to, hammer, saw, and drill
• Must reside in the territory
• Good driving record
• Windows-based computer skills including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Self-starter with good organizational skills
• Ability to work well with people
• Good communication skills
• Some overnight travel
• Good product knowledge and/or construction related knowledge
• Ability to self-manage projects, tasks, travel/work schedule
• Reliability, punctuality, and teamwork
• Administrative duties such as expense and call reporting and others as required in a timely manner

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, see, talk, and hear. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 50 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This job operates in both a professional office environment, customer sites and outdoor construction job sites. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers/scanners, etc. The employee occasionally works around moving mechanical parts. Noise level may be loud at times.

TRAVEL REQUIRED

This job requires 50% domestic travel. Territory is the state of GA with some occasional travel required for internal / external meetings or other

WORK STATUS & LOCATION

This full-time, exempt position is located in Atlanta & surrounding areas.

RELOCATION

Relocation is not available for this position.

PAY

$53,700 - $65,300 / year  

REWARDS AT SIMPSON STRONG-TIE

We recognize and reward employees with a carefully designed and comprehensive rewards package, including competitive compensation, quarterly bonuses or commission and first-rate benefits. May exclude some positi