JOB SUMMARY
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Job ID# Posted: Company: Location: Title: Type: Terms: Experience: Education: Base Pay: |
3505107806 January 28, 2010 Our Sunday Visitor Huntington, IN Outside Sales Representative Sales FT Employee 5-10 years Undergraduate Degree Unspecified |
JOB DETAILS
Job Summary:
This position is responsible for calling on schools and parishes and following through to close sales and meeting sales goals defined by Sales Manager, maintaining relationships with diocesan officials, maintaining and updating current database, keeping product update, managing and utilizing consultants effectively. This position is responsible for a territory consisting of schools and parishes located in the incumbent's assigned territory.
Essential Job Functions (*=Non-essential tasks):
- Incumbent will be working with customer service, marketing, sales departments along with other members of the management team on available services, supplies, prices and products
- Incumbent must be able to close a sale and be able to meet defined sales goals within a given time frame
- Is recommended that incumbent have vast knowledge of the Catholic catechetical field
- Incumbent will be working with Catholic churches and diocese that are current customers and potential new customers on a daily basis about available services, prices and products
- Incumbent is expected to vary use of computer and telephone calls with face-to-face visits to potential customers, with a strong emphasis on more personal visits
- Must prepare and submit on a weekly basis a report on sales activities
- Orders must be submitted and thoroughly prepared to the specifications set by order entry
- Travel to schools, parishes, sales show, etc...as needed and deemed by supervisor
* Other duties as assigned
Requirements:
Experience:
- Previous sales experience in an educational publishing environment and/or teaching experience of a minimum of two years is preferred or a minimum of five years of outside sales experience is required
- Previous computer experience with Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel is necessary
- Knowledge of the Catholic catechetical field is preferred
- Previous experience with various office equipments such as fax, calculator, etc.
Education:
- Bachelors degree in sales or related area is highly preferred
- Associates degree or high school education with minimum five years of sales experience is required
Skills and Abilities:
- Good organizational skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge of or experience with Catholic school and parish markets preferred
- Knowledge of the Catholic catechetical field is highly desired
- Must be willing to travel 70 to 80%
- Ability to meet daily goals and meet deadlines
- Daily customer calls and/or visits in the field
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
- Ability to set up a home office
- Be able to stand and sit at an exhibit for a period of six hours
- Ability to set up and take down an exhibit
- Evening and weekend work required periodically throughout the year
- Ability to travel to schools and parishes assigned to your territory along with participating in sales shows, etc.... as deemed necessary by your supervisor
- Knowledge of selling techniques and ability to close sales
- Self-starter
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