Territory Sales Manager (Seattle territory) - REMOTE

Company: Construction Specialties
Location: Lebanon
Posted on: January 25, 2023

Job Description:

Construction SpecialtiesOUR COMPANY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER THAT DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AGE, DISABILITY, VETERAN'S STATUS OR ANY OTHER CHARACTERISTIC PROTECTED BY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW

Construction Specialties, Inc. Founded in 1948, Construction Specialties (CS) is a specialty building products manufacturer. CS provides solutions to building challenges that architects, designers, building owners, facility managers, and contractors face every day. Since inventing the first extruded louver, CS has become a global leader in all our product categories. Our products are a part of some of the most iconic buildings around the world-from the world's tallest tower, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, to the Oculus at the World Trade Center Transit Hub in Manhattan. If you want to work in an inspiring atmosphere and collaborate with customers and colleagues to solve challenges, we're the right place for you. CS: Making Buildings Better This is a REMOTE position. We are hiring for the Seattle, WA territory. Candidates should live within the Seattle region. SCOPE OF POSITION: Responsible for growing sales by creating demand thru specifications & developing, strengthening and expanding relationships with architects, designer, GC's and subcontractors; plus engineers as necessary.

• Identifies , qualifies, project leads to build pipeline of opportunities in a territory.
• Creates specification volume that meets or exceeds territory sales targets. Represent the CS's core values of Creativity, Solution driven and Integrity and conduct oneself as a professional and knowledgeable resource that can be relied on for a successful and profitable completion. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, including but not necessarily limited to the following: --- Responsible for generating & increasing and improving CS basis of design specifications in assigned territory and tracking and closing them so as to drive incremental sales and margin. Annual goals are set by Director of North American Sales. The position serves a primary territory, but can support special target projects that are outside of territory that are deemed a strategic focus for CS. --- Responsible for early engagement of projects in design and tracking them in CRM from bidding to closure. --- Regularly identifies, qualifies & converts new project leads to CRM and into project tracking pipeline. --- Tracks a minimum of Top 20 promotional projects in design where we can influence the specifications in the coming 12 months; plus tracks a minimum of Top 20 bid/track/close project opportunities that we can bring to closure in the coming 12 months. --- Consistently uses CRM to capture accounts, contacts, and project tracking activities. --- Identifies and influences design choices with key influencers on projects to sell CS strengths and all CS solutions that satisfy customer needs; thereby creating multi-products specifications that differentiate CS. --- Leverages competitive selling advantages (CS strengths vs competitive weaknesses) throughout the selling process, thereby delivering CS solutions that are specified and converted to sales. --- Update architect specifications (created/rewritten/modified) to basis of design or better to expand specification annuity in the territory. --- Assist Architect & Design community create/rewrite/modify project specifications as needed --- Identify, establish, and grow coverage & relationships, in both current and future firms in the Architectural and Design community. Also will cultivate relationships with contractors and engineers on a project specific basis. --- Recommends product solutions and/or service enhancements to improve customer satisfaction and sales potential. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. --- Engages and utilizes CS team resources (such as Product Specialist) for the sale of our products within their territories/markets of responsibility. --- Familiarity with a variety of the installation concepts, practices and procedures. --- Ability to align CS value propositions & solutions with customer & project needs that differentiate CS from the rest of the market. --- Relies on extensive market & industry experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of complex tasks. --- Responsible for fostering relationship with all key influencers who would specify CS products; focuses on not just "A" architects but "B" & "C" firms as well. --- Plans, controls and follows all quotations, through customer order, for any project in which their involvement is directly related. --- Follows up on all quotations above minimum thresholds established with the manager for territory. --- Strategically identifies all subcontractor bidders on top opportunities by contacting general contractor; makes sure we are bidding all players. --- Follows up with general contractor on the subcontractor award --- Closes project with successful subcontractor and makes sure CS submittals are processed and approved for those target opportunities. --- Prepares and submits periodic reports on measurements of activities, sales volume, expenses, etc., for the General Sales Manager. --- Prices smaller types and quantities work to SC's as needed. --- Collaborates with Inside Sales Specialist on pricing and customer needs. --- Networks and develops relationships with top local GC's to understand preferred SC's in the market. PM21Qualifications KNOWLEDGE/ SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE/ EDUCATION: (Minimum Education and/or Experience required)
  • Associate degree or equivalent from a two-year College or technical school. Bachelor's degree preferred.
  • Ideally 5 years experience in construction, contracting or related industry
  • Read architectural blueprints
  • Strong appetite for applied learning
  • Building trusting relationships
  • High impact communications
  • Devising sales approaches & solutions
  • Results oriented - self motivated
  • Negotiation & presentation skills
  • Team player - motivated to achieve own objectives, but puts higher priority on team goals.
  • Computer literacy windows based (Excel, word & pptx)
  • Analytical capability - Advanced Math skills
  • Knowledge of the commercial construction process & architectural specification market, and how to work with contractors, estimating procedures, pricing PM21 Seattle, WA 98101
    
    PRIMARY LOCATION: US-NJ-LebanonTRAVEL: Yes, 50 % of the TimeEMPLOYEE TYPE: Full-Time Regular
    
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