Sales Representative

Base Pay Range

$50,000.00/yr - $/yr

We are looking for an outgoing, personable individual to join our company in the area of outside sales. You will be expected to learn our diverse product lines and become familiar with training techniques on products. Product areas include cleaning chemicals, cleaning supplies, food service disposables, and packaging. Our customers include school systems, hospitals, restaurants, professional offices, and other local businesses.

• Cold-calling
• Telemarketing
• Building rapport
• Handling objections
• Getting appointments
• Probing for needs
• Questioning
• Listening
• Making initial benefit statements
• Qualifying prospects

• Confirming needs
• Building rapport
• Identifying applications
• Highlighting features
• Communicating benefits
• Gaining agreement
• Handling objections
• Closing

• Creating proposals
• Presenting
• Positioning
• Handling objections

• Assuming the sales
• Handling objections
• Adjusting the close as appropriate

Previous experience in the jan/san industry or food service industry preferred. If no experience, eager and able to learn our wide variety of products and start at the bottom and work your way up. Inexperienced representatives will be required to train at our office in Lexington, Ky as needed.

• Complete required paperwork
• Attend sales meetings
• Work with manufacturer reps to increase product knowledge and skills
• Participate in training or trade shows as needed
• Access to reliable transportation to perform sales calls
• Perform sales calls to new and existing customers

• Lexington
• Bowling Green
• Pikeville
• Paducah
• Owensboro
• Louisville

• Excellent time-management skills
• Ability to learn new product and training skills
• Consult with customers regarding product needs
• Excellent organizational skills and multi-tasking ability
• Excellent computer skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Understanding of cost/profit calculations, budgets, and volume sales

• Be able to stoop, kneel, crouch
• Periodically lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk or hear, and sit.
• Possess normal vision with or without correction and able to distinguish color.
• Possess sufficient speech, writing and communication skills necessary to effectively carry out job functions and responsibilities.

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Baumann Paper Company is An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Sales and Business Development

• Wholesale