Outside Sales Representative

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Dakota County Lumber is a second-generation family‑owned and operated business whose core focus is to do good work so people can do good. Our goal is to create opportunities for people and empower them to do good in their communities. This position is based out of our Plymouth location.

Our clients are Pro Deck Builders, Professional Contractors, Custom Home Builders, and Interior Designers with a focus on Project Managers, Purchasers, and Framing Contractors in the Twin Cities Metro area that value efficiency, understand the cost of doing business, have a small business mindset, and value quality products. If you have experience working with this type of client – or want experience working with them – this role will be a great fit.

At DCL, we are all working together to achieve the following:

• Be the go‑to Building Material Supplier and brand for every small builder in the Twin Cities metro area.
• Create cutting edge technology.
• Have a first‑of‑its‑kind partnership for philanthropy that can be scaled and replicated.

We believe you will love working at DCL if you fit into our company’s CORE VALUES:

• Be Proactive
• Take Ownership
• Do Whatever It Takes
• Leave It Better Than You Found It
• Have Total Integrity
• Be A Good Human

If the following things sound like something you get, want and have the capacity to do you’ll enjoy coming to work every day:

• Prospect/Secure New Customers
• Assist in AR Collections
• Own Customer Relationship/Maintenance (Complaints/Issues)
• Own Project Timeline
• Current Customer Growth
• Follow Sales Process (Take‑offs, quotes, product selections)

We train our team to help them succeed and everyone on our team helps with our success. In your role you’ll be accountable to hit the following numbers each week.

• Gross Profit %
• Trending Growth %
• Returns as a % of Sales
• AR Over 60 days %

If you want to come to work, learn and hit those numbers, you’ll be recognized and rewarded.

We provide an environment that challenges, motivates and rewards excellence. We offer training as well as a competitive salary and an excellent benefit package, which includes:

• Company Phone & Laptop
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Discretionary Performance bonuses including company vehicle

We are a company that runs on pure EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System). As a member of this team, you will have a leader who:

• Makes sure you have the necessary tools
• Acts with the greater good in mind
• Delegates appropriately
• Takes time to truly understand their role and how they can help the company
• Makes their expectations clear
• Communicates well
• Meets one on one with you quarterly or more often if needed
• Rewards and recognizes your performance

This is a 100% commission based job. We will provide an agreed upon based salary while training and growing your book of business. The base salary will flip to commission based once you sell past your base number.

Entry level

Full‑time

Sales and Business Development

Wholesale Building Materials

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