Sales Professional - Outside Sales

Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates. Working from home, presents at-need cemetery and pre-need arrangement services and products to consumers. Responsible for achieving monthly sales target. As a self-starter, develops relationships within the community to generate qualified leads. Follows up on leads generated from marketing campaigns to qualify lead and schedule sales appointments. Follow-up with client families for referrals by establishing professional relationships and service excellence.

• Responsible for attaining or exceeding monthly sales revenue quota.
• Applying sales skills, presents Dignity Memorial® Personal Planning Guide electronic power point presentations to consumers informing them of at-need cemetery and pre-need arrangement services and products.
• Influences consumer on the benefits of pre-planning for a soft close.
• Guides and tours prospective families through cemetery grounds or crematory mausoleums actively listening to needs, asking probing questions, and discussing options.
• Develops an understanding of each family’s unique needs and offers solutions to meet their needs.
• Provides service beyond expectations to form the foundation for future sales.
• Promotes the SCI Brand and service excellence.
• Following company processes and procedures, thoroughly and accurately completes contracts; follows up on outstanding documents and family questions.
• Provides and walks family through final contract.
• Addresses final questions.

• Self-initiates leads throughout the community, professional networks, civic, businesses, and organizations by building professional and reliable relationships.
• Prospects at least 50% of workday such as approaching families face-to-face during events, door knocking, or seminars.
• Maintains and tracks activity levels in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database to ensure productivity, often works nights and weekends.
• Obtains referrals from families served through after care visits (ACV).
• Schedules sales appointments.
• Based on qualifying lead, prepares marketing materials or cultural knowledge for appointments.

• Establishes and maintains professional and service oriented relationships with families by connecting with the family, resolving their concerns and needs, and meeting commitments.
• Connects with families through listening, honest communication and genuine concern.
• Supports families in time of grief with acts of kindness; attends services and/or receptions.
• Represents a continuous link from services provided at need, through aftercare, to providing services to protect families in future.

• Collaborates and builds professional working relationships with management and staff to provide high quality services and improve processes.
• Shares family concerns with rest of the SCI team.

• High school diploma or equivalent required college coursework preferred.
• License Funeral Directors License where required by state law.
• Life Insurance license where required by state law; company will support obtaining licensing.
• Current state/province issued driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.

• Sales experience preferred.
• Industry experience a plus.
• Previous Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems experience a plus.

• Computer and technology skills.
• Goal oriented self-starter.
• Public speaking ability; comfortable presenting to small groups.
• Ability to work well in a team, as well as independently.
• Ability to work a significant number of evenings and weekends.
• Bilingual is a plus.

$40,000 to $100,000 targeted compensation (with higher earnings potential based on exceptional performance)

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