Sales Professional - Inside Sales

Job Responsibilities

• Holds self-accountable for prospecting a minimum of 1-2 hours each day.
• Obtains referrals from families served by the location.
• Networks and builds community and civic relationships.
• Explains and presents presentations to families served and referred families.
• Maintains and tracks activity levels to ensure productivity.

• Responds to client inquiries in a timely, respectful, sensitive and professional manner.
• Connects with families through listening, honest communication and genuine concern.
• Develops an understanding of each family’s unique needs and offers solutions that provide value to them.
• Stays in touch with families to ensure satisfaction.
• Prepares for all appointments and performs all procedures with professionalism and attention to detail.
• Follows through on all customer problems and requests.
• Builds trust-based relationships to earn the right to ask for referrals.
• Earns the right to gain referrals to offer protection to protect family members, and the family’s relatives and friends, by educating them on the benefits of pre-planning.

• Represents a continuous link from services provided at need, through aftercare, to providing services to protect families in the future.
• Collaborates and teams with funeral directors, location managers, and other members of funeral home and or cemetery staff, to provide seamless, high quality service.
• Thoroughly and completely reviews previous services and contacts with families to prepare to support current needs and or sales.
• Shares family concerns with rest of the SCI team.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 1-2 years of college or an equivalent of education and experience.

• High school equivalency and 1-2 years of college or an equivalent of education and experience.
• 1-2 years of customer service or sales industry experience preferred.

• Current state/province issued driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.
• Insurance license if required by state/province law and as prescribed by each state board.

• Must be able to pass the Company’s internal presentation certification within thirty days of hire.
• Ability to work a number of evenings and or weekends every month.
• Ability to drive frequently.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an insurance license if required by state/province.
• Flexible hours but, at times must have the ability to work up to 12 hours in a day.
• Ability to treat others with empathy and respect.
• Knowledge of computers and some software.
• Customer service skills.

$50,000 to $100,000 targeted compensation (with higher earnings potential based on exceptional performance).

Job Location:

US-TX - Richmond.