Chicago Area Sales Representative

Overview

Chicago Area Sales Representative role at Dinges Fire Company. The position involves planning and carrying out all sales activities on assigned accounts or areas, ensuring customer satisfaction and managing quality of product and service delivery. Develop relationships with Fire and EMT decision-makers in the designated territory. Dinges Fire team members pride themselves on building a 'Help First' relationship with departments to make their jobs easier, safer and more comfortable.

• Prepare sales action plans and strategies
• Schedule sales activity
• Make sales calls to new and existing customers
• Develop and present company products and services to current and potential clients
• Negotiate with clients
• Develop sales proposals
• Respond to sales inquiries and concerns by phone, electronically or in person
• Ensure customer service satisfaction and maintain good client relationships
• Follow up on sales activity
• Monitor and report on sales activities and follow up for management
• Participate in sales events and training

• Knowledge of fire service equipment and tools
• Knowledge of basic computer applications
• Knowledge of customer service principles
• Knowledge of basic business principles

• Planning and strategizing
• Adaptability
• Verbal and written communication
• Negotiation skills
• Resilience and tenacity
• Goal driven

• All salespersons are 1099 independent contractors. Pay is comprised entirely of commissions with unlimited potential. Earn approximately 40% of the gross profit on each sale.
• The opportunity to work full-time using the sales position as a primary income source or part-time as a second income. Many salespersons are also firefighters, which provides knowledge beneficial to the products and services offered.
• Representatives own the sales in their territory. Territory ownership aligns business value with sales growth.

Location:

West Chicago, IL