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Experience level: Mid-senior

Experience required: 3 Years

Education level: Bachelor’s degree

Job function: Sales

Industry: Chemicals

Total position: 1

Relocation assistance: No

Our client is seeking a Sales Estimator to join their team in the Sheboygan area. This position is responsible to expand the company's customer base and service existing house accounts. The candidate will also develop estimate proposals for the work to be performed. The ideal candidate will have strong sales experience.

Duties:

• Contact existing customers and new customers through cold calling, emails, texts, etc.
• Prepare mailers, update mailing lists, design and update marketing material.
• Take-offs (measure job site for square footage, determine proper methods to access the area, determine appropriate prep methods, determine correct coatings)
• Contact vendors for coating information and pricing
• Prepare estimates
• Prepare proposals
• Prepare job instructions for the crews
• Order coatings, aerial lifts, scaffolding and other materials/equipment for job completion
• Occasionally answer telephone
• Follow up after job completion

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree
• Cold-calling experience
• Estimating experience is highly preferred
• Mechanical aptitude
• Stable work history
• Ability to learn quickly- Company has paints and coatings that the employee will need to understand thorughoughly for estimating purposes
• Comfortable going into dirty industrial environments to meet with Maintenance Managers, Plant Managers, Facility Managers, etc.

Systems / Software Used

• Excel for estimating
• Word for proposals
• Maximizer for CRM

Hours are 6:00am - 3:30p (could be longer). Sales Estimator will be meeting each day with crews that go out.

Commission incentive of 8% of gross revenue!

This role is a blend of:

• Sales
• Estimating
• Account management

Account Management (sales to existing clients) will account for approximately 80% of time and cold-calling will be 20%.

The person needs to be able to build and maintain long-term customer relationships while also preparing estimates. 

Must-Haves

• Sales experience - not afraid of the phone
• Estimating experience is highly preferred but not required
• Stable work history / loyalty
• Mechanical aptitude
• Quick learner - will need to learn/understand paints and coatings to effectively estimate jobs
• Ok with dirty environments

Screening Questions: (You must answer this along with the professional summary of the application):

1.) Is candidate comfortable making cold calls? Please provide details (how much experience; product/service).

2.) Does candidate have experience with estimating? Where and what products/services?

3.) This role requires starting at 6:00am so they can meet with the crews prior to the day starting. Is the candidate comfortable with this?

4.) Does candidate have a strong mechanical aptitude?

5.) Please provide the link to candidate’s LinkedIn profile:

6.) What is the candidate’s highest level of education?

7.) What is the candidate’s desired total compensation? (Please specify base salary vs. commission/bonus expectation)

8.) Where is the candidate located? If candidate is not near the job location, please explain relocation plan in detail (e.g. timeline, relocating with family, selling/buying property)

9.) Is the candidate legally authorized to work in the US for any employer?

10.) Will the candidate now or in the future, require immigration sponsorship for work authorization (for example, H-1B status)?