Power Distributors, LLC seeks a sales professional that can sell our products and services to independent lawn & garden dealers, rental accounts, industrial, hardware and retail accounts in a defined territory that includes the greater Chicago, IL area.

As a Territory Sales and Service Manager, you will be responsible for contacting and developing sales leads, closing sales within a protected geographic territory. You will research markets, determine primary decision makers and make sales presentations to current and prospective customers.

All Territory Sales and Service Managers have sales goals measured on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis. Every month, an individual meeting is held with your Regional Manager (and other appropriate sales and marketing personnel) to review progress towards sales goals, new initiatives and sales campaigns.

Required Skills:

Must have prior experience in outside sales covering a multi county territory.

Mechanical background in tangible products (especially lawn and garden equipment)

Dealer development and management background

Ability and security to demonstrate outdoor power equipment

Prospecting – cold and warm leads

Written and verbal communication skills – the ability to articulate clearly

Computer literate using Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office and CRM (SalesLogix)

Good time management and organizational skills

Clean driving record and comfortable towing a trailer with demo products

Navigate vehicle safely in assigned territory on a daily basis.

Responsibilities:
Maintenance, servicing and growth of our valued current customers

Work with customer relationship management software in sales campaigns and on a daily basis

Interface daily with Inside Sales department on all prospective customers

Establish contact with sales prospects

Rapidly fill and maintain a lead pipeline for the sales prospecting

Fulfill expected customer contacts (appointments) at a rate of 6+ per day

Ideal Candidates will have:

5+ years of sales experience in lawn and garden or industry related field

Exemplary verbal skills and be a team player

Ability to be self-motivated, multi task, & work within deadlines

Proven record for lawn and garden, marine or small engine sales

Product Lines

Parts: Briggs & Stratton parts, engines and short blocks (including Murray), Blount International (Carlton Forestry and Oregon OEP), Optimol, NGK Spark Plugs, Champion Spark Plugs, Kenda Tires

Whole goods: Briggs & Stratton Portable Products (generators and pressure washers) and CORE Outdoor Power