Outside Sales Consultant- CosmoProf- Winchester VA Charleston WV
Sally Beauty Supply
- Winchester, VA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Identify key accounts within territory and establish a route that will be most efficient to grow and develop existing customers while looking for new partnerships
- Demonstrate and assist customers in developing, planning, implementing, monitoring and tracking results of all in-salon promotions, programs and concepts. Determine customers' needs and offer products and services to meet those needs
- Communicate all sales initiatives through partnering with vendors including but not limited to achieving corporate sales goals on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis
- Acknowledge and respond to all email, text, and phone communication in a timely manner (24 Hours)
- Analyze your accounts to decide what brand support, education, and promotions are needed to grow within that salon
- Call on your customers in person in order to execute established sales goals
- Strictly comply with established procedures regarding the processing of returns including the pick-up of returns from the customer and completing the required documents. Timely completion of assignments and projects that may be assigned
- Work with all areas of business, customer service, accounts receivable, IT, and any other necessary business function provided entity
- Actively prospect for new customers through cold calling, social media, and other digital outlets
- Effectively manage all administrative aspects of the role in a timely manner- including but not limited to daily order entry and regular maintenance of customer information and activity for assigned territory in salesforce.com
- Attracting and retaining salon clientele by utilizing social media as a form of communication, promotion, education and product knowledge
- Conduct effective in-person and virtual product knowledge classes
- Communicate with the Manager regarding calls, visits, orders, status of sales progress, follow-up plans and any assistance needed
- Be a subject matter expert on utilizing digital platforms & social media to grow the business. Share your knowledge with peers in order to grow the teams' digital capabilities
- Attend all meetings, functions and events and maintain regular contact as established by the Company or Supervisor
- Must be available to attend shows, participate in the setup and dismantling of displays, booths, handling back stock as well as performing other physical activities that might be required
- Support all new initiatives with a growth mindset while also positively fostering change management throughout the team
- Grow Yourself
- 10% Exhibit a desire to learn and grow. Striving for continuous improvement while owning personal development and growing digital & social media techniques to generate new customers and foster existing business relationships
- Schedule and attend business development days (BDD) to increase product knowledge and develop professional vendor relationships
- Allocate and optimize time to participate in learning utilizing all available tools and resources
- Remain agile to changes in the market while building industry knowledge and intuition in order to react to a competitive market
- Actively work to increase own product, industry, and market knowledge
- Create an organized work environment and workflow to be able to most efficiently service your customers
- High school diploma or equivalent certification
- Minimum of (1) year demonstrated outside sales experience or beauty industry experience with emphasis on consultative selling
- Must live within the assigned territory
- Working knowledge of inventory control systems and visual merchandising is strongly preferred
- Excellent knowledge and experience using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and other social media platforms to build pipelines, books of business, and other business needs
- Excellent computer skills, knowledge of salesforce.com, Outlook, PDF Expert, and Oracle. Experience with iPad a plus
- Ability to build an online community and create social connections, including but not limited to, using search engines and other internet tools
- This position requires travel on a local level within the territory. It also requires attendance at shows, conventions, and educational events which may include overnight travel and/or some weekend nights
- Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and a safe manner
- Frequent and sometimes prolonged periods of driving are necessary for this role
- Committed to working scheduled hours and has the flexibility to work additional hours based on changing business needs
- Strong time management and organization skills and the ability to successfully manage multiple projects at once
- Ability to present a professional business image and interact positively with the public
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing, at all levels within and outside the organization