Outside Sales / Account Manager - Detroit

Weekes Forest Products is a 100% Employee-Owned company and a leading distributor of specialty building materials. The Outside Sales / Account Manager will support sales operations, build relationships with customers, and manage various tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

• Support the daily sales operations of a building materials distribution center
• Work with customers and co-workers to build solid relationships based on trust and competence
• Able to handle detailed work quickly and correctly
• Support a fast-paced environment with multiple projects going on simultaneously
• Utilize the DMSi software Agility, for order entry, purchasing entry and customer information
• Develop and maintain product knowledge through training and ongoing learning
• Follow up all quotes and handle customer service claims in a timely manner
• Able to understand customers’ individual needs and goals is essential; build long-term relationships
• Able to initiate projects and processes beyond established practices when directed
• Identify and maintain customer opportunities, develop strategies for closing those opportunities
• This position has a variety of tasks and is dynamic and changing

Requirements:

• 3 years' experience in sales and/or marketing with an emphasis on territory management
• High School Diploma
• Clean driving record for the past 5 years
• 1-2 years working in the building materials industry or a similar industry preferred