Outside Sales Professional - Richmond

ARAMARK Uniform and Career Apparel provides clothing and other wear for virtually every industry – such as manufacturing, transportation, construction, hospitality, public safety and healthcare. From designing and manufacturing to cleaning and delivering, ARAMARK works with individual clients on both a local and a national level to create the perfect image, while promoting teamwork and establishing professional identity.


 


Are you a sales “hunter”?  If so, this is a lucrative business opportunity you don’t want to miss. As an Outside Sales Associate you will have an assigned geographic territory where you will be responsible for executing a sales plan by prospecting new business, gathering information about customer needs, presenting ARAMARK Uniform Services solutions and closing the sale.  You will be provided with tools such as a company car, a laptop, and extensive training to help you succeed.  This position pays a competitive base salary plus uncapped commissions.



Required qualifications, skills and experience include: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; minimum 1-3 years business-to-business outside sales experience focused on new account generation, preferably selling a service; geographic sales territory experience using consultative selling approach; strong presentation and communication skills; prior classroom sales training; accustomed to being managed with weekly activity guidelines; proficiency in Microsoft office and contact-management software such as Goldmine, ACT, etc. The Sales Associate must travel locally in order to visit prospective customers, therefore must have a valid driver’s license.

 

Essential Functions include: Cold-calling, tele-prospecting, scheduling first time visits, conducting in-person prospecting calls, following-up with potential customers, qualifying leads, attaining new business and working with local sales and management team; assisting in measuring and installations of new accounts; working within the company policies and procedures