Patcraft Account Manager - Salt Lake City, UT - Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
Salt Lake City, UT
About the Job
Job Title
Patcraft Account Manager - Salt Lake City, UTPosition Overview
Driven by imagination, intention and purpose, Patcraft creates high-performance flooring solutions for every market sector. For more than 75 years, we have worked alongside our customers to best understand how flooring will support the way people learn, work, heal and connect within a space. Knowing that flooring plays an integral role in the built environment, we think big and with keen attention to the trends and innovation happening in design every day. As a leading soft and hard surface commercial brand, we hold ourselves to the highest standards delivering quality products that transform space and human experience.
As a Patcraft Account Manager you will cover all commercial market segments and channels. Specific responsibilities include daily sales calls on existing customers. Must present products to architects, designers, end users and other users. New end use business development skills are preferred. Additionally, he or she must continually prospect for viable new accounts while developing a key awareness of what is happening within the Salt Lake City market.
Responsibilities:
Characteristics to include honesty, integrity, hard work, enthusiasm and motivation.
Work with architects, designers, flooring contractors, end users, contractors, etc. to select appropriate products for their projects that fit within their design criteria, budget and time frame.
Travel daily throughout assigned area to call on existing customers and prospect new customers to solicit business.
Manage project from inception to completion including identifying opportunity, product selection, specification, order placement, order tracking, delivery coordination, installation oversight, punch walk/ claim coordination(if necessary), and communication of maintenance program.
Must be motivated and comfortable working and supporting a closely knit team environment.
Must be able and competent to work with and manage customer base thru CRM (Customer Relationship Management) tool such as Salesforce.com.
Follow up on a variety of leads from sources such as Dodge, CoStar, networking groups
Build relationships with existing and new customers by entertaining such as lunches, dinners or special events.
Account Managers must implement the selling process in his/her area; they must have the ability to make good judgment decisions. A full understanding of the product line is essential. Furthermore, an understanding of the application that each product serves is critical. The ability tointerface/communicatewith a diverse group of customers in a friendly and respectable manner is a must. The ideal candidate will possess a flexible personality and be able to communicate clearly to other persons, both orally and in written form. Account Managers must give presentations to architects, designers, and end-users to educate them on the flooring industry and how Patcraft can benefit them on their projects.
Required Competencies:
Build Trusting Relationships
Influence Others
Execute Action Plan
Build Customer Satisfaction
Initiate Action
Adapt and Change
Requirements:
High School Diploma/GED and previous floor covering sales experience required.
If no bachelor's degree, minimum 5 years previous industry sales experience required.
Preferred:
Bachelor's degree
Living in Salt Lake City, UT
Commercial flooring experience preferred
Work Shift
8 Hr non-rotating shift, Hrs fall to in punch day, Observed Calendar, shift starts AMShaw Industries is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.