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Sales Development Representative

Sales Development Representative

Vanguard Cleaning Systems

Allentown, PA

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 1 hour ago

Job description

Vanguard Cleaning Systems® of Northeast PA, an independently owned and operated master franchise company, has an immediate opening for a talented Sales Development Representative to join our office.

The Sales Development Representative will focus on securing qualified appointments in partnership with the Vanguard Regional Office’s Outside Sales Representative team. The focus will be to gather key details about the needs of prospective accounts and to organize the information for the regional sales team. We are seeking a skilled individual with the ability to build rapport and establish long-term relationships with prospective accounts.

This is a great opportunity for someone with excellent persuasive verbal and listening skills looking for a flexible work schedule and who enjoys working in a challenging environment.

Essential Functions

  • Maintain a regular and reliable level of attendance and punctuality
  • Perform daily business to business prospective account contact calls to facility managers and executives charged with hiring janitorial teams. 
  • Record and track all prospective and existing account contact information utilizing the region’s CRM (Customer Relationship Management) Database
  • Perform consistent follow-up and follow-through with prospective and existing accounts
  • Proactively market through phone calls and targeted direct mailings to large prospective clients in our territory.
  • Collaborate with Management Team regularly
  • Collaborate with and support the Outside Sales Rep to achieve the team goal of securing new business. 

Desired Experience/Skills

  • 3+ years of experience in inside sales and/or business development.
  • Excellent verbal and communication skills
  • Strong listening skills and empathy
  • Basic computer skills
  • Strong work history. 

Sales Development Representative Benefits and Compensation Package
•    Health, dental, vision plans available
•    Matching 401k plan available
•    Paid holidays and PTO
•    Base Salary of $46,000 paid hourly plus uncapped commissions. Successful reps make $55k+

The available position is with an independently owned and operated Vanguard Cleaning Systems® Master Franchise. Vanguard Cleaning Systems, Inc. is not responsible for the content of any position listing by a Vanguard Cleaning Systems® Master Franchisee.

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