Job Description

Job Location Melrose Park - Corporate HQ - Melrose Park, IL 60160 Position Type Full Time Education Level 4 Year Degree Salary Range $50,000.00 - $150,000.00 Base+Commission/month Travel Percentage Road Warrior Job Category Sales

Interlake Mecalux is a leading company in the global warehousing systems market. Our always evolving and innovating team is constantly working very close with our customers to offer the best solution possible to fill their warehousing needs.

We are looking to hire an Industrial Sales Representative (outside sales) to join our sales team, working remotely from a home office in the Indianapolis, IN area. The Industrial Sales Representative is responsible for the sale of racking and static and dynamic storage solutions within Indiana, with most business being around the Indianapolis, IN area.

Major responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Manage relationships by continuously updating and training racking or material handling dealers, distributors, systems integrators, and end-users on our racking products and applications.
• Visit dealers, distributors, and end users in territory in order to strengthen existing relationships, follow up on leads and quotes, and close business.
• Conduct sales presentations, complete sales calls, manage sales order negotiations, and oversee the execution of sales orders
• Partner with internal technical resources to create quotes for customers.
• Partner with customers to develop long term relationships, generate additional sales, and guide problem resolution discussions.
• Develop monthly and weekly sales plans that include prospecting activities and forecasts.
• Ensure completion of customer projects through the coordination of engineering, manufacturing, installation, and customer service activities.
• Update daily the lead, quote, and order activity in company's CRM software, CIM. Keep CIM updated daily.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or Engineering is preferred.
• At least one year of experience working in the Material Handling Industry.
• At least one year of experience in Industrial Sales.
• Strong technical aptitude.
• Must live within one hour (driving) of Indianapolis, IN.
• Must have an excellent driving record and own a car with auto liability coverage limits of $100,000 per person, $300,000 per accident in bodily injury liability, and $100,000 per accident in property damage liability.
• Willingness for business travel in Indiana visiting customers 2-4 days per week.
• High degree of proficiency in MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)