Outside Sales Representative
- Traveled within the San Fernando Valley, Ventura and Santa Barbara to meet prospects and customers
- Conducted calls and face-to-face meetings with customers daily
- Generated new and repeat sales by providing product information in a concise and timely manner
- Determined customer requirements and expectations to suggest specific products and solutions
- Suggested alternate products based on cost, availability or specifications
- Proactively recommend items needed by customers to increase customer satisfaction and improve transaction profitability
- Increased sales and average order size by means of cross-selling, up-selling, add-on sales, and product initiatives
- Contacted customers following sales to ensure on-going customer satisfaction and to resolve any pending issues or concerns
- Managed orders, communicating and following up with customers and provided account status updates including performance, recent account activities, challenges and other relevant topics as requested
- Identified new sales opportunities with accounts and provided new item information and pricing
- Attended outside sales meetings and took part in sales activities, as needed
- Maintained records of all sales leads and customer accounts in a CRM called Salesforce.