Outside Sales Representative - Rockford, IL

Rugby Architectural Building Products is a wholesale distributor of specialty building products, operating out of 26 branches throughout the United States. Our primary business is non-structural architectural grade building products sold principally to customers who create and produce end-products for the commercial, industrial, retail, residential and institutional markets. (In New Century, KS, Lebanon, TN, and Rockford, IL – we do business as: Olathe Millwork, Warren Brothers, River City Millwork respectfully.) Position: We are growing! We are looking for an Outside Sales Representative, responsible for growing business and selling our product line in a specific territory. Your Day-to-Day: to excel in this role, you will need to... * Manage and grow current customer revenue in the region through best-in-class customer service. * Accountable for sales and service throughout the territory. * Prospect new customers * Communicate the market needs with the branch to better ensure optimized product mix and identify future opportunities. * Communicate with inside sales staff to ensure a coordinated and synchronized sales effort. Our Outside Sales Representatives lead the conversation and develop our business through sales growth and customer service. * Accompany vendors’ sales representatives as needed, calling on appropriate customer accounts to satisfy vendor concerns. Should You Apply? If you’ve got all the below skills, drop what you’re doing right now and reach out. If you’ve got some of these skills, we still want to hear from you! * Interest in working for a company that values hard work and loyalty. * You are competitive with a drive to win! * You have a minimum of 6-10 years sales experience, ideally in an outside sales or territory sales representative role, and ideally in the construction sales industry or building materials industry. * You have knowledge of millwork and understand 2-step distribution. * You can travel as needed throughout the territory. * You have excellent customer service skills, with knowledge of DMSi Agility software a plus. * As you will be driving a company vehicle, we consider this a Safety Sensitive position, subject to routine drug screening. At Rugby, our goal is to lead the industry! We will accomplish this goal by creating an environment where each team member is challenged to achieve their personal best using their talent, together building a community based on our values of Fairness, Commitment to Excellence, and maintaining Rugby as a Performance Meritocracy.