Summary:

BFG Supply is an industry leader in wholesale greenhouse/nursery/lawn and garden distribution with 19 warehouses. We are looking for a positive, outgoing outside sales representative to help growers, retailers, and related businesses Utah and Idaho.

Based from your home office, with some travel required, our successful Sales Representative partners with their customers to understand their business needs and goals. The successful individual will also possess excellent organizational and communication skills with the ability to assist and market to their customers.

Essential Job Functions:

• Manage, develop, and grow your assigned sales territory.
• Build and develop on going relationships with your customers; understand and stay current on their needs.
• Develop BFG product knowledge in order to add value by finding matches of BFG goods and service that support the needs of your costumers.
• Function as a profitability consultant to your customers by offering suggestions to reduce costs and /or increase margin potential, growing space, etc.
• Help your customers keep up to date on territorial trends and market niches.
• Assist customers by keeping up to date on current and upcoming vendor programs and communicating this information to your customers.
• Improve your product knowledge by attending trials and meetings.
• Provide relevant sales support to the Marketing team.
• Excellent and effective follow-up contact with customers to ensure satisfaction and obtain late order business.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• Preferred: Industry Related; two or four year degree in: horticulture, business, sales
• Minimum high school graduation with five to seven years of related experience
• Strong customer service mentality.
• General knowledge of product line.
• Strong PC skills and ability to learn new software.
• Versatile interpersonal sales skills including: probing, supporting and closing.
• Excellent Communication skills.

Company Benefits:

• PTO
• Healthcare Insurance (Medical, Dental and Vision)
• 401K
• Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Account
• Employee Assistance Program