Overview
Sales Representatives (Building and Plumbing Supplies) represent their company in selling builders' timber, and building and plumbing hardware and supplies to wholesale and retail establishments.
Day-to-day
- promotes and sells their company's building and plumbing supplies
- acquires and updates knowledge of employer's and competitors' goods and services, and market conditions
- uses directories and other sources to compile lists of prospective business clients
- visits clients and retail outlets to establish selling opportunities
- quotes prices and credit terms, records orders and arranges deliveries
- follows up clients and ensures satisfaction with goods and services and resolves any problems
- monitors clients' changing needs and competitor activity and reports on these developments to sales and marketing management
- prepares sales reports
- maintains and submits records of business expenses incurred.
Considerations
- Requires driving
To become a Sales Representative (Building and Plumbing Supplies)
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You can work as a Sales Representative (Building and Plumbing Supplies) without formal qualifications, however, a Vocational Education and Training (VET) course in business to business sales, carpentry and joinery, plumbing or another related field may be useful.
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