Sales Specialist Construction
Job Summary
The Sales Specialist will drive new business and expansion in the Construction, Architecture, and Engineering sectors within Illinois and Wisconsin. This quota-carrying role involves managing the full sales cycle, from prospecting to contract negotiation, while collaborating with internal teams and partners. The position requires up to 30% travel and focuses on delivering value-based outcomes for customers.
Responsibilities
- Drive new business and expansion in assigned territory
- Manage full sales cycle from prospecting to closing
- Partner with channel teams to increase revenue
- Deliver accurate sales forecasting and pipeline management
- Negotiate high-level contracts and provide customer support
Required Skills
- 4+ years of relevant sales experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- SaaS sales experience
- Strong negotiation and advisory skills
- Ability to travel up to 30%
Job Details
Position Overview
- The Sales Specialist for the Illinois and Wisconsin based territory will be responsible for driving new business and expansion business in Construction, Architecture, Engineering and Owner accounts to meet/exceed financial and business objectives.
- This is a quota carrying role with compensation in the form of base salary and commission.
- Performance is measured by meeting or exceeding quarterly and annual targets by up-selling, add-on sale, and cross-selling collaboratively with our business partners in each account.
- This position reports to a Sales Manager and will work closely with Inside Sales, Product Specialists, Account Based Marketing, Channel Partners, Business Strategy and Customer Success Teams.
- Requires up to 30% Travel. This is a remote position.
Responsibilities
- Create new business by prospecting into and expanding existing accounts
- Manage renewals in accounts with a focus on expansion
- Create, maintain, and grow a healthy opportunity pipeline within accounts and use sound activity/call planning to drive week-over-week results
- Document and follow up in sales system using sales methodology, moving opportunities through proper opportunity stages to closed/won
- Ability to extract customer-required capabilities and positive business outcomes by translating customer challenges and opportunities into unique value
- Manage accounts through the entire sales process and post-sale coordination of customer success engagement to deliver positive customer outcomes
- Outside field sales position, physically at customer location for business development, prospecting, and specifications through contract negotiations, signing, and post-sales support
- Deliver an accurate weekly, monthly & quarterly forecast
- Partner collaboratively with channel partners to increase new revenue and expand current customers
- Negotiate deals and contracts at different levels within accounts, including executive and "C" level
- Be a Trusted Adviser for customers and identify win/win situations
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- Ability to travel up to 30% of the time within assigned territory
- 4+ years of relevant experience
- Previous SaaS sales experience preferred