Job Title: Account Manager Trainee
Area of Interest: Plumbing, HVAC, Fire and Water Works, Irrigation
Location: San Antonio Annex - 78218
Hugh M. Cunningham Companies is a family-owned business established in 1947. Our associates are among the best in the industry! We have been hiring champions for over 75 years – people that share our passion for helping others. We pride ourselves on delivering high quality service and value to our clients. When you join our team, you can count on exceptional support, guidance, and encouragement from the top down!
Job Purpose: This is an important and exciting role responsible for growing our customer and manufacturer base, generating revenue, and building meaningful working partnerships. Must be able to travel to Dallas for training.
Job Duties and Responsibility:
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Serve as a knowledgeable research partner and provide expertise to prospective and existing customers
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Establish and maintain current customer and potential customer relationships.
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Coordinate and communicate effectively with Inside Sales Department, Outside sales team and internal departments to facilitate customers’ needs.
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Compile lists of perspective customers for use as sales leads.
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Travel throughout assigned territory to develop new business from existing customers and actively seek new sales opportunities from prospective customers.
- Display and demonstrate products and their features.
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Identify and resolve customer
- Participate in marketing events such as seminars and trade shows.
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Train with Inside Sales Team to learn procedures on the following: quoting products, outside sales support, placing orders, resolving issues that may arise, educate and provide recommendations on other product lines.
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Train with our Distribution Group to learn our logistics processes and procedures.
Skills/Qualification:
Excellent verbal and written communication, effective closing skills, motivation for sales, excellent organizational skills, strong work ethic, reliable and trustworthy.
Education and Experience:
Outside sales experience in related industry (2 to 5 years), preferred. Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Proficient in the use of technology (computer/ tablet). Familiar with mobile applications.
Along with great benefits, we also offer a fun and stable work environment, paid and ongoing training, room for advancement, competitive pay and SO MUCH MORE!
Hugh M. Cunningham offers a comprehensive benefits package including
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medical insurance
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dental insurance
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vision insurance
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401K
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life insurance
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short and long-term disability insurance
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vacation and sick leave.
Spanning over nine decades, Hugh M. Cunningham Companies has personified a sales agency for building products: mechanical, light industrial, waterworks, fire protection, turf, irrigation, HVAC, waterwell, agriculture and plumbing products. HMC represents the best manufacturers in the South Central United States: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Our founder, Hugh M. Cunningham, Sr. was responsible for establishing one of the first manufacturers' representative agencies west of the Mississippi, as well as numerous innovations that directly impacted the way manufacturers' representatives operate today. HMC employs over 180 people focused on one overriding goal: marketing, selling, and servicing our vendors, to our customers, in our territory.
Our headquarters are in Carrollton, Texas, and we have additional locations in San Antonio and Houston. We offer a fun and professional working environment focused on developing successful associates.
Hugh M. Cunningham Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.