Inside Sales Representative

Ignite Your Career At Builders Firstsource

Builders FirstSource, America's largest supplier of building materials, value-added components and building services to the professional market, invites you to build a career with unlimited horizons. We help make the dream of home ownership more achievable every day.

Position Summary

Assists customers and contractors by providing quotes and product information, both in person and over the phone, while maintaining the company standards of excellent customer service. They may handle special orders and advanced pricing. This position generates sales by gathering customer's product needs, design specifications and acts as the company liaison between the company and the customer.

What You'll Do

• Represents the company during the sales process by collecting customer product needs and design specifications over the phone or in person, and acting as liaison between purchasing, inside technical / design staff, production staff and customer.
• Responds to customer inquiries regarding product selection, placement of orders, requests for prices and quotations, complaints and scheduling of deliveries and installations, and providing customer follow-ups.
• Initiates telephone calls to customers to generate sales to achieve a projected sales goal.
• Actively engages in increasing knowledge of sales techniques and developing product and industry knowledge through attending company training programs and develops knowledge of residential, rural, industrial, and commercial construction.
• Generates sales opportunities through research on client needs, industry competition and learning the features and benefits of company products.
• Provides accurate and complete material take offs of single / multiple family home projects.
• Provides technical assistance to drafting and engineering as required.
• Analyzes and sizes various lumber products using appropriate software.
• Coordinates purchase and delivery of special products. Obtains information on pricing specifications, uses and availability.
• Codes and inputs customer orders, pricing information and additional data into the computer system.
• Creates accurate and complete invoices, work orders, and sales tickets.
• Maintains stock levels on the sales floor and in the stockroom.
• Operates and balances cash register daily.
• Research credits, returns, and late payments as needed.
• Works with outside sales representatives to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Understands and observes all safety procedures and practices to prevent injury to self or co-workers; attends periodic safety meetings as required; may recommend changes to improve safety procedures.

Minimum Requirements

What You Can Bring To The Team

Work Environment / Physical Activity

At BFS, we want you and your career to be greater than what you ever could have expected. Our supportive, people-first culture will build you up and empower you to do more, be more, and become better every day. Join us and see what's possible when you can rise to new challenges, learn new skills, and add to your career tool belt every day.

In addition to the base wage listed, this position is further eligible to receive commission compensation for earned commissions related to sales of eligible Company products and / or services subject to changes in plan design and documents and in accordance with applicable law. Commissions are based on a percentage of the transactions sold and subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Commission Agreement.

Builders FirstSource is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Builders FirstSource, please call (214) 765-3990.