Sales Representative - Residential

Residential Sales Representative

We are looking for an experienced Residential Sales Representative for our Clifton Park, NY location.

The RSP fields calls from Customers and works to resolve problems they raise concerning service or billing and will actively identify and pursue new sales and customers on a daily basis. A successful RSP must understand the Waste Connections business, so they can resolve various types of customer issues.

Salary: $55,000 plus commission!

Responsibilities:

• Works in conjunction with other departments to resolve customer disputes.
• Demonstrates the ability to become proficient in the use of proprietary operational systems.
• Effectively communicates issues, needs and opportunities with customer service employees and other managers.
• Interviews customers and records interview information into the computer for customer service by performing the following duties.
• Talks with customers by phone or in person and receives orders for installation, turn on, discontinuance, or change in service.
• Solicits sales of new or additional services.
• Addresses complaints concerning billing or services rendered and complaints of service failures to designated departments for investigation.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and effective use of software applications. These systems should include at a minimum Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Communicates with customers in a manner that promotes goodwill.
• Interacts with customers and Waste Connections employees to determine service requirements, resolve problems or complaints, and seeks cost-effective, safe environmentally sound solutions to service issues.
• Promotes Waste Connections standard operating procedures, which assures efficient environmentally correct and safe workplace practices.
• Processes payments from customers and researches customer inquiries regarding their invoice.
• Updates customer account information for routing and billing purposes.

Ideal candidate will possess:

• at least one year of previous sales experience
• Degree from a 4 year college or university
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
• Solid Waste Industry Experience and or related field is also preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

We offer excellent benefits including: medical, dental, vision, flexible spending account, long term disability, life insurance, 401K retirement and unlimited opportunities to "Connect with Your Future".

Waste Connections is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability or protected veteran status.