Technical Sales Support Manager

Description: We are looking to hire a **Technical Sales Support Manager in the building trades**. ***Your background and experience should be in the construction trades \- with a concentration in installation***. The primary responsibility of the job is to develop and support sales and business growth with contractors, installers, retailers, architects, builders, or wholesale distributors in the **building materials industry** in the territory. This is a **REMOTE FIELD SALES POSITION with approximately three to four days of travel throughout the territory per week\- with some overnight.** The home base for the position is **ideally located in the Denver, CO metropolitan area and will** involve traveling in the sales territory consisting of the following states: Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona (as well as other states in the future as this additional territory develops). **Responsibilities:** * Drive, develop, promote, and grow sales of wedi products and systems throughout the territory * Develop and maintain solid working relationships with professional installers, contractors, retailers, specifiers, builders, wholesale distributors, and other key business influencers, * Retain current accounts and prospect new business opportunities, * Support professional installers with questions and assistance and offer educational training on installation sites and in workshops and classes, * Consult with retailers and wholesale distributors and offer training on product knowledge, product handling, and sales process, * Consult with wholesale distributors to improve product mix and local stock availability and turns, * Successfully launch and promote new and legacy products via hands\-on product demonstrations, presentations \& professional product displays, * Collaborate with our corporate resources and internal team in matters related to technical assistance, customer service, marketing, logistics, etc., to deliver exceptional standards of service to wedi customers, * Drive lead generation through job site visits, cold calls, prospecting etc., * Develop and successfully execute field sales action plans and campaigns, * Achieve and exceed targets, goals, and objectives, as established with Regional Sales Manager and regional team, * Represent the company as an industry leader through exceptional professional standards, and a “customer first” approach, * Attend assigned trade shows and host product demonstrations/workshops, * Identify and submit new product development potentials and opportunities from a technical viewpoint, * Other duties as assigned. Requirements: **Qualifications:** * **Must have a background and experience in sales (minimum 4 years) and/or 4 years of experience in the building materials industry, for example: tile, flooring, renovation, general contracting, etc,** * Ability to travel up to 4 days a week to service customers regionally and locally (which can be overnight), * Must be able to conduct product presentatio