B2B Sales Consultant

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B2B Sales Consultant prospecting and closing small-to-medium business customers for Staples, an office-products retailer. Onboarding new accounts and expanding customer purchasing through consultative selling.

Responsibilities:

  • Hunt within a defined territory to prospect and win net new small to medium business customers
  • Ramp and onboard newly won accounts to expand the customer base
  • Drive prospect engagement remotely by phone, video, face to face, and digital tools
  • Set the required number of weekly appointments with appropriate decision makers
  • Discover prospects’ incremental and programmatic needs
  • Communicate Staples value propositions, capabilities, products, and assortments across all categories
  • Overcome objections and close sales
  • Use prescribed selling tools such as Priority List, Tenfold, and SFDC to prioritize activities, improve efficiency, and document customer engagement
  • Work with customer support, setup teams, and category specialists to progress deals to closed won
  • Implement and ramp wins while driving compliance to new account/program requirements
  • Support product selection and standardization based on prospect industry buying processes
  • Create accounts that continue purchasing from Staples
  • Integrate prospect feedback into the sales approach
  • Develop new-customer assortment and pricing
  • Communicate and work closely with Category Specialists and Support teams
  • Communicate with prospects daily in person and face to face in a professional manner

Requirements:

  • 1-3 years of successful sales experience or success as a Staples B2B Sales Associate
  • 3+ years experience in PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook
  • Bachelor’s Degree (preferred)
  • Knowledge of Customer Relationship Management tool (CRM) (preferred)
  • Industry knowledge (a plus)
  • Strong drive and a desire to win
  • Strong aversion to complacency
  • Proven ability to view rejection as a learning opportunity and double down on next best actions
  • Experience and proven track record of business development
  • Strong ability to develop and deliver presentations virtually and in person
  • Consultative selling, solutions selling, insight selling, negotiation and advanced client management skills
  • Ability to work with product category sales team members
  • Strong business, financial, operations and technology acumen
  • Ability to analyze business and industry trends to create tailored solutions for prospects based upon Staples value proposition
  • Ability to function independently with minimal daily supervision
  • Ability and motivation to find, develop, and close sales
  • Demonstrated work ethic, self-disciplined
  • Ability to succeed in a competitive selling or goal-oriented environment
  • Ability to be coached and to incorporate feedback
  • Professional appearance and demeanor
  • Strong organization and time management skills

Benefits:

  • Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups
  • Flexible PTO (22 days)
  • Holiday Schedule
  • Online and Retail Discounts
  • Company Match 401(k)
  • Physical and Mental Health Wellness programs