Salon Outside Sales Representative
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Job Description
Salon Business Consultant growing salon sales for Cosmoprof Beauty across a Minnesota territory. Opening accounts, selling beauty products, and delivering product education through field sales and social media.
Responsibilities:
- Cover and grow an assigned salon sales territory around Owatonna, Worthington, Jackson, Faribault, Albert Lea, and New Prague, Minnesota
- Help salons grow overall sales and achieve assigned sales goals using manufacturer education and sales resources
- Open new customer accounts and sell approved beauty products, new products, and concepts
- Serve salons, barbers, spas, schools, and licensed beauty professionals through social media and other outlets
- Identify key accounts, establish efficient routes, develop existing customers, and find new partnerships
- Demonstrate and assist with in-salon promotions, programs, and concepts, including planning, implementation, monitoring, and results tracking
- Determine customer needs and recommend products and services
- Communicate sales initiatives with vendor partners and pursue monthly, quarterly, and annual corporate sales goals
- Respond to email, text, and phone communications within 24 hours
- Analyze accounts to determine needed brand support, education, and promotions
- Visit customers in person to execute sales goals
- Process and collect returns and complete required documentation
- Collaborate with customer service, accounts receivable, IT, and other business functions
- Prospect for new customers through cold calling, social media, and digital outlets
- Manage daily order entry and maintain customer information and activity in Salesforce.com
- Attract and retain salon clientele using social media for communication, promotion, education, and product knowledge
- Conduct in-person and virtual product knowledge classes
- Communicate with the Manager about calls, visits, orders, sales progress, follow-up plans, and assistance needed
- Share digital-platform and social-media expertise with peers
- Attend meetings, functions, events, shows, conventions, and educational events; set up and dismantle displays and booths and handle back stock
- Support new initiatives and change management
- Pursue continuous improvement, product knowledge, industry knowledge, and market knowledge
- Schedule and attend business development days
- Organize work environment and workflow to efficiently service customers
Requirements:
- High school diploma or equivalent certification
- Minimum of 1 year demonstrated outside sales experience or beauty industry experience emphasizing consultative selling
- Must live within the assigned territory
- Working knowledge of inventory control systems and visual merchandising strongly preferred
- Excellent knowledge and experience using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and other social media platforms
- Excellent computer skills and knowledge of Salesforce.com, Outlook, PDF Expert, and Oracle
- Ability to build an online community and create social connections using search engines and other internet tools
- Ability to travel locally within the territory
- Attendance at shows, conventions, and educational events, potentially involving overnight travel and weekend nights
- Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and a safe manner
- Frequent and sometimes prolonged driving required
- Must have a vehicle for traveling throughout the territory
- Commitment to scheduled hours and flexibility to work additional hours based on business needs
- Strong time management and organization skills; ability to manage multiple projects
- Ability to present a professional business image and interact positively with the public
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively orally and in writing
- Ability to perform physical activities including sitting, driving, standing, walking, bending, twisting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, squatting, and reaching
- Ability to lift up to 25 lbs
Benefits:
- Uncapped Commission
- Vehicle reimbursement plan
- Full benefits
- Manufacturer education and sales resources
- Business development days to increase product knowledge and develop professional vendor relationships
- Learning utilizing all available tools and resources

















