Outside Sales Rep Trainee
The Outside Sales Rep Trainee at Confidential Client is an entry-level sales role focused on developing foundational selling skills through a comprehensive 12-18 month training program. The position involves generating new leads, supporting account growth, learning product and industry knowledge, managing customer relationships, and collaborating with internal teams to ensure customer satisfaction and order accuracy. This role offers a structured path to build expertise in sales within the architectural glass and aluminum industry, with opportunities for professional growth and financial benefits.
About Careertakes
👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Sales.
Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.
What You’ll Do
Confidential Client is hiring an Outside Sales Rep Trainee (Sales Associate) in Rolesville, NC. This is an entry-level territory sales role with a structured 12–18 month training program to build selling, estimating, and account-management skills.
- Pay: $55,000–$65,000 per year
- Schedule: Monday–Friday
- Benefits begin on day one
- Bonus opportunities and sales incentives
Responsibilities
- Generate new leads and support growth within an assigned territory using proactive outreach and relationship-building.
- Learn operational workflows, product specifications, and fabrication processes relevant to the business.
- Build industry knowledge: product applications, glazing/estimating fundamentals, and project take-offs.
- Support pricing, quoting, and quote-to-order accuracy; prepare custom quotations for non-standard items.
- Collaborate with scheduling and production to meet customer expectations and delivery timelines.
- Handle or escalate product/service issues and follow through to resolution.
- Maintain accurate CRM records, reporting, and customer call documentation.
- Participate in ride-alongs, customer visits, introductory sales calls, presentations, and product demonstrations.
- Partner with Sales Managers and Operations Leaders during negotiations and deal closures.
- Provide market feedback on pricing, competition, and customer needs.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives and ongoing product training.
- Perform other duties and provide backup support as assigned.
Who You Are
You are motivated, coachable, and enjoy solving problems for customers. You want to build a sales career and are comfortable learning technical product and estimating concepts while developing customer-facing skills.
- Entry-level to 1–2 years of outside sales, estimating, or customer-facing experience (or recent college graduate looking to start a sales career)
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or related field preferred (or equivalent experience)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proven ability to multi-task, stay organized, and maintain attention to detail
- Proficient with Microsoft Office; experience using CRM tools to track activity and basic forecasting
- Basic understanding of pricing, margins, and quote-to-order processes
- Willingness to travel overnight within the assigned territory as required
- Excellent listening, interpersonal, conflict-management, and time-management skills
Training & Benefits
Confidential Client provides a comprehensive training program (12–18 months) with hands-on mentorship from senior sales and operations leaders. Benefits begin immediately and include health, dental, vision, life insurance, and short-/long-term disability. Confidential Client also offers retirement matching and wellness resources designed to support your financial and physical well-being.
Location & Employment Type
- Location: Rolesville, NC (territory-based travel required)
- Employment Type: Full-time (internship paths may be available depending on candidate background)
Keywords & Candidate Fit
This role is ideal for candidates searching for: outside sales trainee, sales associate entry-level, territory sales rep, outside sales Rolesville NC, and sales training program.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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