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Route Sales Manager-Detroit
All, Manufacturing
Detroit, MI
Location: Detroit, MI | Schedule: Full-time, on-site (mobile territory)
Overview
An established industrial hardware distributor that brings a fully stocked mobile store directly to customers across sectors such as transportation, aviation, facilities maintenance, aerospace, medical, military, marine, power generation, manufacturing, government, and heavy equipment. This role offers the opportunity to run an independent, mobile sales operation within a defined territory, delivering hands-on service and products directly to business customers.
What you'll do
- Develop new sales prospects through research, referrals, and outreach to businesses near existing customers
- Make face-to-face cold and warm sales calls
- Present products and services using sample boards, product demonstrations, and the mobile store
- Maintain the cleanliness, operation, marketing, and functionality of the mobile store vehicle
- Submit complete and accurate daily business reports detailing sales orders and prospect calls
- Maintain accurate customer contact information, including notes, names, phone numbers, and addresses, using company software
Required qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Must reside within the assigned territory
- Must be able to purchase or lease an approved mobile store vehicle
- Must maintain a clean driving history
- Must have the physical ability to kneel and bend to the floor on a regular basis
- Strong, stable work history with no job hopping; ideally a maximum of 3 companies over the past 10 years
- Excellent analytical, reasoning, and organizational skills
- Proficiency with databases, spreadsheets, email, and common business applications
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with a proven history of goal attainment
Preferred qualifications
- Outside industrial sales experience, especially in route or industrial sales, is preferred
Why this role
This position offers the independence of running your own mobile store while serving a wide variety of industries, with success driven by strong sales skills, reliability, and hands-on customer service.
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