Outside Sales Representative - Machining

Position Summary
Our client is looking for an Outside Sales Representative to grow their customer base, increase job volume, and help drive their growth. This is a hunter role at its core: you'll be prospecting, quoting, and closing new business, backed by strong internal support on pricing, job approval, and delivery.

Essential Duties

Sales & Business Development

  • Prospect and develop new accounts across target segments: independent repair shops, performance builders, fleet operators, dealerships, and industrial customers

  • Opportunity Qualification

  • Own the full sales cycle: outbound outreach, quoting, follow-up, and closing

  • Reactivate dormant accounts and grow revenue with existing customers

  • Objection handling

Account Management

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers at customer accounts

  • Track activity, follow-ups, and deal stages in our HubSpot (CRM), keeping customer touches logged promptly

  • Monitor open invoices and coordinate with the office on collections — commission is earned on collected accounts receivable, not invoice date

  • Customer communicaiton

Pipeline & Reporting

  • Maintain an active, well-documented pipeline with clear stages and expected close dates

  • Meet or exceed the standards set by the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Qualifications

Required

  • 2+ years of outside B2B sales or account management experience with a track record of closing new business

  • Hunter Mentality: Comfortable with Cold Outreach, Local business visits, industrial account development, referral generation, networking, strategic account targeting

  • Strong communicator, comfortable in shops, at counters, and in front of fleet managers and owners

  • Self-starter who can manage a territory independently and stay organized using a CRM: If not documented, it did not happen

  • Valid driver's license and reliable transportation for client visits

Preferred

  • Background in automotive, powertrain, heavy equipment, or industrial sales

  • Existing shop, dealer, or fleet relationships in the region

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