Golf & Sports Turf Sales Representative

Description

United Ag & Turf is a John Deere Dealership with multiple locations across Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arkansas. United Ag & Turf serves customers in a variety of industries such as commercial, construction, agricultural, golf & sports turf as well as, consumers. United Ag & Turf strives for exceptional customer experience throughout all our locations and departments including parts, sales, service, and transportation.

Golf & Sports Turf Sales Representatives sells new and used golf and sports turf equipment to new and existing customers.

Essential Functions

The following are essential functions of this position:

• Represents the company for the sale of machinery to customers in a defined sales territory.
• Maintains current product knowledge on features and benefits of all equipment potentially saleable by the dealership.
• Monitors competitive activity/products and timely communicates to management.
• Maintains all customer information in assigned territory for sales management.
• Knows and follows a defined sales process.
• Assists with the preparation and execution of customer events.
• Conducts new equipment field demonstrations.
• Monitors trends in customer’s business activities and timely communicates to management.
• Maintains a current knowledge of basic lease and financing strategies to assist customers with securing the equipment needed to maintain their facility in the most efficient manner.
• Attends applicable sales training events/seminars.
• Maintain current knowledge of used equipment values and ability to evaluate properly. 

Physical Demands

This position requires minimal physical demands that are necessary to perform the essential functions of the position, including:

Talking and hearing. The employee is frequently required to stand, sit; walk, type, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

*Under the American with Disabilities Act, an employee must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without a reasonable accommodation, as well as possess the skills, experience, education, and other job-related requirements necessary for the position. If an employee has a disability, the company will engage in an interactive discussion with the employee to determine if reasonable accommodation that does not create an undue hardship for the company is available.*

Requirements

Required Education and Experience

• 1+ years’ experience in the golf & sports turf industry preferred
• Knowledge of specialty turf equipment and standard golf course operations is preferred 
• Ability to use standard desktop load applications such as Microsoft Office 
• Ability to work flexible hours
• Excellent customer relationship skills
• Ability to analyze and interpret basic sales reports
• College degree is preferred
• Excellent driving record and ability to pull a trailer