Becoming a Sales Representative (Building and Plumbing Supplies) in Queensland

About this role

Sales Representatives (Building and Plumbing Supplies) represent their company in selling builders' timber, and building and plumbing hardware and supplies to wholesale and retail establishments.

What you might do day-to-day in this job

Typical tasks for a Sales Representative (Building and Plumbing Supplies) include:

• promotes and sells their company's building and plumbing supplies
• acquires and updates knowledge of employer's and competitors' goods and services, and market conditions
• uses directories and other sources to compile lists of prospective business clients
• visits clients and retail outlets to establish selling opportunities
• quotes prices and credit terms, records orders and arranges deliveries
• follows up clients and ensures satisfaction with goods and services and resolves any problems
• monitors clients' changing needs and competitor activity and reports on these developments to sales and marketing management
• prepares sales reports
• maintains and submits records of business expenses incurred.