Luxury Residential Motorized Shade & Drapery Salesperson
If you are the person we're looking for….You'll be…. driven, self-motivated, successful, Your passion for residential interior design, coupled with an innate love for fabrics and colors, sets you apart. Your ability to connect with people effortlessly and your genuine desire to assist them in selecting the finest motorized shades and drapes for their living spaces make you indispensable.
As a salesperson with Lightworks, you excel in selling solutions. You understand the importance of learning clients' decor preferences and establishing strong relationships with both them and their interior designers. Your commitment to excellence extends to working collaboratively with your team to deliver unparalleled results. With an eye on exceeding $100,000 annually, you embrace challenges and continually seek growth opportunities.
You'll be pushed, asked to achieve great results, and taught about the latest in motorized shading and drape technology and fabric trends.
You'll only accept the best performance from yourself and the team around you, and you will be ready to take a long-term challenge to create success in both your life, and with Lightworks.
You will be inspired, passionate, motivated and above all ready to learn, SELL and push yourself to achieve more.
Oh and you cant be afraid of using a tape measure, and for you reading a window schedule is a synch.
What will you be doing?
- You will establish, cultivate, and maintain relationships with both residential and business customers including seeking out new and relevant revenue opportunities with builders, interior designers, property managers, and other residential business partners.
- Develop and implement sales and business strategies to generate leads and obtain new clients and opportunities.
- You will conduct basic site measures on existing window openings, conduct scaled take offs on window schedule plans for new builds using Bluebeam drawing program (training provided).
- Generate proposals in iPoint and basic layout drawings in Bluebeam.
- Actively engage in training sessions, new product launches, and other industry related events and shows.
- Stay informed of latest indoor and outdoor motorized shading drape and technologies and offerings from vendors and partners to maintain relevance in the marketplace.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with field personnel and customers.
- Meet with customers at each stage of the sales process to close the sale, answer questions and provide follow-up instruction and technical assistance for all aspects of our product and service offerings.
- Utilize and update our contact relationship management (CRM) tools.
- Monday - Friday Work Week 7am - 4pm.
As well as the above personal attributes you will also need to have........
- Interested in design, fabrics and a great eye for color.
- Must have sold motorized shades and drapery.
- Prior experience in a sales capacity selling into residential and/or commercial building projects.
- Able to work independently and self manage your time.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Clean background check. We offer security services and all employees are subject to a background check.
- Solid PC Skills.
- Reliable transportation. (work mileage reimbursement provided)
Compensation:
Base salary plus commission with no caps on earnings, and other incentives based on experience.
We’re proud of the professional, fun and exciting working atmosphere we’ve created at Lightworks and we believe it’s one of the best places to work in the residential electrical and technology industries.
Regardless of the role, everyone who works at Lightworks shares the following values:
1: Sweep the floors - Never be too big to do the small things that make a difference. Stay Grounded, Clean the job site after every visit. Everyone needs to contribute. Including the programmer.
2: If you stand still everyone will pass you buy - Look for ways to constantly improve. Test yourself, This is an ever-changing business. Strive to learn and master the next level.
3: Participate with purpose – Mastering your current role is just part of the equation for success. You can still be ineffective if you don’t know what you are trying to achieve as a team. It’s clear that winning teams are all on the same page and this helps form a team from a group of individuals. Understand the shared goals. Don’t be scared to ask.
4: Pass the Ball – Leaders create Leaders, Work on creating leaders throughout the ranks. Take responsibility. Who can you develop?
5: Create a Learning Environment – Leaders are Teachers. Lightworks wants hungry to learn team members who want to learn and develop their skills. However, it’s not your bosses sole responsibility to teach you. Lightworks actively encourages team members to share and mentor each other. Help others improve.
6: No Jerks – Lightworks wants to enhance the team but that doesn’t mean anyone will do. Lightworks is about team first and we look to find individuals who have the right character. You can develop talent; you cannot change character. No jerks ever.
7: Embrace Expectations – Setting personal goals and team targets is part of what drives improvement. Dream Big.
8: Preform Under Pressure – Success happens when preparation meets opportunity. Practice under pressure, know your stuff. Learning and doing lay the foundations for success. Do the work on and off the clock to make the difference.
9: Learn How to Make Decisions under Pressure - Decision making is a tough skill to learn and only develops over time but staying calm when the heat is on is a big step in the right direction. Know your options and back yourself. Do the extra preparation work to make the difference.
10: Know Thyself – The real competition is with yourself when it comes to developing as team member. Be honest about your progress, performance and effort levels if you want to become better. Ask yourself, could I do more? What could I change or do differently?
11: Be a good Ancestor – Plant trees you’ll never see. Speak often of the responsibility to protect and enhance the reputation of team for as long as you choose to wear the Lightworks shirt and to leave it in a better place for the team member who follows you. Its not about personal glory, its about the team. Participate for the name on the front of the shirt.
12: Write your Legacy – This is your time, regardless of what has gone before you there is still history to be made. Build your legacy.
