Sales Professional - Outside Sales

Job Description

Job Description

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead Generation

• Consistently networks and builds relationships to generate recommendations for gaining referrals for both at-need cemetery arrangements and pre-need arrangements using company tools, processes, and standards
• Holds self accountable for prospecting a minimum of 4 hours every day (if working 8 hours), such as approaching families face-to-face during events, door knocking, or group seminars
• Obtains referrals from families served by the location by following up through visits with families after the service
• Networks and builds community and civic relationships
• Explains and presents Dignity Memorial® Personal Planning Guide presentations to families served and referred families
• Maintains and tracks activity levels to ensure productivity
• Remains flexible with schedule to achieve results; often works nights and weekends

Build Relationships with Families

• Establishes and maintains strong business relationships with families by connecting with the family, relating to them, resolving their concerns and needs, and committing to follow through
• Responds to client inquiries in a timely, respectful, sensitive, and professional manner
• Supports families in times of grief with acts of kindness
• Connects with families through listening, honest communication, and genuine concern
• Develops an understanding of each family’s unique needs and offers solutions that provide value to them
• Stays in touch with families to ensure satisfaction
• Prepares for all appointments and performs all procedures with professionalism and attention to detail
• Provides service beyond expectations to ensure satisfaction and to form the foundation for future sales based on long-term relationships
• Builds trust-based relationships to earn the right to ask for referrals
• Earns the right to gain referrals to offer protection to protect family members, and the family’s relatives and friends, by educating them on the benefits of pre-planning

Teamwork

• Consistently builds relationships and works cooperatively with the Funeral Director and other funeral home and/or cemetery staff
• Collaborates and teams with funeral directors, location managers, and other members of the funeral home and or cemetery staff, to provide seamless, high-quality service
• Represents a continuous link from services provided at need, through aftercare, to providing services to protect families in the future
• Thoroughly and completely reviews previous services and contacts with families to prepare to support current needs and or sales
• Acts as one team, setting arrangement continuation visits within two to three days after the service
• Shares family concerns with the rest of the SCI team

MINIMUM Requirements

Education

• High school education or equivalent
• 1-2 years of college or equivalent experience

License

• Current state/province-issued driver’s license with an acceptable driving record
• In states/provinces where required, must hold a Funeral Directors License to perform this role

Experience

• Sales experience or one to two years industry experience, or equivalent education
• Previous experience with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems is a plus

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Basic computer and technology skills within a sales environment
• Ability to work well in a team, as well as independently
• Ability to work beyond “standard” hours as the need arises
• Good driving record
• Good work ethic
• High level of integrity
• Creative, outgoing, and energetic
• Comfortable presenting in front of others
• Desire to help others
• Bilingual, knowledge of another language is a plus

Compensation:

$50,000 to $100,000 targeted compensation (with higher earnings potential based on exceptional performance)

Benefits:

Medical*Dental*Vision*Flexible Spending Accounts (health care and dependent care)*Health Savings Account with Company Contribution*Sick Leave*Short-Term Disability*Long-Term Disability*Life Insurance*Voluntary Accidental Death or Dismemberment Insurance*Dependent Life Insurance*SCI 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company match*Employee Assistance Program

#SCI

Company DescriptionWho we are. What we do.

We’re more than North America’s largest provider of funeral, cremation and cemetery services. We are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons and daughters who are devoted to the communities where we live and work. We are more than 20,000 dedicated individuals who provide caring assistance to families in need, honor veterans and public servants and deliver lifesaving programs to help keep children and seniors safe.

We operate under the umbrella of the Dignity Memorial network of 1,800 funeral homes and cemeteries. Dignity Memorial providers care for more than 300,000 families each year and understand the importance of thoughtful, personalized arrangements. We believe creating meaningful ways to pay tribute to a loved one begins with compassion and is shaped by the understanding that each life is truly unique. For us, there is no greater responsibility than honoring and preserving the story of one’s life.

SCI offers advanced on-line training resources, career advancement opportunities in the largest organization in the industry, attractive benefits, and a wonderful community to serve with plenty of culture and personality. For additional information regarding our company, please visit our corporate site at www.sci-corp.com.

CI” refers to Service Corporation International and its affiliates.

SCI Shared Resources, LLC is committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process.

On request, we will seek to provide appropriate accessibility options to all applicants with disabilities.

Company Description

Who we are. What we do.\r\n\r\nWe’re more than North America’s largest provider of funeral, cremation and cemetery services. We are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons and daughters who are devoted to the communities where we live and work. We are more than 20,000 dedicated individuals who provide caring assistance to families in need, honor veterans and public servants and deliver lifesaving programs to help keep children and seniors safe.\r\n\r\nWe operate under the umbrella of the Dignity Memorial network of 1,800 funeral homes and cemeteries. Dignity Memorial providers care for more than 300,000 families each year and understand the importance of thoughtful, personalized arrangements. We believe creating meaningful ways to pay tribute to a loved one begins with compassion and is shaped by the understanding that each life is truly unique. For us, there is no greater responsibility than honoring and preserving the story of one’s life.\r\n\r\nSCI offers advanced on-line training resources, career advancement opportunities in the largest organization in the industry, attractive benefits, and a wonderful community to serve with plenty of culture and personality. For additional information regarding our company, please visit our corporate site at www.sci-corp.com.\r\n\r\nCI” refers to Service Corporation International and its affiliates.\r\n\r\nSCI Shared Resources, LLC is committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process.\r\n\r\nOn request, we will seek to provide appropriate accessibility options to all applicants with disabilities.