Outside Sales Representative - Lumber and Building Materials
Des Moines, Iowa

Our client is a family owned and independent lumberyard that has been serving builders and contractors in the Des Moines area for over 50 years.

This is an opportunity for an experienced LBM sales person who is looking for more freedom, less paperwork and a chance to increase their income.

Does This Sound Like You?

• Confident, outgoing person that is wired for sales
• Used to setting goals and achieving them
• Enjoys the challenge of developing new customers
• Utilizes technology because it helps you succeed in winning new accounts and growing your compensation.

The Experience We’d Love To See:

• Strong understanding of residential construction practices
• Experience selling lumber, windows, doors, or other building products
• Ability to read blueprints, do take offs and estimates.
• Existing relationships with builders and contractors in the Des Moines market is highly preferred
• Past success prospecting and developing new customers as well as continuing to grow your existing book of business.

Why You Want This Opportunity:

• Our client recognizes the value of talent, not only appreciating you as an individual, but also through a generous compensation plan. They don’t expect you to take a pay cut to come and work for them.
• You’ll have the opportunity to be part of a respected and successful member of the community for over 5 decades
• They are a company that people stay with for decades and recruit their family and friends to work there too.
• This is a chance to bring your existing customers, and give them a more personalized level of service
• If you’re looking for an opportunity to be valued as a human being and see the impact your efforts can make on the bottom line - this is your chance!

Interested in learning more? All applications and conversations are confidential. Please apply now to start the conversation.

Concerned about a non-compete or other issue. Please apply and we can discuss it. There may be a solution to this challenge.

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Master Keyword List

Lumber, Trusses, Decking, Railing, Fences, Fencing, “Interior Doors”, “Exterior Doors”, Framing, Garages, “Garage doors”, “Pole Barns”, Insulation, Trim, Moulding, Millwork, Siding, Truss, Trusses, , Windows, Velux, “MI Windows”, “MI Windows and Doors”, “Windows and Doors”, “Harvey Building Products”, “Marvin Windows”, “Marvin Windows and Doors”, “Andersen Windows and Doors”, Quaker Windows, Kolbe, TimberTech, Azek, Trex, Zuri, Bluelinx, WestLake, “Royal Building Products”, ”84 Lumber”, “Builders First Source”, “Builders FirstSource”, “Marcus Lumber”, “US LBM”, Gilcrest, Jewitt. “Allied Building Products”, “Beisser Lumber”, “Cedar Creek”,

"Front entry doors", "Patio doors", "French doors", "Center hinge doors", "Sliding doors", "Screen doors", "Security doors", "Storm doors", "Garage doors", "Fire doors", "Steel doors", "Wood doors". “Rogue Valley Door”, Woodgrain, “Woodgrain Exterior Doors”, “Simpson Door Company”, “Shuster’s Building Components”, “Reeb Finish”, “Reeb Millwork”, BenBilt, Endocote, Therma-tru, “Bayerbuilt”

Builders, Homebuilders, “Single Family Construction”, Renovation, Remodel, Remodeling, Multi-Family, “light commercial construction”, Contractors, “Residential Construction”, production builders, custom builders, remodeling contractors.

Lumber, LBM, “building materials”, “building products”, “construction supply”, “building science”, construction supplies, Lumberyard

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