Route Sales Manager in Training in North Charleston, Berkeley County, South Carolina

Join Ecolab’s sales team as a Route Sales Manager in the Summerville, SC.  Within our industry leading Institutional division, this opportunity offers comprehensive chemical products and solutions to meet the needs of customers across the foodservice and hospitality industries. After completing an initial training program, you will be assigned an existing territory of restaurants, hotels, schools, long-term career facilities and more. You will serve as the face of Ecolab, providing recommendations on advanced cleaning and sanitation processes and programs that drive a positive guest experience and create cleaner, safer, and healthier environments.

What’s in it For You:

• Paid training program that includes job shadowing, e-learning modules, structured field activities, and customized classroom style training, allowing you to learn from subject matter experts with proven success
• Following the completion of training, you are able to grow your income as you drive sales in your market
• Plan and manage your schedule in a flexible, independent work environment
• Receive a decaled company vehicle for business use
• Carve out a long-term career path in sales, corporate accounts, or leadership

What You Will Do:

• Grow sales within an existing territory of food service and hospitality accounts by providing customers with service and training
• Apply your mechanical aptitude to install, repair and perform maintenance on ware washing, laundry and dispensing equipment and systems
• Learn customers’ warewashing systems and devise unique solutions as their expert on advanced cleaning and sanitation processes and programs
• Leverage your hands-on, mechanical service combined with Ecolab’s consultative sales approach to enhance our total value to the customer; provide emergency service to appreciative customers
• Demonstrate safe equipment use, ensuring that your customers’ facilities are fully operational and  teams are properly trained

Position Details:

• Candidate must reside within 15 miles of Summerville, SC
• Weekend Rotation: 1 in 7

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Ability to work overnight shifts and be on call at night, on weekends and over holidays as required
• Must have a valid driver's license and acceptable Motor Vehicle Record
• No Immigration Sponsorship available

Physical Demands:

• Ability to complete pre-employment assessments including a physical, lift and/or carry 75 pounds, color vision test and drug screen

Preferred Qualifications:

• Service industry mechanical experience (e.g. refrigeration, appliance repair, kitchen equipment, HVAC and/or military experience)
• Customer service experience where you have directly interfaced with customers
• Previous business to business commercial sales or outside sales experience
• Industry related experience in food service, laundry, housekeeping, hospitality, and/or pool and spa