Job Details
As a Residential Sales Professional, here s what you can expect
- You won t be tied to a desk. You ll be out and about mobile, independent, and growing your career on your own terms. You ll be the face of Terminix to your local community (with the backing of a national brand), and your clients will count on you to protect their homes and their families.
- When you first join Terminix Nation, you ll spend a few months in training. Once you ve got that and some state required licenses and certificates under your belt, you ll take the lead with your own customers.
- You ll get rewarded with competitive pay and robust benefits to cover you and your family. As a teammate, you will be eligible for a 401(k) with company match, company-paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, and a generous student loan repayment program. You put in the work, and you ll reap the rewards.
- You ll be part of a community bonus points if you re already a leader in yours. Our bonds are strong at Terminix Nation and the relationships we develop in the communities we serve are unparalleled. Our teammates give back through volunteering, donations, scholarships, and more.
- You ll be onboarded and trained by the best of em. You ll get paid to get licensed, something you ll have for a lifetime. You ll know how to bust bugs at home, too.
What your days will look like
- Hit the books with training modules and hit the streets with on-the-job training with your teammates. You ll learn product knowledge and sales techniques for selling the full suite of Terminix products. We ll train and support you through state licensing and other company requirements.
- You ll inspect and assess pest problems with precision and suggest Terminix solutions following company policy and pricing instructions.
- You must be obsessed with the customer s experience delivering exceptional service, following up to ensure satisfaction, and thinking creatively about how to grow the relationship. And if an account is delinquent, you ll need to handle that with grace and effectiveness, too.
- Of course, you ve got to like to sell solutions to problems. You will be expected to meet and greet potential customers to generate new business for the branch.
- There s an opportunity to grow into a role you re passionate about and fits your skillset whether that s management or another opportunity at Terminix.
Some non-negotiables
There are some things you ll just need to have or know to join Terminix Nation as a Residential Sales Professional.
- A high school education or GED.
- A valid driver s license from your current state of residence.
- Strong social, customer service, and communication skills in fact, we d be really impressed if you came to this role with related experience and/or training in sales.
- Some basic math skills add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. You ll need to be able to follow instructions for mixing on product labels.
Straight talk about the physical demands of our work
We re not going to sugarcoat it. The essential functions of this job have some physical demands (of course, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.) Here s what we mean:
- You ve got to be able to move up to 10 lbs. regularly and 11 20 lbs. frequently, whether that s lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or otherwise repositioning objects.
- You ll move around a lot regularly sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling. You ll go up and down stairs, ladders, scaffolding, ramps, and poles. And you ll need to keep your balance when walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or moving surfaces. (You ll definitely get your steps in.)
- You must be able to safely operate a motor vehicle and make sure it and all other equipment is kept clean.
- The vision to perform detail-oriented activities at distances close to the eyes or within arm s reach.
- Sometimes you ll need to wear personal protective equipment (PPE), like an OSHA-compliant respirator, and you ll need to be okay with regularly working in confined spaces, narrow aisles, or passageways (you know, where critters live).