Planted helps people grow their careers.

Planted (Techstars Alum) is a smart career platform that connects business talent with opportunities at innovative and growing companies.

We’re looking for a rockstar Sales Representative to generate leads, close deals, and blaze through goals to foster company growth. This new team member will be responsible for cold outreach and running a pipeline of promising prospects. The ideal candidate is enthusiastic, charismatic, and willing to roll up their sleeves to get things done. 

Responsibilities:

• Focus sales efforts by studying existing and potential deal volume 
• Find leads, nurture responses and develop relationships with customers after cold outreach
• Service existing accounts, obtain orders and establish new accounts 
• Plan and organize daily work schedule to call on existing or potential sales outlets and other trade factors
• Monitor competition by gathering current marketplace info on pricing, products, delivery schedules, and merchandising techniques. 
• Resolve customer complaints by investigating problems, developing solutions, preparing reports, and making recommendations to management. 
• Conduct cold outreach to expand potential customer pipeline

About you:

• 1+ years of sales/customer-facing experience preferred, but not required
• Excellent negotiation and interpersonal communication skills along with a mindset for collaboration
• Tech-savvy, quick-learning and ready to jump into new software programs 
• Organized, disciplined, and scrappy disposition 
• Entrepreneurial and empathetic, not easily discouraged and able to maintain a positive attitude in the face of rejection