This position requires a highly self-motivated individual with a mindset oriented toward sales. This position would be better suited for someone who is detail orientated, independent, and focused on results. Our team enjoys their ability to set their own schedule, vet their own clients, and oversee various projects with their own management style. This allows plenty of room for creativity, compromise, and job type diversity. Due to both the independence and responsibility this position requires, your fellow team members and managers will depend on your trust, communication, and commitment throughout the year. Our existing sales and design staff will be here to help and guide you through this process. You will be held to the highest standards in the industry and will need to be able to gain the trust and respect of our current and future clients through your communication and sales tactics. You are the last person the client will interact with on our jobs. You need to be great!

Job Title:

Landscape Designer/Sales Associate

Position Goal:

To attain leads and design, sell, and manage landscape projects.

Responsibilities

Sales / Prequalification of clients

You are the first point of contact for each lead. Your ability to prequalify leads will be the most prominent way we sell projects and increase our revenue. This prequalification process will allow you to assess whether a lead fits how and what we do here.

Design/Proposals

You must be able to express your ideas on paper in the form of a scaled landscape plan and effectively convey your ideas to prospective clients.

Operations

You will need to effectively communicate through verbal and written instructions to the foreman and crew assigned to your projects. You will have a pre-walkthrough meeting with the foreman and client to make sure everything is addressed and that the transfer of trust is a smooth transition.

Administrative

Leads and sales must be tracked and recorded through our system, it is how we know where we are and where we are going in the company. You will also be required to update our pricing data bases within our system. The financial success of our company depends on field production hours (of which you input during the bidding process). Regular reviews of those hours will be required with collaboration of our construction manager. This will ensure that we keep “winning” on our projects.

The Experience

The thing that will separate us from other landscape companies is ‘the experience’ that our clients have. There are two things that will define a “win” for our company.

-Is the client thrilled with the experience and product we delivered?

-Was the job profitable for the company?

REQUIREMENTS

• Landscape design degree or 2 years industry experience
• Winners Mindset - Self driven individual that sees the big picture - Whatever it takes attitude
• Comfortable with technology
• Valid Driver’s License
• Presentable appearance and communication skills with highly affluent people
• Ability to work in a team environment

How this position contributes to our success

You are the front line to success, if we don’t have satisfied clients, we have nothing. Your sales techniques, accurate bidding and creativity of your designs are what is going to set us apart from other landscape companies in the West Michigan area.

Performance will be evaluated on…

• The client is thrilled with the final product & the overall experience.
• The company finished on time & within budget per your proposal.
• Your attitude towards continual improvement.
• Our client’s recommendations to others based on their experience.
• Ratings & client reviews.
• Profit goals are met & exceeded.

We would love to see what you have to offer! Please contact us today.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $45,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Flexible schedule

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

COVID-19 considerations:
N/A

Work Location: Multiple Locations

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