Sales Trainee Sales - Outside Sales

Builders Firstsource

The Role

Overview

Entry-level sales trainee rotating through operations to learn outside sales.

Key Responsibilities

  • takeoffs
  • order processing
  • sales calls
  • dispatch scheduling
  • yard operations
  • customer calls

Tasks

-May be assigned various Outside Sales responsibilities, including but not limited to, performing take offs, taking and processing orders, obtaining signatures on tickets, making sales calls to new and existing customers. -May be assigned to inside sales/counter responsibilities, including answering phone, taking orders, and other responsibilities. -Receives training and performs progressively responsible duties in various areas such as: yard operations, production, dispatch/scheduling/delivery, and inside sales while learning the outside sales role. -Accompanies Outside Sales Reps or Sales Manager on customer calls to become familiar with effective sales and customer service techniques.

The Company

About Builders Firstsource

-Survived the Great Recession, then expanded rapidly through acquisitions like ProBuild (2015) and merger with BMC (2021). -Projects range from single-family homes to light commercial builds, including off-site prefabricated trusses, panels, and millwork. -Invests in digital tools (e.g., MyBLDR.com via acquisition of Paradigm) and factory-built components to streamline homebuilding. -Maintains its own fleet of trucks and in-house installation services, offering one-stop solutions that most competitors lack. -Stands out for integrating over 60 acquisitions while keeping local teams, and executing major share buybacks alongside growth.

Sector Specialisms

Residential

Commercial

Industrial

Infrastructure

Energy

Heavy Civil

Marine

Transport

Utilities

Water Resources

Solar

Wind

Nuclear

Government

Buildings