November 19, 2024

LebaTex

New York

FULL TIME

Northeast Sales Representative

Leba Tex is hiring a full-time, dedicated sales agent for the Northeast region of the United States (New England and New York).
Leba Tex, a Stacy Garcia company, was founded in 1999 as a premium supplier of textiles to the commercial and hospitality industries. Known for quality and value, Leba Tex is a certified WBENC woman-owned business with a variety of high-performance upholstery and drapery fabric products. Our product collections are trend-forward and part of newly designed hotels, resorts, restaurants, workplaces, senior living communities, and higher education facilities throughout the world. We work with some of the most creative hospitality and commercial interior designers in the biz! Our clients are stylish, smart, and fun-loving.
This is an active “out-of-the-office” job. Our ideal candidate has excellent relationship building skills, is a strong communicator, enjoys entertaining, is design-centric, optimistic, motivated, organized, and efficient.
Job Summary:
Your primary role as the Northeast representative for Leba Tex is to be a go-to fabric resource for the A&D community. You will build on existing relationships and foster new relationships; generate new business and grow existing client sales; follow up on inbound leads and prospect for new leads; make product presentations; update design libraries; utilize a CRM to stay organized; and create opportunities for sales of Leba Tex products and services. You will be an expert in providing guidance, education, and service to our clients.
Primary Responsibilities:

Generate new project leads and see the projects through to completion, answering client questions and offering creative solutions to any issues that arise.
Travel throughout the assigned territory to call on regular and prospective customers to develop relationships for project lead generation and sales growth.
Present or demonstrate products using samples, slideshow presentations, or digital catalogs, and emphasize features, benefits, color trends, design, function, sustainability, and performance features while focusing on clients’ design, end-use, and needs.
Coordinate with partner sales and project management teams to share leads and co-present to accounts.
Develop and maintain relationships with both specifying and purchasing contacts.
Regularly network with existing clients and potential clients.

Qualifications:

At least 3 years of experience working in sales, public relations, commercial design and/or project management, etc.
Must be socially savvy and comfortable entertaining design clients, regularly entertaining and networking outside of “normal working hours.”
High level of interest and exposure in the fields of design, architecture, fashion, fabrics, art is preferable.
Strong problem-solving skills and creativity are required.
Must have a high level of ownership and accountability with strong organizational skills and the ability to remain focused.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Savvy with utilizing social media as a promotional tool.
Member of trade organizations (NEWH, IIDA, etc.).

Salary will be commensurate with experience. Additional commission and bonuses are available based on performance. Leba Tex, Inc. offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, and a 401(k) plan with matching employer contributions.
Fill out this questionnaire when applying: https://forms.office.com/r/3GQUg2Cy Tn
Send a cover letter and resume to jake@lebatexinc.com with the subject line indicating the position for which you are applying.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $70,000.00 per year
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