General information

Location

United States  

Reference

2023-9443  

Position description

Job title

Laminate Flooring Sales Rep, Canada

Contract type

Full-time

About us

Are you interested in a career with the world's foremost producer of wood based products? Kronospan is currently seeking candidates for the position of Laminate Flooring Sales Representative for our Canadian business.

Kronospan is the world's leading manufacturer of wood based panels with more than 50 plants located around the globe. Supported by over 125 years of experience in wood products production, we have a strong record of rapid growth, continuous improvement, and sustainability and we are constantly developing new projects in production, supply chain and technology to better serve our stakeholders. With the aim of expanding our global presence, we work nonstop to bring to market the latest developments in product innovation. In order to maintain our status as industry leaders, we seek to bring aboard highly capable, passionate, ambitious, and energetic managers and specialists to our sites.

Main duties and responsibilities

This position is responsible for building and maintaining sales relationships with assigned customers of Kronospan in Canada. In particular, the National Accounts Manager will focus on growing market share with assigned customers for flooring products produced domestically in N.A. This role will build, manage and execute joint business plans with the customer and work collaboratively with internal and external teams. Customer focus may be on large box retailers and/or the distribution channel and independent retailers. In addition, the position may support/develop the sale of imported flooring products throughout the Canadian market. This position's target is to maximize customer service and profits for the company through the use of technical, organizational, and customer knowledge.

Requirements

Requirements of the position include, but are not limited to:
• Must have a basic understanding of flooring production technology and processes
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication / presentation skills
• Must have excellent customer relations skills including customer response, service improvement, and the ability and willingness to keep commitments
• Must display original thinking and creativity through resourcefulness, suggestions, and problem solving
• Must be able to effectively interact in a multi-cultural environment
• Must have excellent math skills including the ability to compute rates, ratios, and percents as well as to create and interpret graph and chart information

What we offer

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US
• Growth opportunities, domestic and international, with the world's leading producer of wood panel products
• Work in a diverse, inclusive environment with colleagues from around the world
• Highly competitive benefits program including affordable medical, dental, and vision plans
• Company paid life and short & long term disability insurance
• Supplemental life, critical illness, and accident plans for you and your family
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off including vacation and holidays after 90 days
• “Life of Career” training opportunities through our global KronoAcademy and local KronoAcademy USA