Outside Sales Representative| HOU

Position Description:


Ryerson, has an opportunity for an Outside Sales position. As an Outside Sales Representative, you are responsible for providing customer support in order to resolve customers wants and needs along with growing revenue by anticipating our customers needs.

The future will be made from metal. At Ryerson, you have the opportunity to grow in your career, work with teammates that feel like family, and help make our world a better place.

Roles and Responsibilities:

*Quickly builds strong relationships with contacts at all levels across a variety of functions within customer organizations but especially with purchasing decision makers. Develops customer personnel trust and confidence in Ryerson and its representatives
* Keeps customers informed about industry and economic trends and Ryerson's ability to assist customers in adapting to change
*Works with service center and regional sales/product management to develop quotations and contract proposals that are responsive to customer needs and result in profitable sales for Ryerson
*Understands and keeps up-to-date on the competitive environment and provides market intelligence to sales management to help shape service center sales strategies, price levels and working capital decisions
*Increases revenue from assigned customers by increasing product lines or items sold and converting general line sales to fabrication sales.
*Involves service center management, regional management, Global Accounts, or other corporate management, and Ryerson supplier representatives in establishing and maintaining relationships at all levels of customer organization
*All other duties as assigned or duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice

Position Requirements:


* Bachelor's Degree required
* Metals or similar manufacturing/industrial sales experience
* Prior experience working directly with inside sales team members is a plus
* Knows how to build rapport with customers
* Possess creative and complex thinking skills in order to best resolve customer's wants and needs.
* Ability to function well with customer demands in a fast-paced, stressful environment
* Must be able to travel