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Sherwin-Williams

Global paint and coatings manufacturer

Sales Representative P&M

Field SalesConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeGuadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree or engineering degree in Chemical Engineering or Industrial Engineering.
  • Three to five years of industrial technical sales experience.
  • A demonstrated track record of exceeding sales quotas.
  • Experience managing sales and inventory budgets and forecasts.
  • Sales strategy experience.
  • Experience creating and managing a customer portfolio.
  • Must reside in Guadalajara.
  • Results orientation.
  • Negotiation skills.
  • Communication and relationship-building skills.
  • Sense of urgency.

Responsibilities

  • Consistently achieve budgeted sales, gallons, and margins in the assigned territory by preparing and executing an annual plan, working closely with internal providers such as stores and distribution to deliver high-quality customer service, and identifying growth opportunities aligned with divisional tools and segment strategy.
  • Collect reliable customer and territory information for the territory planning process and update it throughout the year.
  • Develop strategies to increase sales and profit for key, opportunity, new, and existing customers; allocate time and track sales-call progress and next steps.
  • Conduct sales calls according to established pre-call planning, maximizing time and executing territory plans while deepening business relationships.
  • Manage margins by identifying opportunities and balancing high-volume projects, ongoing maintenance projects, and new product introductions in the territory customer base.
  • Estimate the potential of existing and target customer accounts to identify growth opportunities.
  • Understand project life cycles and internal capabilities and constraints by account to improve monthly and quarterly volume and sales forecasts.
  • Train customers in product knowledge and application through comparisons and demonstrations of competitive products, identifying and demonstrating competitive advantages to target accounts.
  • Work effectively with Finance teams to open new accounts and manage account balances, including bad debts; with Stores and Distribution teams to understand capabilities and constraints and plan for or respond to customer requirements and complaints; and with Marketing and PDM teams to understand market dynamics, opportunities, segments, and products.
  • Exercise sound judgment over territory expenses, including customer samples and travel, and submit timely reports to keep selling, general, and administrative expenses within budgeted levels.

About the Company

Sherwin-Williams

Global paint and coatings manufacturer

Sherwin-Williams makes paints and coatings for professional, industrial, commercial, and consumer customers. It sells branded and private-label coatings for architectural, industrial, packaging, and transportation markets, distributed through more than 5,000 company-operated stores and facilities and supplying engineered coatings to over 120 countries. Its products protect and decorate surfaces in buildings, manufacturing, packaging, and transportation, and are supported by digital access and strong customer service. The company aims to maintain leadership in the paint and coatings industry by delivering high-quality products, expanding globally, and maintaining reliable access to its solutions through partnerships.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Cleveland, OH
Founded
1866

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