Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Service Corporation International is a company that celebrates lives and supports its associates. They are seeking a Sales Professional for Inside Sales who will be responsible for serving client families by making cemetery arrangements and generating revenue through personalized service.
Responsibilities
- Holds self-accountable for prospecting a minimum of 1-2 hours each day
- Obtains referrals from families served by the location
- Networks and builds community and civic relationships
- Explains and presents presentations to families served and referred families
- Maintains and tracks activity levels to ensure productivity
- Responds to client inquiries in a timely, respectful, sensitive, and professional manner
- Connects with families through listening, honest communication, and genuine concern
- Develops an understanding of each family’s unique needs and offers solutions that provide value to them
- Stays in touch with families to ensure satisfaction
- Prepares for all appointments and performs all procedures with professionalism and attention to detail
- Follows through on all customer problems and requests
- Builds trust-based relationships to earn the right to ask for referrals
- Earns the right to gain referrals to offer protection to protect family members, and the family’s relatives and friends, by educating them on the benefits of pre-planning
- Represents a continuous link from services provided at need, through aftercare, to providing services to protect families in the future
- Collaborates and teams with funeral directors, location managers, and other members of the funeral home and or cemetery staff, to provide seamless, high-quality service
- Thoroughly and completely reviews previous services and contacts with families to prepare to support current needs and or sales
- Shares family concerns with the rest of the SCI team
Skills
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 1-2 years of college or an equivalent of education and experience
- Current state/province-issued driver's license with an acceptable driving record
- Must be able to pass the Company's internal presentation certification within thirty days of hire
- Ability to work several evenings and or weekends every month
- Ability to drive frequently
- Ability to obtain and maintain an insurance license if required by state/province
- Flexible hours, but at times must have the ability to work up to 12 hours in a day
- Ability to treat others with empathy and respect
- Knowledge of computers and some software
- Customer service skills
- 1-2 years of customer service or sales industry experience preferred
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible Spending Accounts (health care and dependent care)
- Health Savings Account with Company Contribution
- Sick Leave
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Voluntary Accidental Death or Dismemberment Insurance
- Dependent Life Insurance
- SCI 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company match
- Employee Assistance Program
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