Fire Sales Specialist

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Job Description

Fire Sales Specialist

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Fire Sales Specialist you will be responsible for providing technical expertise and support to customers, distributors, 3M personnel and new product development teams for 3M’s Personal Safety Division SCBA & Fire Solutions products.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military environments to a 3M career.

Here, You Will Make An Impact By

• Developing sales opportunities to targeted user segments
• Providing training and education to authorized distributors on products and sales
• Representing 3M/Scott Safety at trade associations, industry meetings, fire schools, combat challenges and conferences providing liaison between distributors and customer users
• Preparing and executing sales proposals, contracts, letters, and other customer correspondence
• Providing selective reports to management on competitive offerings, pricing, key market information, forecasts for bookings and shipments, and new product developments
  
  
  

Company Vehicle

This position requires driving a company vehicle, which will require pre-employment and ongoing review of motor vehicle history for candidates who are offered and hired for this position

Your Skills And Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or college diploma (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution with Five (5) combined years of Sales and/or Marketing in a private, public, government, or military environment
• Five (5) years Commercial experience with technical products
  
  
  

OR

• High school diploma (completed and verified prior to start) with Ten 10 years selling experience in the safety, industrial or fire market
  
  
  

AND

• Current, valid Driver’s License
  
  
  

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Five (5) years of experience in Safety or Industrial Sales preferred
• Manufacturer representative (direct or agent) in the Fire Service Industry
• Experience as a fire fighter and/or selling in the Fire Segment
• Interpersonal selling, negotiation, public speaking and project leadership skills
• Experience with CRM and Microsoft & iOS apps
• Strong oral & written communication skills
  
  
  

Work location: Greater Toronto Area (GTA) - remote based

Sales Territory: Ontario and Manitoba

Travel: May include up to 75% domestic travel. Some overnight travel

Relocation Assistance: N/A

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

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