Business Solutions Sales Consultant - Richmond VA

ALLTEL is a customer-focused communications company with more than 12 million customers and $8 billion in annual revenues. ALLTEL provides wireless, local telephone, long-distance, Internet and high-speed data services to residential and business customers in 26 states.
At ALLTEL, you'll find an enthusiastic, creative atmosphere where employee individuality is encouraged through down-to-earth leadership. We're a team at ALLTEL. From high-tech development sales and service to financial accounting, to challenging information technology and upper-level management, our team-oriented philosophy includes more than 20,000 employees throughout the world.Successful Sales Reps can earn $71,000 and more!General Summary:
The focus of a Business Solutions Representative is to provide the highest quality of communication services to new and existing wireless business customers. Responsibilities include promoting application based solutions, daily prospecting to maintain a robust sales pipeline and sustain balanced sales productivity, writing proposals, presenting proposals to customers, meeting monthly sales quotas, attending required training, providing consultative customer service and completing necessary business processes to ensure accurate service activation and billing.There is no relocation package offered for this position.
REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Requirements:Strong selling skills, the ability to recommend solutions to meet specific customer needs, strong communication and prospecting skills, aptitude to learn communications products and services, ability to work independently without close supervision, self-motivation to achieve targeted goals, good decision-making skills, ability to provide high level of customer service to customers and the ability to accommodate flexible working hours. Must have a valid driver?s license.Continued employment for this position is contingent upon successful completion of the Alltel training process, which includes the New Hire Training Assessment.Education andExperience:High School diploma or equivalent (Bachelor's degree desired) and 1-2 years sales experience.Qualifications:Business-to-Business sales experience; 1+ years of direct sales experience in telecommunications industry or 1-3 years experience selling voice data or communications equipment.