The Sales Estimator role is to estimate lumber projects, prepare detailed bids, and work closely with clients to ensure accurate job specifications. The successful candidate will also coordinate with the shipping and receiving teams to manage product deliveries and, ideally, handle purchasing tasks from wholesalers. You'll visit job sites for walkthroughs and assist in selection meetings with builders and clients, providing expert advice on lumber products and solutions.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Prepare detailed estimates and bids for lumber projects, ensuring accuracy and meeting client specifications.
- Coordinate with shipping and receiving teams to manage inventory, deliveries, and scheduling.
- Work closely with builders and clients during selection meetings, offering expertise on lumber products and solutions.
- Potentially handle purchasing duties from wholesalers, depending on experience.
- Conduct occasional site visits for framing and door walkthroughs to assess project needs.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Proven experience in sales and estimating within the lumber or construction industry.
- Strong numerical skills with the ability to calculate material quantities and read blueprints.
- Proficiency in using software like QuickBooks for market tracking and inventory management.
- Excellent communication and strong client-facing skills, particularly with builders and contractors.
- Expereince with purchasing from wholesalers and knowledge of lumber products and industry trends is preferred but not required.
About Versique:
At Versique, we believe people are more than a resume. People invent, propel, unearth, and build. They transform teams, markets, industries, and bottom lines. People do more than fill an open position. They open greater potential. We're here to help fill your human potential and build your human capacity. The Versique brand represents a powerful combination of "versatile" and "unique," hinting at the concept of "search" in its pronunciation.
In 2023, Versique made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal's Fast 50 list for fastest-growing private companies in Minnesota. Additionally, for the past four years, Versique has been recognized as a Star Tribune Top Workplace and awarded a Best Place to Work in 2022 by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, which speaks to the incredible culture we've fostered.
We believe people are the ultimate business advantage. Let's find your people together. And make the best possible.
Versique is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.
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