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Outside Sales Rep

United Rentals

San Lorenzo, CAJob$70–110K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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Compensation
$70–110K/yr
Location
San Lorenzo, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Valid Driver's License

Job overview

The Outside Sales Rep serves as an initial point of contact for United Rentals, using sales and consultative skills to understand customer needs and build loyal customer relationships. The role focuses on equipment and services sales across a defined territory, including construction sites and facilities. It requires three years of sales experience, a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, and a valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

SalesConsultative SellingRelationship BuildingCommunicationPlanningProblem SolvingNegotiationConstruction Equipment Knowledge

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience3 Years Sales ExperienceValid Driver's LicenseAcceptable Driving Record

Benefits

Parental Leave
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Great company. Great people. Great opportunities.

If you’d like the chance to make your mark with the world’s largest equipment rental provider, come build your future with United Rentals!

As an Outside Sales Rep at United Rentals, you will be the voice and initial point of contact for our industry leading company. We'll rely on you to use your exceptional sales and consultative skills to understand the needs of interested parties and turn them into loyal customers. You must be ambitious and outgoing, with a love for calling on customers, building relationships and selling our equipment and services.

What you'll do:

  • Maximize revenue from facilities and construction sites in a defined geographical territory

  • Maintain and develop relationships with existing customers and their subsidiary companies, acting as a single point of contact for such customers

  • Prospect and qualify new accounts from existing accounts, dormant or non-customer accounts, including competitor accounts

  • Collaborate with specialty division representatives to promote cross selling to accounts wherever possible

  • Prepare sales action plans and strategies

  • Develop and make presentations of company products and services to current and potential clients

  • Utilize Sales Force.com and other CRM Tools to develop pipeline of opportunities

  • Monitor competitors, market conditions and product development

  • Other duties assigned as needed

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

  • Three years of sales experience

  • Exceptional relationship-building and communication skills

  • Strong planning, problem-solving and negotiation abilities

  • Knowledge of construction or related equipment preferred

  • Valid driver's license with acceptable driving record

This role includes a base salary and monthly commissions based on performance.

A minimum monthly guarantee incentive is provided during the onboarding and learning process.

This position is deemed Safety Sensitive for purposes of United Rentals’ policies and procedures.

Why join us?

We don’t just “talk the talk!” We’re an award-winning company (recently named a Glassdoor Best Place to Work in 2026) that truly cares about our people - That’s why we offer best-in-class benefits and perks that will support you and your family. In addition to our health and financial plans, we also offer:

Explore our comprehensive U.S. benefit offerings (http://unitedrentalsbenefits.com/)

For Canadian benefits, click here (https://unitedrentalsbenefitscanada.com/)

United Rentals, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes employment decisions regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or any other status protected by law. If you need a reasonable accommodation at any point of the application process, please email [email protected] for assistance.

At United Rentals, we proudly hire active duty members, veterans, reservists, and their families. The values that define your service—leadership, discipline, integrity, and teamwork—are the same values that drive our success. With many veterans already part of our team, we’re ready to help you transition into a rewarding career.

United Rentals consists of a wide variety of roles with different duties and responsibilities. The actual pay rate offered to candidates varies depending upon a wide range of factors including specific position, education, training, experience, skills, and ability.

Compensation Range:

$70,000-$110,000 (Base & Commission)

How this job compares

Set against the 2,469 open Outside Sales jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$70–110K/yr
  • California median$70–100K/yr163 salary ranges
  • US median$60–85K/yr1,057 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $90K, is 6% above the California median midpoint ($85K) — in the middle half of Outside Sales salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 254 open Outside Sales jobs in California and 2,469 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Outside Sales postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (1,186 postings).
Education
203 of the 2,469 open Outside Sales jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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