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Sales Representative, Residential Repaint

Sherwin-Williams

LATHAM, NYJobSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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Compensation
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Location
LATHAM, NY
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Valid Unrestricted Driver's License

Job overview

Sales Representatives manage customer relationships and grow a territory focused primarily on the Residential Repaint market. The role secures new wholesale accounts, maintains existing accounts, and uses selling tools to plan and document sales calls. Representatives develop territory strategies, conduct product demonstrations and comparisons, and coordinate sales efforts with stores and marketing programs. The position is eligible for performance-based bonus and offers health and other benefits.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Customer Relationship ManagementSales StrategyProduct DemonstrationsOutside SalesRetail SalesCustomer ServiceLifting and CarryingSpanishMultilingual Communication

Qualifications

Must Be 18+Valid Unrestricted Driver's LicenseHigh School Diploma or GED1+ Year Retail, Sales, or Customer Service Experience50-70 Lb Lifting Capacity1+ Year Sherwin-Williams Assistant Store or Branch Operations Manager ExperienceAssociate's Degree in Business, Sales, or MarketingPaint Sales ExperienceTimekeeping or CRM Systems ExperienceLegally Authorized to Work Without SponsorshipWillingness to Relocate

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Sales Representatives initiate and manage relationships with customers and serve as the point of contact for the Company. This position will be responsible for growing a paint sales territory that focuses primarily on the Residential Repaint market segment. In this position, you will secure new wholesale accounts while maintaining existing customer accounts. You will utilize professional selling tools for pre-call planning and documenting sales calls. You'll develop a territory market strategy, as well as conduct product demonstrations and competitive product comparisons. This position is also eligible for bonus based on performance and subject to the terms of the Company's applicable plans. This position is eligible for health benefits, such as medical, dental and vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), disability coverage, security, retirement and savings benefits, and more. Additional benefits include a generous time away from work package, including personal leave, paid parental leave, medical leave, vacation, holidays, among other benefits. Job duties involve contact with customers, which may include minors; and access to cash and other payment methods, electronic equipment, personal information, store merchandise and other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's customers, staff, employees, vendors, contractors, and the general public. * Develop a strategy to grow sales and profits to key, opportunity, new and existing customers * Effectively build relationships with customers by understanding and supporting their business * Conduct product demonstrations to support solutions for the customer * Develop working relationships with stores to achieve business goals * Generate leads * Help determine pricing schedules for quotes, promotions, and negotiations * Prepare weekly and monthly reports as required * Give sales presentations to a range of prospective clients * Coordinate sales efforts with marketing programs * Understand and promote company programs * Prepare and submit sales contracts for orders * Visit clients and potential clients to evaluate needs or promote products and services * Maintain client records * Answer client questions about terms, products, prices, and availabilityMinimum Requirements: * Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age * Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future * Must have a valid, unrestricted Driver's License * Must have at least a High School diploma or GED * Must have at least one (1) year of experience working in a retail, sales, or customer service position * Must be willing to work all scheduled hours, which may include evenings and weekends, with or without reasonable accommodation * Must be able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to retrieve material from shelves and floor stacks and lift and carry up to 50 lbs. frequently and up to 70 lbs. on occasionPreferred Qualifications: * Have at least one (1) year of work experience as an Assistant Store or Branch Operations Manager for Sherwin-Williams * Have previous work experience conducting outside sales calls * Have at least an associate's degree in business, sales, or marketing * Have previous work experience selling paint and paint-related products * Have work experience using timekeeping and/or customer relationship management ("CRM") systems * Willingness to relocate for future job opportunities * Ability to read, write, comprehend, and communicate in more than one language * Ability to read, write, comprehend, and communicate in Spanish #PSGNPSherwin-Williams is proud to be an Affirm

How this job compares

Set against the 7,630 open Sales Representative jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • New York median$63–100K/yr265 salary ranges
  • New York median$20–24/hr48 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 420 open Sales Representative jobs in New York and 7,630 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Sales Representative postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 3,509 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 2,988 of the 7,630 open Sales Representative jobs (39%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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