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Residential Retention Specialist (Remote in Phoenix)

WM

Remote · USJob$20.24–21/hrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$20.24–21/hr
Location
Remote · US
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Residential Retention Specialist handles customer sales and cancellation requests through the Inside Sales Channel, using sales and negotiation strategies to retain customers, minimize rate rollbacks, and secure updated contract agreements. The role is remote, with a requirement to reside within 50 minutes of the Phoenix office. It focuses on customer retention, revenue growth, resolving escalations, and matching WM services to customer needs.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

SalesCustomer RetentionCustomer ServiceTelephone NegotiationConsultative SellingCustomer SatisfactionPricing StrategyProposal DevelopmentEquipment OptimizationLeasing OptionsRegulatory ComplianceRelationship BuildingCommunicationProfessionalismDecision MakingStrategic ThinkingComputer ApplicationsInfluencingNegotiationTime ManagementEthical Practices

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GEDOne Year Relevant Work ExperienceOne Year Consumer Sales ExperienceNine Months Customer InteractionMust Live and Work in US

Benefits

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

Full job description

I. Job Summary

Responds same day to controllable and uncontrollable customer sales and cancellation requests assigned to the Inside Sales Channel. Through the development and implementation of sound sales and retention strategies and the use of effective selling and negotiation skills maximizes revenues and minimizes the impact of cancellation request and rate rollbacks. Secures updated contract agreements from customers.

This position is remote however the employee is required to reside within 50-minutes of the Phoenix office based on business need.

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other minor duties may be assigned.

  • Sells and Saves, secures, and converts' by handling all customer sales and cancellation requests, providing ongoing education of contract details to existing customers, and by obtaining customer contract commitments using sound telephone-based negotiation practices.

  • Resolves escalations for customer service within the defined territory.

  • Generates revenue growth by utilizing a consultative selling approach in the acquisition and retention of current WM customers.

  • Establishes and maintains a high level of customer satisfaction. This includes meeting customer sales and retention goals. Communicates to and works with the Market Area Sales Manager to support and resolve unique customer issues.

  • Reduces lost accounts by diffusing cancellation requests

  • Increases revenue and profitability by executing sound plans on sales and retention calls to improve the customers' service and/or profitability while minimizing price rollbacks.

  • Matches WM services with customer needs by demonstrating knowledge of customers, pricing and competition; effectively communicates pricing and service strategies; proactively engages other WM business opportunities, referring internally as appropriate.

  • Effectively uses WM sales productivity software tools (i.e. Prospect and Customer Database, Proposal Program, Pricing Tools, Genesys, Green Pages etc.).

  • Acquires in depth industry and company knowledge in order to prepare complex proposals and make recommendations on equipment optimization and leasing options.

  • Proposes customer solutions that are compliant with appropriate local, state and federal regulations.

  • Updates and secures customer service agreements.

III. Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory duties.

IV. Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job. Must live and work in the U.S.

A. Education and Experience

  • Education: High school diploma or GED (accredited) and one year of relevant work experience.

  • Experience: One (1) year of consumer-based industry sales, with experience in customer retention (in addition to education requirement).

  • Internal requirements include nine (9) months of proven success in a position involving customer interaction.

B. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required

General Competencies Include:

  • Build Relationships

  • Communicate With Impact

  • Demonstrate Professionalism

  • Make Sound Decisions

  • Think Strategically

  • Proficient with Computer and Software Applications

  • Produce Results

  • Know the Business

  • Influence and Negotiate

  • Manage Work/Time

  • Use Ethical Practices

V. Work Environment

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Normal setting for this job is work from home/remote. The attire for this role is business/business casual.

The expected base range for this position across the U.S. is $20.24/hour - $21.00/hour. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific salary offered to a successful candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s relevant experience, education, training, certifications, qualifications, and work location. In addition, this position is eligible for incentive pay.

Benefits

At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

How this job compares

Set against the 49,387 open Sales jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$20.24–21/hr
  • Arizona median$20–24/hr92 hourly ranges
  • US median$19–21/hr7,066 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $20.62/hr, is 7% below the Arizona median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the middle half of Sales hourly ranges in Arizona.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 882 open Sales jobs in Arizona and 49,387 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Arizona
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Sales postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 28,166 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 17,859 of the 49,387 open Sales jobs (36%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 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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