You will be traveling up to 80-90% of your time, overnight, away from home, including some weekends. Is this acceptable to you?
Do you possess a current, unrestricted driver's license?
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Product Field Specialist
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Love to Travel? Love Power Tools? Love Meeting New People at Fun, High Energy Events?
Join a global industry leader where you'll do power tool events across a multi-state territory. Earn the skills & experience necessary to launch a successful sales career in year two.
Whether you're a new college grad or have a few years of professional experience under your belt, if you want to build a solid foundation with Makita U.S.A. that can streamline a move into sales, the role of Product Field Specialist is a rare opportunity. First, you will:
3-4 days at our La Mirada corporate offices in California where you'll work with teams from HR to Operations to Marketing in order to learn about Makita's processes and culture.
Work with fleet personnel to learn about DOT requirements and how to drive our Innovation Tour truck (pictured).
Attend training in Dallas, TX and Buford, GA to learn about our products and services, and to work directly with your supervisor.
Train in the field with Sales and construction personnel to gain hands-on, practical knowledge.
Be assured of having the tools and training needed for success before you're in the field on your own.
After training, you will:
Drive a Makita demonstration vehicle to events in a multi-state, Northeast regional territory stretching from Maine to Virginia and including New York and part of Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Set up and pack up tool demonstrations, tents, tables and more.
Support Sales Representatives at the events, acting as a go-to resource and occasionally interacting with customers.
Pack up, check into a hotel and rest up to do it all again the next day (with expenses covered by Makita, of course).
This role is not for everyone -- but the payoff is big!
The challenge: You'll need the flexibility in your personal life to be on the road up to 90% of the time, including weekends, and you'll need high energy for physically demanding work Typically, our salespeople work and prove themselves as product field specialists for a year.
The rewards: In addition to participating in fun events and meeting new people (possibly including Makita celebrity spokespeople), you'll launch a long, high-potential career with an industry leader, stepping into a sales role in year two.
Your Qualifications
While experience can be helpful, all you really need is an outgoing personality and basic mechanical savvy. In addition, to be a good fit for this opportunity, you will have:
Excellent communication skills
A professional appearance and demeanor
The ability to learn quickly
A passion for our products and the desire to have fun
Ability to lift 50 pounds
21 years of age with a valid, unrestricted driver's license and clean driving record Quick question for you - click here
More Good Reasons
After about 12 months you will have the knowledge and skills to transition into an open territory as a Territory Sales Representative or even National Account Manager!
You'll develop a professional network that includes contacts in sales and other areas of Makita U.S.A., major distributors and key customers.
We'll provide a gas card and cover travel expenses and vehicle maintenance.
You'll earn a competitive salary (including during training) and comprehensive benefits.
A few more details . . .
Just one of a wide variety of Makita's products that you will demonstrate, promoting pioneering innovations in brushless motor engineering, battery technology and more.
It's important enough that it bears repeating: you'll be away from home up to 90% of the time, which equates to 27 days a month -- you'll truly need to love what you'll do over the next year or so.
You'll have a degree of advance notice regarding the scheduled events, but you'll need extreme flexibility.
Career promotions will depend upon our needs and your performance, and you should be prepared to relocate anywhere in the country for a new opportunity.
You'll be based out of your home ideally located in the greater Boston area.
100+ years of leadership and innovation
Makita is a worldwide leader in the professional power tool industry. Over the past 100 years we've built a reputation for using the finest raw materials, the most advanced manufacturing equipment, and the most rigorous quality testing in the industry. Headquartered in La Mirada, CA, Makita U.S.A., has been bringing Makita's best-in-class engineering advantage to professional power tool users in America since 1970.
Love to Travel? Love Power Tools? Love Meeting New People at Fun, High Energy Events?
Join a global industry leader where you'll do power tool events across a multi-state territory. Earn the skills & experience necessary to launch a successful sales career in year two.
Whether you're a new college grad or have a few years of professional experience under your belt, if you want to build a solid foundation with Makita U.S.A. that can streamline a move into sales, the role of Product Field Specialist is a rare opportunity. First, you will:
3-4 days at our La Mirada corporate offices in California where you'll work with teams from HR to Operations to Marketing in order to learn about Makita's processes and culture.
Work with fleet personnel to learn about DOT requirements and how to drive our Innovation Tour truck (pictured).
Attend training in Dallas, TX and Buford, GA to learn about our products and services, and to work directly with your supervisor.
Train in the field with Sales and construction personnel to gain hands-on, practical knowledge.
Be assured of having the tools and training needed for success before you're in the field on your own.
After training, you will:
Drive a Makita demonstration vehicle to events in a multi-state, Northeast regional territory stretching from Maine to Virginia and including New York and part of Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Set up and pack up tool demonstrations, tents, tables and more.
Support Sales Representatives at the events, acting as a go-to resource and occasionally interacting with customers.
Pack up, check into a hotel and rest up to do it all again the next day (with expenses covered by Makita, of course).
This role is not for everyone -- but the payoff is big!
The challenge: You'll need the flexibility in your personal life to be on the road up to 90% of the time, including weekends, and you'll need high energy for physically demanding work Typically, our salespeople work and prove themselves as product field specialists for a year.
The rewards: In addition to participating in fun events and meeting new people (possibly including Makita celebrity spokespeople), you'll launch a long, high-potential career with an industry leader, stepping into a sales role in year two.
Your Qualifications
While experience can be helpful, all you really need is an outgoing personality and basic mechanical savvy. In addition, to be a good fit for this opportunity, you will have:
Excellent communication skills
A professional appearance and demeanor
The ability to learn quickly
A passion for our products and the desire to have fun
Ability to lift 50 pounds
21 years of age with a valid, unrestricted driver's license and clean driving record Quick question for you - click here
More Good Reasons
After about 12 months you will have the knowledge and skills to transition into an open territory as a Territory Sales Representative or even National Account Manager!
You'll develop a professional network that includes contacts in sales and other areas of Makita U.S.A., major distributors and key customers.
We'll provide a gas card and cover travel expenses and vehicle maintenance.
You'll earn a competitive salary (including during training) and comprehensive benefits.
A few more details . . .
Just one of a wide variety of Makita's products that you will demonstrate, promoting pioneering innovations in brushless motor engineering, battery technology and more.
It's important enough that it bears repeating: you'll be away from home up to 90% of the time, which equates to 27 days a month -- you'll truly need to love what you'll do over the next year or so.
You'll have a degree of advance notice regarding the scheduled events, but you'll need extreme flexibility.
Career promotions will depend upon our needs and your performance, and you should be prepared to relocate anywhere in the country for a new opportunity.
You'll be based out of your home ideally located in the greater Boston area.
100+ years of leadership and innovation
Makita is a worldwide leader in the professional power tool industry. Over the past 100 years we've built a reputation for using the finest raw materials, the most advanced manufacturing equipment, and the most rigorous quality testing in the industry. Headquartered in La Mirada, CA, Makita U.S.A., has been bringing Makita's best-in-class engineering advantage to professional power tool users in America since 1970.
Makita U.S.A., Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
